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Yale Law School
Yale Law School is one of the prestigious law schools in the United States. It is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and was established in 1843. The school offers a variety of degrees, including the Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD), and Master of Studies in Law (MSL). In addition to providing education, Yale Law School also hosts visiting scholars and operates several legal research centers.
Yale Law School has been consistently ranked as the best law school in the United States by US News and World Report, except for 1987, when it tied with Harvard. Notable alums of Yale Law School include former President William Howard Taft, who taught constitutional law there from 1913 to 1921, and current US Supreme Court Justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. The law school's library is also where Bill and Hillary Clinton met.
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History
Yale Law School’s origins date back to the early 19th century, a time when legal education in America largely took place through apprenticeships in lawyers’ offices rather than formal institutions. The foundations of what would become Yale Law School emerged from the law office of Seth Staples, a prominent New Haven attorney. Staples attracted aspiring lawyers not only with his mentorship but also with his extensive personal law library, a rare and valuable resource in an era when legal texts were scarce. By the 1810s, his law office had evolved into a fully operational law school.
One of Staples’ former apprentices, Samuel Hitchcock, eventually joined the practice and later became the proprietor of what was then known as the New Haven Law School. The school began forging ties with Yale University in the 1820s, and by the 1840s, students graduating from the law program were awarded Yale degrees. A key figure during this period was David Daggett, a former U.S. senator from Connecticut, who became co-proprietor of the school in 1824 and a Yale College law professor in 1826. Despite these promising developments, Yale Law School struggled for decades to maintain stability. After the deaths of Hitchcock in 1845 and his successor Henry Dutton in 1869, the school teetered on the brink of closure but managed to survive.
The school’s revitalization came under the leadership of Francis Wayland, Yale Law School’s first full-time dean, who significantly shaped its modern identity. Wayland secured philanthropic support, expanded the law library, and established The Yale Law Journal, which became one of the most influential legal publications in the United States. In 1876, Yale became one of the first law schools to offer a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, positioning itself at the forefront of graduate-level legal education.
By the late 19th century, Yale Law School began to distinguish itself through its small size and its unique interdisciplinary approach. Unlike its contemporaries, Yale integrated professors from other academic departments into the law curriculum and later appointed faculty with expertise in fields such as economics and psychiatry. This intellectual diversity helped cement Yale’s reputation for fostering broad, critical engagement with the law.
In the 1930s, Yale became a national leader in the Legal Realism movement, which revolutionized American legal thought. Legal realists rejected the idea that judicial decisions were strictly determined by legal rules, instead highlighting the influence of social, psychological, and contextual factors. Yale’s faculty during this period included groundbreaking scholars such as Thurman Arnold, Edwin Borchard, Jerome Frank, Underhill Moore, Walton Hamilton, Wesley Sturges, and future Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Dean Charles Clark, a pivotal figure in this era, helped draft the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which continue to shape modern civil litigation in the United States.
Throughout the 20th century, Yale Law School’s emphasis on both public and private law positioned its graduates to lead in critical areas of legal and political development, including the expansion of the administrative state, the growth of international law following the World Wars, and the domestic civil rights movement. The school further solidified its reputation during the 1950s and 1960s with major contributions to constitutional law, commercial taxation, antitrust, international law, and the burgeoning field of law and economics.
In more recent decades, Yale Law School has continued to innovate rapidly, expanding its curricular strengths to include comparative constitutional law, corporate finance, environmental law, gender studies, international human rights, and legal history. The school is also widely recognized for its extensive clinical programs that provide students with hands-on legal experience, including opportunities to represent clients from their first year. A key focus has been human rights, a priority that intensified under former Dean Harold Koh. Yale’s ties to the human rights community include its affiliation with Human Rights Watch founder Robert Bernstein and alumnus Kenneth Roth, who served as the organization’s executive director. The school’s clinics have been at the forefront of groundbreaking work, including advocacy for detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Today, Yale Law School stands as a global leader in legal education, known for its tradition of academic excellence, intellectual freedom, and its enduring impact on both national and international legal systems.
