Yale Law School (YLS)

New Haven, Connecticut

LSD Rank: #1
LSAT: 170 173 175
GPA: 3.85 3.93 3.99

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Tuition: $33k

Entering class of 2019

2018–2019 application cycle

ABA 509

Applications: 3,198
Admits: 263
Acceptance rate: 8.2%
Class size: 212

Source: ABA 509 Report

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Yale Law School #1

School

19-20

Yale Law School Employment Outcomes

Employment and bar passage data from ABA 509 disclosures.

JD Employment Rate

83.4%

Bar Pass Rate

96.76%

Yale Law School Financial Overview

Cost of Attendance

Annual Tuition

$33,064

12th percentile

Cost of Living

$22,465

51st percentile

3-Year Estimated Total $166,587

Scholarship & Grant Aid

Students Receiving Grants

60%

21st percentile

Median Grant

$28,005

Grant Range (25th–75th)

$20,444 – $36,902

Grant Distribution

37%

24%

< Half Tuition: 37.0%

Half to Full: 24.0%

Conditional Scholarships

This school reports no conditional scholarships.

Admissions Contact

https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admissions admissions.law@yale.edu 203-432-4995

Application deadline

February 15

Also known as

YALE UNIVERSITY YLS

Wisdom from Yale Law School Admits

3.96 / 170 • Yale University • 1 year ago

Apply early, kids…. save yourself the heartache Take the LSAT

3.97 / 178 • Yale University • 1 year ago

Genuinely shocked and so honored by the results I’ve received this cycle. Coming in, I could...

3.93 / 176 • Yale University • 11 months ago

My top 5 takeaways: Apply early You probably can’t game HYS Be explicit about what you want...

BewilderedGloriousPomeranian

3.9 / 175 • Yale University • 1 year ago

Rural low-income, nURM, nKJD, queer. “Dropped out” of traditional high school because of an...

legallybrunette23

4.09 / 175 • Yale University • 1 year ago

ALRIGHT, CYCLE COMPLETE! I cannot wait to start my legal education at YLS! This cycle went way...

HandcraftedHazyManor

3.97 / 177 • Yale University • 1 year ago

Wrote Why Northwestern, Why WashU, Yale Optional 2, Columbia LSAT Addendum (lol), Georgetown...

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