How to Get Into Arizona State Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

To learn how to get into Arizona State Law School, start with two numbers. According to ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 entering class posted an LSAT median of 165, on a band of 158 to 167, and a GPA median of 3.91, on a band of 3.58 to 3.98. Hit both of those medians and you are competitive at ASU Law (O'Connor), not yet admitted.

By Ali Unar, Georgetown Law, Founder of Lovare Institut. Ali Unar is a Georgetown Law student and the founder of Lovare Institut, an admissions and LSAT-prep practice built on primary-source law school data. Verified August 2026. The admissions figures on this page come from ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, the employment figures from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the bar and outcome figures from ASU Law (O'Connor)'s ABA bar-passage report and the school's own pages.

ASU Law (O'Connor) is meaningfully harder to get into than its regional reputation suggests, and the band-peer math is the proof. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT sits within two points of ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 165, that is 163 to 167, ranked by acceptance rate, ASU Law (O'Connor) is the 5th most selective of the 33, per Lovare's analysis of the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Only four schools at the same LSAT level admit a smaller share of applicants than ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 19.78% rate, which comes from 912 offers made against 4,610 applications in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Pair that selectivity with a 165 LSAT median, a 3.91 GPA median, and a scholarship program that reaches 96% of students, and the thesis of this page is simple: ASU Law (O'Connor) is a genuinely selective law school that still funds most of its class.

ASU Law (O'Connor) at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

ASU Law (O'Connor) admissions run selective and scholarship-rich. According to ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 LSAT median is 165, the GPA median is 3.91, and the acceptance rate is 19.78%, while 96% of students receive grant aid. The table below gathers the core ASU Law (O'Connor) numbers for quick reference before the sections that interpret them.

MetricASU Law (O'Connor) (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)158 / 165 / 167GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.58 / 3.91 / 3.98Acceptance rate19.78%Applications4,610Offers of admission912Matriculants from the pool264First-year class266Full-time tuition and feesResident $28,390 / nonresident $52,099Living expenses$33,090Share receiving grants96%Median grant$20,000Full-tuition and above-full-tuition awards79 full-tuition, 18 above-full-tuition (97 total)Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage88.21%Employed at ten months94.5% (275 of 291)

Source: ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, ASU Law (O'Connor)'s ABA bar-passage report, and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. Tuition and living expenses are printed separately in the 509, which does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total for ASU Law (O'Connor), so this page does not quote one. Verified August 2026.

What LSAT and GPA do you really need to get into ASU Law (O'Connor)?

For ASU Law (O'Connor), the realistic target is a 165 LSAT and a 3.91 GPA, the fall 2025 medians in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. The middle 50% runs 158 to 167 on the LSAT and 3.58 to 3.98 on GPA. Below either 25th percentile, the other number has to carry the ASU Law (O'Connor) file.

ASU Law (O'Connor) reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 158, 165, and 167, and a GPA spread of 3.58, 3.91, and 3.98, in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Read the two rows together and the class is strong on both axes but leaves more room on the LSAT than on the GPA: the LSAT band opens nine points wide from the 25th to the 75th percentile, while the GPA band is compressed high, with even the 25th percentile student carrying a 3.58. The median admit to ASU Law (O'Connor) holds a 165 LSAT and a 3.91 GPA, and half the class sits above each line and half below.

A realistic profile at ASU Law (O'Connor) therefore starts at those two medians. A 165 LSAT and a 3.91 GPA place an applicant squarely at the center of the fall 2025 class, per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, which makes for a competitive file rather than a safe one. Push either number toward the 75th percentile, a 167 LSAT or a 3.98 GPA, and the odds improve for both admission and scholarship money at ASU Law (O'Connor). Fall below the 25th percentile on either measure, a 158 LSAT or a 3.58 GPA, and ASU Law (O'Connor) will look to the other number to rescue the application.

On the splitter question, ASU Law (O'Connor) is reverse-splitter friendly, which is the less common of the two patterns. The GPA spread from the 25th percentile to the median is 0.33 and the LSAT spread is 7 points, per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so the school gives a high GPA real room to offset a lower LSAT. A splitter carries a high LSAT with a lower GPA; a reverse-splitter carries a high GPA with a lower LSAT. Because ASU Law (O'Connor) is reverse-splitter friendly, a 3.98 GPA can pull an LSAT that dips toward the 158 quartile into contention more readily than a 167 LSAT can rescue a sub-3.58 GPA. The practical takeaway for an applicant to ASU Law (O'Connor) is that a strong undergraduate record is the more forgiving of the two assets here, though a median-or-better LSAT still does the heavy lifting for scholarship consideration.