Admissions
Admissions to Yale Law School in 2025 remain exceptionally competitive, with an acceptance rate of approximately 5.3%. Out of an applicant pool of around 4,359 candidates, only about 230 were offered admission, and roughly 204 to 205 students ultimately enrolled, reflecting a remarkably high yield rate of about 76%. The admissions process is distinctive; a significant portion of applications is reviewed by three faculty members, each scoring the applicant between 2 and 4. A perfect combined score of 12 guarantees admission, while applicants with scores of 11 are typically waitlisted. Yale also selectively admits outstanding candidates outside this standard process. The school attracts applicants with exceptional academic records, boasting a median LSAT score of 174 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.96, with many students achieving scores in the top percentiles nationally.
Academically, Yale Law School continues to foster a unique and rigorous environment. It offers one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios among law schools, officially reported as approximately 4.3:1. The school does not follow the traditional A–F grading system. Instead, first-semester first-year students are graded on a Credit/No Credit basis, transitioning to an Honors/Pass/Low Pass/Fail system thereafter. Notably, about one-third of students in large classes typically earn Honors, and Yale does not rank its students. The law school is especially renowned for its clinical program, which is among the most accessible and robust in the country. Over 80% of students participate in at least one clinic, and uniquely, Yale allows first-year students to represent clients immediately—a rare opportunity at peer institutions. Additionally, about 9% of Yale Law graduates pursue academic careers within five years of graduation, underscoring the school’s strong scholarly orientation. For the 2024–25 academic year, tuition stands at $76,369, with a total estimated cost of attendance of around $103,579. Many students receive substantial financial aid, with median grant awards exceeding $33,000.
Statistics
| Admissions Stats | ||
| Class of: | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
| 25th - 50th - 75th percentile LSAT | 172 - 175 - 177 | 170 - 174 - 177 |
| 25th - 50th - 75th percentile GPA | 3.89 - 3.96 - 4.00 | 3.91 - 3.96 - 4.00 |
| Acceptance rate | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| Applications received | 4412 | 4358 |
| Acceptances | 246 | 229 |
| Matriculants | 178 | 173 |
Acceptance Rate
Yale Law School remains one of the most prestigious and selective legal institutions in the United States, admitting approximately 204–205 new students each year. For the 2024–2025 admissions cycle, the school received roughly 4,359 applications and extended offers to about 230 applicants, resulting in an acceptance rate of approximately 5.3%—still the lowest among U.S. law schools. Yale’s yield rate (the percentage of admitted students who choose to enroll) continues to lead nationally at around 76%, reflecting its dominant appeal over peer institutions like Harvard and Stanford.
The academic profile of admitted students in 2025 remains exceptionally competitive. The median GPA is 3.96 with a 25th to 75th percentile range of 3.91 to 4.00. The median LSAT score stands at 174, with the middle 50% of students scoring between 170 and 177. These scores consistently place Yale’s admitted students in the top percentiles nationwide. Additionally, the school continues to attract exceptional scholars, including Rhodes Scholars returning from studies at Oxford University.
Application Fee
The application fee remains $75. Yale Law School does not grant merit-based fee waivers. Additionally, it does not accept LSAC need-based fee waivers, which sets it apart from most other ABA-approved law schools. Applicants seeking a waiver must submit a direct, need-based request to Yale’s Admissions Office for consideration.
Transferring
Yale Law School typically accepts 10 to 15 transfer students each year from a pool of about 200 applicants. These applicants generally come from Tier 1 law schools, especially those ranked in the top 20 nationally. The transfer admissions process remains highly selective, focusing on students with exceptional first-year law school performance.
Transfer application details for 2025:
Transfer students at Yale are fully integrated into the school’s academic and professional environment. They are eligible to participate in FIP (Fall Interview Program) for competitive 2L summer job placements, can try out for the Yale Law Journal, and can join any of the secondary journals without restriction. To support their transition, transfer students participate in orientation events alongside the incoming 1L class and are assigned Dean’s Advisers, often previous transfer students themselves, who provide peer mentorship and guidance. If you're not sure about applying to law school or just beginning the application process, then please take the time to read some of the excellent pre-law articles found here.
