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At Wake Forest Law, you’ll find excellence everywhere you look. In our size, we strive to enroll a first-year class of no more than 160 students, which keeps our student/faculty ratio at less than 10 to 1. In our first-rate faculty, who are respected legal scholars and unusually accessible teachers. And in our philosophy, including an emphasis on professionalism, ethics and practical applications of the law.
We also boast an impressive array of hands-on learning and practicing opportunities, including clinics, externships, practical skills courses, law journals, moot court, trial teams and more. And our Pro Bono Project allows you to enhance your legal education through pre-clinical opportunities that develop practical skills as early as your first semester.

Wake Forest law school has been named one of the nation’s best values in private law schools by the National Jurist. Wake Forest University ranks 25th among national universities and the law school ranks among the nation’s top 50 law schools. Excellence is by nature personal, and learning to be an excellent lawyer involves the shared efforts of a community of colleagues and experts. You will find that joining our community is a welcome challenge and a rare opportunity. Contact us, then visit us. You’ll like what you see. (Via)



Facts
Size (2013-2014)
1st Year Class: 179
Total Law School (JD, LLM, and SJD): 515
Student/Faculty Ratio: 10:1
Wake Forest University: Approximately 7,000

Tuition & Aid (2014-2015)


Meaningful Data

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Links
Wake Forest Law Class of 2017 Facebook Group

Wake Forest Law Website

Application Checklist

Wake Forest Law School Transparency Score Reports

Wake Forest Law School Numbers Stats




TLS Links

-Class of 2017 Page

-Class of 2016 Acceptances, Denials and Waitlists Page

-Class of 2016 Page

-Wake Students Taking Questions

Good Luck!

Planning to apply.

Planning to apply with a 163/3.83. Looks like I should be in, but anyone know what scholarship opportunities look like for people with my numbers?

Good luck to everyone!

3.82 / 158 planning on applying

Checkin in

Planning to apply with a 3.45/162. Retaking in October though so hopefully the LSAT will bump up.

I think my chances are good for admission with a 158/3.82, just not scholly good

itachiuchiha wrote:I think my chances are good for admission with a 158/3.82, just not scholly good

Are you retaking October or December?

october!

itachiuchiha wrote:october!

Even just a few points could get you around half scholarship.

Submitted my app tonight. Anyone else submitted yet? About how long do they take to respond?

Under review as of the 27th.

AT9 wrote:Submitted my app tonight. Anyone else submitted yet? About how long do they take to respond?

You should be sent a username and password to keep up with your application online. The time frame from submission to decision is around 2 months when applications are sent in before Thanksgiving.

Free app. Count me in.

shaynislegend wrote:

AT9 wrote:Submitted my app tonight. Anyone else submitted yet? About how long do they take to respond?

You should be sent a username and password to keep up with your application online. The time frame from submission to decision is around 2 months when applications are sent in before Thanksgiving.

Got it today. Your estimation is spot on - the e-mail says they expect to send out decisions for people who apply in September around the first week of Dec.

In via status checker today!

Submitted: 9/21
Complete: 9/23
In Review: 9/27

Congrats!! Your numbers above median?

Also in today. LSAT above 75%, GPA below median.

Congrats to you also! I am hoping for some love from the status checker. LSAT above 75% and GPA between median and 75%. I did not go under review till Oct though.

Congrats! any word on scholarships?

daullibaba wrote:Congrats!! Your numbers above median?

LSAT above 75% and GPA right at the median.

I was amazed to see such a quick turnaround. Hopefully you'll see good news on the status checker soon!

The status checker didn't give any information on scholarships... Crossing my fingers something comes with the official acceptance letter.

This is my first cycle and first acceptance. Does anyone have any insight into when to expect an email from the school after getting in via status checker?

TheSpanishMain wrote:This is my first cycle and first acceptance. Does anyone have any insight into when to expect an email from the school after getting in via status checker?

If I remember correctly, I was accepted toward the beginning of March and received an email with scholarship information the following week. A few weeks later, I received the official acceptance letter and information folder and etc. Keep in mind I applied much later in the cycle, so that may be the reason I found out my scholarship information immediately.

Just fyi: I checked the status checker today and the "congrats, you've been admitted" message was gone. I called the admissions office just to ask what was up, and was told that there had been a glitch and some admissions decisions were posted before they were supposed to. They fixed it, and now stuff won't be going out till November. If you did see the "admitted" message, you are good to go, you're just not supposed to know that yet. So, bottom line, don't freak out if you don't see an admitted message in the next few days, doesn't necessarily mean you're not in.

Checking in. Submitted 10/10