Is ASU Law (O'Connor) harder to get into than its reputation?

Yes. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT is within two points of ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 165, ASU Law (O'Connor) ranks 5th most selective by acceptance rate, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. Its 19.78% rate is tighter than nearly every school at the same LSAT level, so ASU Law (O'Connor) punches above its regional profile.

To size up ASU Law (O'Connor) fairly, compare it only against schools with a similar academic profile. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 165, that is a median of 163 to 167, ranked by acceptance rate, ASU Law (O'Connor) is the 5th most selective of the group, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA Standard 509 data. In plain terms, only four schools in that LSAT band admit a smaller share of applicants than ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 19.78% rate, computed from 912 offers against 4,610 applications in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, while the other 28 admit a larger share.

The verdict is that ASU Law (O'Connor) is harder to get into than its reputation as a regional public school suggests. Two forces drive that. First, ASU Law (O'Connor) draws a large applicant pool, 4,610 files for a first-year class of 266, so the raw competition is national in scale even though the outcomes are regional. Second, ASU Law (O'Connor) funds deeply, with 96% of students receiving grants per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, which lifts yield and lets the school hold its 165 LSAT median without loosening the acceptance rate. For an applicant, the honest read is that ASU Law (O'Connor) should be treated as a reach-to-target school even for someone whose numbers sit right at the medians, not as the safety its regional reputation might imply.

How much does ASU Law (O'Connor) cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

ASU Law (O'Connor) lists resident tuition and fees of $28,390 and nonresident of $52,099 in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, plus $33,090 in living expenses. Ninety-six percent of students receive grants, with a $20,000 median, and ASU Law (O'Connor) funds 79 full-tuition and 18 above-full-tuition awards. Its scholarships are not conditional, so an award cannot be cut for grades.

Start with the sticker. ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $28,390 for Arizona residents and $52,099 for nonresidents, and it separately lists living expenses at $33,090. As is standard in the 509, ASU Law (O'Connor) does not print a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so any all-in annual number quoted elsewhere is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure ASU Law (O'Connor) reports, and this page will not invent one.

The aid picture is where ASU Law (O'Connor) is genuinely strong. According to ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, 96% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $5,000, $20,000, and $33,336. Most striking, ASU Law (O'Connor) funds 79 full-tuition awards and 18 above-full-tuition awards, 97 awards at or above full tuition in total, from that same disclosure. The upper-quartile grant of $33,336 clears resident tuition and fees entirely and covers most of a nonresident's higher bill.

For a typical recipient the math is favorable. Against the $52,099 nonresident sticker for tuition and fees, a student receiving ASU Law (O'Connor)'s median grant of $20,000 nets about $32,099 in tuition and fees before living costs, using figures from ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure; a resident starts from the much lower $28,390 sticker, and a median grant there covers the large majority of it. One point squarely in the applicant's favor: ASU Law (O'Connor)'s scholarships are not conditional, per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so a grant cannot be reduced for landing in the bottom half of the first-year curve. Combined with a first-year academic attrition rate of 0.0% in the same disclosure, the aid an admit is offered at ASU Law (O'Connor) is money they can plan around for all three years.

What are your real chances off the ASU Law (O'Connor) waitlist?

ASU Law (O'Connor) does not publish waitlist offers or admits, so the honest proxy is implied yield, matriculants divided by offers, which is 28.9% for fall 2025 per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. A 28.9% yield is moderate, so ASU Law (O'Connor) fills most of its class from first-round offers and leans only modestly on its waitlist. Movement is possible but far from assured.

Here is the reasoning in full. ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports 912 offers of admission and 264 matriculants drawn from the applicant pool, which is an implied yield of 28.9%. No ABA disclosure, ASU Law (O'Connor)'s included, publishes how many applicants are admitted from the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. The logic runs as follows: a higher yield means a school fills more of its class from first-round offers and has less unfilled space to backfill from a waitlist, which makes waitlist admission harder.

A 28.9% yield puts ASU Law (O'Connor) in the middle of the range, neither a school that overfills from first offers nor one that must rebuild its class from the waitlist every year. For a waitlisted applicant to ASU Law (O'Connor), the practical read is that a spot can open, but it is not the base case: a concise, specific letter of continued interest and quick responsiveness are worth the effort, while treating an ASU Law (O'Connor) waitlist spot as likely to convert would be a planning mistake. The stronger move is to keep other offers live rather than count on ASU Law (O'Connor) reaching deep into its waitlist.