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
Students at Yale Law School continue to benefit from an exceptionally intimate and collaborative learning environment. The student-to-faculty ratio for 2025 is approximately 4.3 to 1, one of the lowest among all U.S. law schools, offering unparalleled faculty access and individualized academic support. When counting only full-time faculty, the ratio remains among the nation’s smallest, ensuring that each student has meaningful opportunities to build relationships with professors. Including clinical professors, lecturers, and librarians who actively teach and supervise students, the ratio can be even lower in practical terms.
The average class size remains under 20 students, maintaining Yale’s hallmark small-group learning structure. Students are required to complete two substantial, faculty-supervised writing projects during their time at Yale, which naturally fosters close mentorship and one-on-one scholarly engagement.
During their first semester, all 1L students are placed in a "small group"—a cohort of about 15 to 16 students with whom they take all their core classes. One of these classes is exclusively limited to the small group, and the group’s faculty instructor also serves as the students’ legal writing professor. This professor often becomes a key mentor and professional reference, especially as students prepare for summer internships and post-graduate positions.
Yale’s faculty are renowned as leaders in their fields, often shaping national and international legal discourse. Despite their distinguished reputations, students consistently find Yale professors to be approachable, supportive, and invested in their teaching and students' success. Many professors regularly invite their classes to dinners at their homes, and it is common for students to work as research assistants on cutting-edge legal scholarship.
As of 2025, Yale Law School lists approximately 70 full-time faculty members, supported by a broad array of lecturers, clinical instructors, and visiting professors who contribute to the school’s rich academic environment.
Curriculum and Academics
Yale Law School continues to operate on a non-traditional grading system that emphasizes academic exploration over competition. First-term students are evaluated on a Credit/No Credit basis, which allows them to transition into legal studies without the intense grading pressure that often defines the first year at other law schools. For the remainder of their time at Yale, students are graded on a Honors/Pass/Low Pass/Fail scale. Importantly, Yale does not rank its students, and there is no grading curve, meaning each student’s work is assessed independently, rather than in comparison to peers. This grading structure fosters a collaborative and intellectually open environment, allowing students to focus on deep learning instead of competing for class rank.
One of Yale’s signature academic features is the accessibility of the Yale Law Journal (YLJ). Unlike other top schools where admission to flagship law journals is based heavily on grades and class rank, the Yale Law Journal selection process places more emphasis on writing and editing skills, making it more broadly attainable within the student body.
Yale Law School offers a three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program. The first year emphasizes foundational legal research, writing, and legal theory. Students participate in small-group learning and begin clinical work immediately—Yale is one of the few elite law schools where first-year students can actively represent real clients. Throughout the second and third years, students pursue more specialized doctrinal courses such as constitutional law, criminal law, contracts, property law, and torts, as well as elective seminars and legal clinics.
Joint Degrees
Yale Law School offers multiple Joint degrees programs in collaboration with other Yale University graduate schools, providing students with the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies. Popular options include the JD/MBA with the Yale School of Management, which prepares students for leadership roles at the intersection of law and business, and environmental law-focused joint degrees with the Yale School of the Environment (formerly the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies), ideal for those interested in environmental policy, sustainability, and natural resources law. Yale’s accelerated three-year JD/MBA program is particularly attractive for students seeking a fast-tracked, integrated curriculum that combines both legal and business training within the typical timeframe of a law degree. Beyond joint degrees, Yale offers students a robust clinical education, with more than 20 active legal clinics. These clinics allow students to gain practical, hands-on experience in diverse areas such as human rights advocacy, environmental protection, corporate governance, criminal justice reform, immigration law, veterans' legal services, and international law, often giving them the chance to represent real clients and participate in complex litigation or policy work as early as their first year.
Quality of Life
The small, close-knit community at Yale Law School continues to be one of its most defining features. With an incoming class of approximately 204–205 students and a total student body of around 600, Yale’s scale fosters strong personal connections. By the end of their first year, most students know nearly everyone in the law school. Social opportunities extend beyond the law school itself, as Yale’s broader graduate and undergraduate communities provide additional avenues for engagement.
The law school regularly sponsors social events, including weekly happy hours, Bar Review gatherings at New Haven’s popular bars, and campus-wide celebrations. Social announcements and party invitations continue to be distributed through “the Wall,” the student listserv that serves as a central hub for community updates. The tight-knit culture is further enhanced by faculty-hosted dinners and informal events that create opportunities for students and professors to interact outside the classroom.
