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Temple law refers to Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its current overall U.S. News position is tied 49th, and its incoming class medians are a 166 LSAT and 3.76 GPA, per U.S. News 2026-27 (via LSD.law) and Temple's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report. Temple is a regionally strong school known for trial advocacy.
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.
Temple law is Temple University Beasley School of Law, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its current overall U.S. News 2026-27 position is tied 49th, per U.S. News 2026-27. Temple is a regional powerhouse in the Philadelphia and wider Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets, and it is nationally recognized for trial advocacy, so its regional placement and specialty strength often matter more to applicants than the headline number.
The table lists the figures that most affect admission and outcomes at Temple. The median LSAT and GPA come from the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report.
MetricFigure (2025 to 2026-27)SourceU.S. News overall rank49 (tie)U.S. NewsTrial advocacy specialty rank2U.S. NewsMedian LSAT166ABA 509Median GPA3.76ABA 509Employed at 10 months, bar-passage-requiredSee ABA employment reportABA
The overall rank is from the U.S. News 2026-27 Best Law Schools list; the trial advocacy specialty rank is from the U.S. News 2026-27 specialty rankings; median LSAT and GPA are from Temple's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report. The employment rate is not in the verified data used here and is published in Temple's ABA employment summary.
Most law school rankings that applicants cite come from U.S. News and World Report, which scores schools on reputation surveys, incoming LSAT and GPA medians, graduate employment, bar passage, and spending measures. U.S. News also publishes separate specialty rankings, where Temple placed 2nd in trial advocacy for 2026-27. The exact weights change each cycle and are published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology rather than captured in the verified data used here.
Temple can be an excellent choice if you plan to practice in the Philadelphia region or want a top trial-advocacy program. Weigh its employment rate in bar-passage-required jobs, its bar-passage rate, and any scholarship against your total cost, each of which is published in Temple's ABA employment summary and 2025 Standard 509 report. Then compare your LSAT and GPA to its medians of 166 and 3.76 to gauge both your odds and your scholarship potential.
Temple University Beasley School of Law is ABA-approved, regionally strong in the Philadelphia market, and nationally recognized for trial advocacy, where U.S. News ranked it 2nd for 2026-27. Whether it is a good fit depends on its employment rate in bar-passage-required jobs, its Pennsylvania bar-passage record, and how your LSAT and GPA compare to its medians. Temple reports a median LSAT of 166, a median GPA of 3.76, and a 24.38% acceptance rate in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 report, with employment and bar-passage figures in its ABA disclosures.
The T14 refers to the fourteen law schools that have effectively always ranked in the U.S. News top 14: Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Penn, NYU, Virginia, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. They hire nationally rather than regionally, which is why they are grouped. Their internal order changes yearly; in U.S. News 2026-27 it runs Stanford 1st; Chicago and Yale tied 2nd; Penn and Virginia tied 4th; Harvard 6th; Duke and NYU tied 7th; Columbia, Northwestern, and Michigan tied 9th; Cornell tied 13th; Berkeley tied 16th; and Georgetown tied 18th, per U.S. News 2026-27.
The schools usually called the best are the T14; in the U.S. News 2026-27 list the top five are Stanford 1st, Chicago and Yale tied 2nd, and Penn and Virginia tied 4th, per U.S. News 2026-27. The best school for you, though, is the one where your LSAT and GPA are competitive and that places graduates in the region and practice area you want.
Law school rankings are compiled by private publishers, mainly U.S. News, not by the ABA or any government body. U.S. News scores each school on reputation surveys, incoming LSAT and GPA medians, graduate employment and bar-passage rates, and per-student spending to produce the rank, and it publishes separate specialty lists. The exact weights change periodically and are published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology.
Verified August 2026.
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