Where do ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates actually work?

ASU Law (O'Connor) is an Arizona-concentrated school with solid large-firm reach. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 68.0% of ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates took first jobs in Arizona and 78.0% stayed within the top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers hired 20.6%, and federal clerkships took 3.1%.

The single most useful fact about ASU Law (O'Connor)'s employment outcomes is geographic concentration. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, ASU Law (O'Connor) placed 198 graduates in Arizona, 18 in California, and 11 in the District of Columbia, its three largest markets. Arizona alone absorbed 68.0% of the class, and the top three markets together took 78.0%, per the same ABA Employment Summary. An ASU Law (O'Connor) degree, in practice, is an Arizona credential first, with meaningful but secondary reach into California and Washington.

By employer type, ASU Law (O'Connor) places a solid share into large firms. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 20.6% of ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, and federal clerkships took another 3.1% of the class, per the same summary. That large-firm share is respectable for a public school whose outcomes are concentrated in a single state market, and it means roughly one ASU Law (O'Connor) graduate in five starts in the kind of firm that pays the highest salaries in the Arizona market.

Overall placement is strong. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 275 of 291 ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 94.5% employment rate, and ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure reports first-year academic attrition of 0.0%. The reason to weigh ASU Law (O'Connor) on concentration is that its outcomes are specific: a 68.0% Arizona share makes ASU Law (O'Connor) an excellent bet for a student who wants to practice in Phoenix or elsewhere in Arizona, and a fair-value bet for someone targeting California, but a weaker fit for a student set on an out-of-region market with no Arizona tie.

When are ASU Law (O'Connor)'s application deadlines?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s specific application deadlines and any Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so both should be confirmed directly on ASU Law (O'Connor)'s admissions site. What is dated here is the admissions data itself, drawn from ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure and verified in August 2026. Apply early in a rolling cycle when you can.

A word on timing strategy for ASU Law (O'Connor). Because the numbers on this page show ASU Law (O'Connor) filling most of a 266-seat class from a 4,610-file applicant pool at a 19.78% acceptance rate, the practical advice at a selective, high-volume school is to submit a complete application early in the cycle rather than late, when both seats and scholarship funds are more plentiful. This profile does not state a specific ASU Law (O'Connor) deadline or Early Decision policy, because those terms are not confirmed here, and this page does not guess at dates; the safe step is to read the current calendar on ASU Law (O'Connor)'s own admissions pages.

One caveat applies to every date decision. Application cycle dates and Early Decision rules shift from year to year, and a policy that held in one cycle can move in the next. The admissions figures cited throughout this ASU Law (O'Connor) profile reflect the 2025 ABA 509 disclosure as verified in August 2026, but the current deadlines are a live detail to confirm on ASU Law (O'Connor)'s site before you rely on them, because a profile like this one is a planning aid, not the school's official calendar of record.

Frequently asked questions about getting into ASU Law (O'Connor)

Is a 165 LSAT good enough for ASU Law (O'Connor)?

A 165 is exactly ASU Law (O'Connor)'s LSAT median, per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, so it is good enough to be competitive but not to feel safe. Half of the fall 2025 class scored at or above 165, inside a 158 to 167 middle range. Paired with a GPA near the 3.91 median, a 165 makes an applicant a strong candidate at ASU Law (O'Connor).

What GPA do you need to get into ASU Law (O'Connor)?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports a GPA median of 3.91, with a 25th percentile of 3.58 and a 75th percentile of 3.98. The middle half of the fall 2025 class sits between 3.58 and 3.98, a high band. Aim for at least 3.58, and because ASU Law (O'Connor) is reverse-splitter friendly, a GPA near 3.98 is the strongest single way to offset an LSAT below the median.

What is ASU Law (O'Connor)'s acceptance rate?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s acceptance rate is 19.78%, computed as 912 offers against 4,610 applications in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Among the 33 schools within two LSAT points of its 165 median, that rate ranks 5th most selective, per Lovare's analysis, meaning ASU Law (O'Connor) admits a smaller share than nearly all of its LSAT peers. Roughly one applicant in five receives an offer.

How many people apply to ASU Law (O'Connor) each year?