While New Haven’s reputation as a smaller city can be seen as a drawback by some prospective students, Yale provides comprehensive shuttle and security escort services that help students navigate the city safely and conveniently. In return, New Haven offers relatively affordable housing, a growing restaurant scene, cultural attractions, and easy walkability. Yale Law’s Sterling Law Building, with its iconic Gothic architecture and serene courtyards, continues to earn high praise from students for its beauty and inviting campus atmosphere.
Location
Yale Law School is centrally located within Yale University’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut, a city known for its historic charm, green spaces, and vibrant arts and culinary scenes. Yale University, founded in 1701, is one of the Ivy League's most prestigious institutions, and the law school itself is designed to reflect the tradition of the English Inns of Court.
The Sterling Law Building houses Yale Law School and remains the heart of the law school’s daily life. The building includes modernized classrooms, the Lillian Goldman Law Library, a student lounge, faculty offices, an auditorium, and a student dining hall. The facility is surrounded by three peaceful courtyards, which provide students with space for relaxation, study, and informal gatherings.
Library
The Lillian Goldman Law Library continues to serve as one of the finest legal research facilities in the world. The library holds approximately 800,000 volumes and spans six floors within the Sterling Law Building. It offers an extensive collection of resources in foreign and international law, rare books, government documents, and cutting-edge electronic databases.
The library remains a popular gathering place for students—not just for study but also as a social hub. Second- and third-year students are assigned individual carrels, while first-year students are free to study in open areas. The library also maintains unique amenities like a popular DVD collection and comfortable reading spaces. One beloved tradition that continues in 2025 is the ability to check out a therapy dog to help relieve academic stress during exam periods. While the library is widely praised, minor complaints about inconsistent temperature control persist.
Yale’s legal research librarians are highly accessible, providing in-person assistance, email support, and virtual chat services, in addition to teaching legal research courses that are essential to the curriculum.
Housing
ale Law School no longer offers law-specific on-campus housing. Instead, most students choose to live in privately owned apartments in surrounding neighborhoods. Only about 1-2% of students opt for Yale-owned graduate housing, which is available but not widely utilized by law students.
Popular Housing Options:
Each of these neighborhoods provides a distinct student living experience, allowing Yale Law students to tailor their housing choices to their lifestyle preferences, whether they prioritize social life, affordability, or quiet residential charm.
Student Culture
ustice Potter Stewart once famously remarked, "I know it when I see it," and for many Yale Law School students and alumni, this sentiment perfectly captures the uniquely intangible yet deeply felt culture of YLS. While the accomplishments of each incoming class are undeniably extraordinary, what truly sets Yale apart is the character of its community—a warmth, humility, and intellectual openness that visitors consistently feel but students often find difficult to articulate. As one current student put it, "I don’t know how the admissions team manages to select 200 people who are not only brilliant but genuinely kind—but somehow, they do it year after year."
Yale Law students are known for being intensely curious, collaborative, and self-motivated, but they also defy the stereotype of being overly academic or socially rigid. The community is relaxed, supportive, and intentionally low-pressure, thanks in part to the school’s unique grading system and the absence of class rank, which naturally encourages collegiality over competition. Students frequently bond through their small groups, clinical teams, student organizations, and social events, creating tight-knit support networks that often extend well beyond law school.
Despite the school’s serious academic environment, YLS students love to have fun. The annual Law Revue comedy show, where students playfully poke fun at law school life, remains a highly anticipated tradition. Harvard-Yale athletic competitions continue to draw enthusiastic crowds, and many students participate in intramural sports, pickup basketball games, and informal social gatherings. Students regularly host viewing parties, potlucks, and cultural events that make the small community feel even more interconnected.
Many YLS students form close friendships with their small group peers, apartment neighbors, and clinic teammates. Others find their social circles through shared classes, advocacy work, or student affinity groups, which remain an integral part of campus life. While some students comment on the “limited dating pool”—a natural consequence of a small student body and the fact that many students arrive already in committed relationships—it’s also true that many Yale Law students have gone on to marry each other, following a tradition made famous by alumni like Bill and Hillary Clinton.
