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Law School Acceptance Rates
2025–2026 Complete List

Acceptance rates for T14 and Top 50 law schools — with median LSAT, GPA, and what each rate actually means for your application. Sortable table with search filter. Updated with 2025 ABA 509 data.

4.1%
Most Selective
Yale Law School
36%
Avg. All ABA Schools
2025 cycle
7
Schools Below 10%
2025 ABA data
What acceptance rates actually tell you — and what they don't
A school's acceptance rate reflects how many applicants it admitted as a percentage of all applicants. It does not tell you your probability of admission. Your probability depends on how your LSAT and GPA compare to the school's median and 25th/75th percentile range — not on the acceptance rate itself. A 10% acceptance rate means 10% of all applicants were admitted; applicants with LSAT scores at the 75th percentile are admitted at substantially higher rates than that figure suggests.

What the Numbers Mean

<10%
Hyper-selective
Yale (4.1%), Stanford (6.1%), Penn (8.1%), Chicago (9.7%). Numbers are table stakes. Application quality and distinctiveness are decisive at the margin.
10–15%
Highly selective
UVA (10.2%), Harvard (12%), Columbia (11.8%), NYU (13.4%), Northwestern (14%). T6 and upper T14. Above-median numbers plus strong application narrative required.
15–25%
Selective
Duke (14.5%), Michigan (17.5%), Georgetown (16%), UCLA (18%), WashU (18%), Vanderbilt (25%), Cornell (16.5%). Mid T14. Numbers drive outcomes with holistic review playing a real role.
25–35%
Moderately selective
Top 25–50 schools. Regional markets and scholarship opportunities often make schools in this range excellent ROI choices. Class rank matters more here than at T14.

Acceptance Rates — T14 and Top 50 Schools

Data from 2025 ABA 509 Required Disclosures (fall 2025 entering class). Click any column header to sort. Use the search field to filter by school name.

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# School Accept Rate Med. LSAT Med. GPA US News Rank Note

T14 schools are highlighted with a gold left border. Acceptance rates reflect all full-time JD applicants for fall 2025 entry.

Why Acceptance Rate Is Not Your Odds

The aggregate acceptance rate is one of the least useful numbers for individual applicants — yet it is one of the most frequently referenced. Here is why the distinction matters.

Harvard's 12% acceptance rate does not mean you have a 12% chance of admission. That 12% is calculated across all 9,000+ applicants, who range from 140 LSAT scores to 180. Applicants with LSAT scores at or above the 75th percentile (176+) are admitted at rates that significantly exceed 12%. Applicants with LSAT scores below the 25th percentile (171) are admitted at rates well below 12%.

A higher acceptance rate does not mean a school is easy to get into for competitive applicants. Notre Dame's 16% acceptance rate and Georgetown's 16% acceptance rate imply similar overall selectivity — but the applicant pool, LSAT medians, and GPA expectations are nearly identical. Neither school is "easier" for a student with strong numbers; both select for specific application qualities beyond the numbers.

The number that actually matters: your position relative to the 25th and 75th percentile
For any target school, the most useful question is: is my LSAT at, above, or below the school's 25th percentile? A score above the 75th percentile puts you in the top quarter of admitted students — where financial consideration for scholarship is strongest and admission probability is highest. A score below the 25th percentile means roughly three-quarters of admitted students scored higher than you — a meaningful headwind. Use the admissions calculator to see your position at every T14 school.

Rolling admissions amplifies the effect of timing. Most T14 schools review applications as they arrive rather than comparing all applications after a deadline. Submitting in September or October — before the pool becomes competitive — is effectively a multiplier on your application quality. An applicant with a 168 LSAT submitting in September faces a smaller, less competitive pool than an identical applicant submitting in December. The acceptance rate across the full cycle does not capture this rolling advantage.

Acceptance rates are context. Your numbers are the variable.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Acceptance rates and admissions statistics are drawn from 2025 ABA 509 Required Disclosures, reflecting the fall 2025 entering class. Top 25–50 school data includes estimates based on the most recent available ABA 509 data and may vary by 1–3 percentage points from final reported figures. Rankings are from 2025 US News Best Law Schools. All data should be verified directly with each school's admissions office before application decisions are made. Lovare Institut is not affiliated with LSAC or any law school. LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admission Council, Inc.