ASU Law (O'Connor) received 4,610 applications for its fall 2025 entering class, according to ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. From that pool, ASU Law (O'Connor) extended 912 offers of admission and enrolled 264 matriculants, building a first-year class of 266. The distance between 4,610 applications and 912 offers is what produces the 19.78% acceptance rate.

How much does ASU Law (O'Connor) cost?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $28,390 for residents and $52,099 for nonresidents, plus living expenses of $33,090. ASU Law (O'Connor) does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page will not quote one. A student receiving the $20,000 median grant nets about $32,099 in nonresident tuition and fees before living costs.

Does ASU Law (O'Connor) give scholarships?

Yes, and broadly. ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports that 96% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts of $5,000, $20,000, and $33,336 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. ASU Law (O'Connor) funds 79 full-tuition awards and 18 above-full-tuition awards, and because its scholarships are not conditional, an award cannot be cut for first-year grades.

What is ASU Law (O'Connor)'s bar passage rate?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 88.21% for the 2024 exam year, measured in its largest jurisdiction, Arizona. The ultimate pass rate, measured two years out for the 2022 cohort, is 94.49%, per the same report. The large majority of ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates who sit for a bar exam pass on the first attempt, and almost all pass eventually.

Where do ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates work?

Most ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates stay in Arizona. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Arizona taking 198 graduates (68.0%), California 18, and the District of Columbia 11, so the top three markets account for 78.0% of the class. An ASU Law (O'Connor) degree points strongly toward the Arizona legal market, with secondary reach into California and Washington.

Can a splitter get into ASU Law (O'Connor)?

ASU Law (O'Connor) is reverse-splitter friendly, so a high GPA is the asset that travels furthest. Its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.33 against an LSAT spread of 7 points, so ASU Law (O'Connor) forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is high more readily than the reverse. A traditional high-LSAT, low-GPA splitter has a narrower path here than a reverse-splitter does.

How selective is ASU Law (O'Connor) compared with schools at the same LSAT?

ASU Law (O'Connor) is more selective than nearly all schools at its LSAT level. Among the 33 schools with a median LSAT within two points of its 165, ranked by acceptance rate, ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 19.78% ranks 5th most selective, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. Its high yield and deep scholarship funding let ASU Law (O'Connor) hold that selective rate while still enrolling a strong-numbers class.

Is ASU Law (O'Connor) worth it?

For an Arizona-bound student, yes. Against nonresident tuition and fees of $52,099 in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, and a much lower $28,390 resident sticker, 96% of students receive grants, and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 94.5% of graduates employed at ten months with 20.6% in large firms. That combination of deep aid and strong Arizona outcomes makes ASU Law (O'Connor) a sound value.

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at an ASU Law (O'Connor) scholarship?

Numbers at or above ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 75th percentiles give the best shot: a 167 LSAT and a 3.98 GPA, per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Because ASU Law (O'Connor) funds 79 full-tuition and 18 above-full-tuition awards and its upper-quartile grant reaches $33,336, a top-quartile profile is well positioned for a full-tuition or better award at ASU Law (O'Connor).

Does ASU Law (O'Connor) have Early Decision?

ASU Law (O'Connor)'s Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so whether the school runs a binding early round, and on what deadline, should be confirmed directly on ASU Law (O'Connor)'s admissions site. What this profile can date is the admissions data itself, from ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, verified in August 2026. At a selective, high-volume school, applying early in the cycle is the safer play regardless.

What is ASU Law (O'Connor)'s employment rate?

The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 275 of 291 ASU Law (O'Connor) graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 94.5% employment rate. Of those, 20.6% took jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers and 3.1% took federal clerkships, per the same summary. Combined with 0.0% first-year attrition in ASU Law (O'Connor)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, the completion-to-employment pipeline at ASU Law (O'Connor) is strong.

What is ASU Law (O'Connor)'s first-year attrition rate?

ASU Law (O'Connor) reports first-year academic attrition of 0.0% in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, meaning no one who started the fall 2025 class was dismissed for grades. Combined with an ultimate bar pass rate of 94.49% for the 2022 cohort, per ASU Law (O'Connor)'s ABA bar-passage report, the data shows that students admitted to ASU Law (O'Connor) overwhelmingly finish and go on to pass the bar.

Sources

Every figure on this page is drawn from primary disclosures, listed here so readers can verify each one directly.

ASU Law (O'Connor) 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=3&year=2025

ASU Law (O'Connor) ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=3&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=3&year=2024

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