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As of the U.S. News 2026-27 edition, Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law holds a rank of 117th (tie) among ABA-approved law schools. The school, located in Hempstead, New York, reports a median LSAT of 157 and a 40.6% acceptance rate per ILRG admissions data cross-checked with 7Sage and LSD.law; its median GPA is published in the school's ABA Standard 509 report.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law is an ABA-approved law school in Hempstead, New York. Its current position in the U.S. News rankings, along with the admissions and outcome figures that matter most, is summarized below.
MetricValue (2026 cycle)U.S. News rank117th (tie)Median LSAT157Median GPASee the school's ABA 509 reportAcceptance rate40.6%First-time bar passageSee the school's ABA 509 reportEmployment (JD-required, 10 months)See the school's ABA 509 report
The rank comes from the U.S. News 2026-27 Best Law Schools ranking; the median LSAT of 157 and the 40.6% acceptance rate come from ILRG admissions data cross-checked with 7Sage and LSD.law; the median GPA, first-time bar passage, and 10-month employment are published in Hofstra Law's ABA Standard 509 report and required disclosures.
A U.S. News rank reflects a weighted blend of reputation surveys, selectivity (median LSAT, median GPA, and acceptance rate), and graduate outcomes (first-time bar passage and employment). Because U.S. News revises those weights periodically and publishes them in its annual methodology, Hofstra Law can shift a few spots between editions without any real change in its program.
Applicants weighing Hofstra Law usually compare it with St. John's, Brooklyn Law School, and Touro. In the U.S. News 2026-27 ranking, St. John's is 62nd (tie) and Brooklyn Law School 105th (tie); St. John's reports a median LSAT of 164 and median GPA of 3.81, and Touro reports a median LSAT of 153, each in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 report.
Whether Hofstra Law is a reach, target, or likely school depends entirely on your numbers. If your LSAT and GPA are at or above its medians, Hofstra Law is a realistic target and a possible scholarship source; if they sit below both, treat it as a reach. Build a balanced list around it, and if you are close to its median LSAT, a focused prep plan can move you from reach to target.
'T14' is shorthand for the top fourteen U.S. law schools in U.S. News, a group stable for decades: Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Penn, Virginia, Michigan, Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. Employers nationwide recognize these degrees, which is why the fourteen-school cutoff carries real weight for applicants.
By reputation and outcomes the best U.S. law schools are the fourteen T14 programs, but the right answer is personal. A school that offers a large scholarship and places strongly in the city where you want to practice can beat a higher-ranked school that leaves you with more debt. In the U.S. News 2026-27 ranking, the leaders are Stanford, Chicago, and Yale.
Law school rankings, chiefly U.S. News, combine reputation surveys of academics and practitioners with hard numbers on admissions selectivity and graduate outcomes such as bar passage and jobs. Because the formula's weights change every few years, a school can move several spots without changing at all.
There is no fixed cutoff, but the practical target is Hofstra Law's published medians. Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law reports a median LSAT of 157 in current admissions data, along with its median GPA and 25th and 75th percentiles in its ABA Standard 509 report; being at or above the median makes you competitive, and clearing the 75th percentile strengthens your case for merit aid.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026