In 2025, the Yale Law School community remains characterized by its approachability, curiosity, humor, and sense of shared purpose. Whether through student-led initiatives, community service, or simply enjoying life in New Haven together, Yale students continue to create a culture where academic excellence and personal kindness go hand in hand.
Employment Prospects
Graduates of Yale Law School in 2025 continue to enjoy some of the strongest employment outcomes in the country, with access to prestigious positions across all sectors of the legal profession. Yale’s name carries substantial weight, often opening doors to highly selective opportunities in judicial clerkships, biglaw firms, public interest organizations, academia, and government service.
Judicial Clerkships
Yale maintains its long-standing dominance in judicial clerkship placements, which remain a signature outcome for its graduates. In recent years, approximately 35% to 40% of each class secures clerkships, including a notable percentage of U.S. Supreme Court placements, where Yale consistently outpaces almost every peer institution. Yale’s faculty mentorship, combined with its uniquely supportive grading system and strong relationships with judges, makes it a powerhouse for clerkship preparation.
Law Firms
While Yale is famous for its pipeline into clerkships and academia, a significant number of graduates also enter elite law firms upon graduation. Top corporate law firms, litigation boutiques, and high-profile public interest firms in New York, Washington, D.C., California, and Chicago continue to actively recruit Yale students. Roughly 46% of the Class of 2024 accepted positions at major law firms, a figure that has remained steady in the past few years.
Yale’s Fall Interview Program (FIP), held each August, is the school’s primary on-campus recruiting event. More than 150 of the nation’s top firms consistently attend, although a substantial portion of Yale students either opt out of firm recruiting entirely or prioritize public interest and academic pathways. Firms continue to actively pursue Yale students, often seeing them as high-value recruits, but many students with strong public service profiles choose fellowships or government roles instead of corporate practice.
Public Interest & Fellowships
Yale is distinguished by its unparalleled support for public interest careers. Thanks to its generous loan repayment assistance program (COAP) and a wide range of fellowships funded directly by the law school, many students confidently pursue roles in non-profits, public defense, human rights, and government agencies immediately after graduation. Yale offers over two dozen public interest fellowships annually, supporting graduates who pursue these career paths with full funding for a year or more.
In addition, Yale’s unique public interest ecosystem—supported by programs like the Liman Fellowship, the Heyman Fellowship, and the Robina Foundation Fellowship—has made it a leader in cultivating public service lawyers. The school’s low-debt environment, combined with institutional backing, gives graduates the flexibility to prioritize mission-driven work without sacrificing financial stability.
Academia
Yale Law School has no rival in producing future law professors. Approximately 9% of each graduating class enters academia, with many securing highly coveted tenure-track positions at top law schools across the country. Yale’s intimate learning environment, early exposure to scholarship, faculty-supervised writing requirements, and strong academic mentorship pipelines continue to make it the premier law school for those aspiring to join legal academia.
Impact of Economic Trends
While the legal market remains dynamic in 2025, Yale Law graduates continue to be notably insulated from broader market fluctuations. Even during times of economic uncertainty, Yale’s graduates consistently secure employment across all sectors, thanks to their elite credentials, school support, and access to post-graduate fellowships that provide a safety net for those pursuing competitive clerkships or public interest roles.
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Tuition and Expenses
For the 2025–2026 academic year, the annual tuition at Yale Law School is $76,636. Additional mandatory fees, including the University Administrative Fee of $2,325 and Yale Health Insurance at $3,422, bring the total direct billed costs to $82,383 per year.
Beyond tuition and fees, students typically budget for living and personal expenses, which Yale estimates at approximately $26,657 annually. This includes:
The total estimated cost of attendance (COA) for a single student is $109,040 per year. This amount accounts for tuition, university fees, living costs, books, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses. Because Yale is a private institution, tuition and fees do not vary by residency status; in-state and out-of-state students pay the same rates.
Financial Aid
Yale Law School remains firmly need-based in its financial aid philosophy. The admissions process is need-blind, ensuring that financial circumstances do not influence admission decisions. Financial aid awards are based entirely on demonstrated financial need—Yale does not offer merit-based scholarships.
As of 2025:
Yale Law’s financial aid packages typically combine institutional scholarships, student contributions (including summer earnings), and modest student loans. Students pursuing public interest work are particularly supported through summer funding, with nearly 200 students annually receiving stipends for public service internships. Yale also continues to offer the Career Options Assistance Program (COAP), which provides loan repayment assistance to graduates who pursue lower-paying public interest or government jobs. COAP covers Yale Law School need-based loans and up to $30,000 of need-based undergraduate loans, ensuring that graduates can pursue meaningful work without being burdened by student debt. Read the article about The Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Public Interest Program
Public interest opportunities at Yale Law School continue to thrive, beginning in the very first semester and expanding throughout the three years at YLS and beyond. First-year students can immediately engage in impactful, student-led initiatives such as the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Project, the Lowenstein Human Rights Project, and numerous other student-organized outreach efforts.
Starting in the second semester of their 1L year, students are eligible to participate in Yale’s extensive clinical programs. These clinics cover a diverse range of legal areas including capital punishment, complex federal litigation, domestic violence, immigration, legislative advocacy, prison legal services, workers’ and immigrants’ rights, environmental protection, and more. YLS remains one of the few top law schools where first-year students can appear in court or represent clients under attorney supervision so early in their legal education.
More than 80% of YLS students participate in at least one clinic, and a significant number remain involved for multiple semesters. The sentiment that “my clinic is my home at YLS” is widely shared among students, especially those pursuing public interest pathways. The law school provides extensive summer public interest funding, ensuring that students who work in public service roles both domestically and internationally are fully supported. Additionally, Yale’s Career Options Assistance Program (COAP) remains one of the most generous loan repayment programs in the country, making public interest careers financially viable for graduates.
Business and Corporate Law
While Yale Law School is renowned for its strength in public interest and academia, it also boasts a longstanding and distinguished tradition in business and corporate law. From the influential 19th-century railroad attorney Simeon Baldwin to Arthur Corbin’s pioneering work in contract law, Yale has helped shape the field for over a century.
Today, much of Yale’s corporate law scholarship and student engagement is organized under the Center for the Study of Corporate Law, which remains a vital hub for research, dialogue, and practical learning in the business law arena. The Center regularly hosts high-profile lectures, symposia, panels, and interactive workshops that bring students and faculty into direct conversation with leaders in the field of corporate law and financial regulation.
Students interested in business law benefit from an exceptional faculty and a rich selection of courses that explore corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and antitrust. Yale’s strong ties with the Yale School of Management (SOM) make the J.D./M.B.A. dual degree program highly attractive—it can now be completed through the traditional four-year track or an accelerated three-year program. Yale also offers a J.D./Ph.D. in finance for students pursuing academic careers in corporate law.
The Yale Journal on Regulation (JREG) continues to be a leading student-edited publication focusing on business, regulatory, and administrative law issues, and serves as a central outlet for students interested in shaping contemporary corporate legal scholarship.
International Law
Yale Law School’s international and comparative law program remains among the strongest in the nation. Building on the work of former Dean Harold Koh, YLS continues to attract world-class faculty and distinguished visiting scholars in international law, human rights, and comparative legal systems.
Yale offers an expansive international law curriculum, with hands-on experience available through a range of clinics, including:
These clinics provide students with practical opportunities to engage in global human rights litigation, asylum advocacy, and international legal research. Yale Law students can also pursue semester-long study and research abroad, and many choose to earn Graduate Certificates of Concentration in international or area studies through Yale’s affiliated programs. The law school is home to renowned international research centers, such as:
Students with an interest in international law actively contribute to two key student-run journals:
There is also a vibrant array of student organizations focused on global issues, including the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. Yale Law provides financial support for summer international public interest work and post-graduate fellowships, ensuring that students can pursue international legal experiences without financial barriers. Whether through advocacy, litigation, policy work, or scholarship, Yale continues to be a launching pad for careers in international law and human rights.
Contact Information
Yale Law School Admissions Office
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
Street address: 133 Wall Street, Ruttenberg Hall
Phone: (203) 432-4995
Email: admissions.law@yale.edu
Summary
| Established | 1824 |
| Location | New Haven, CT |
| Dean | Heather Gerken |
| 2025 US News Ranking | 1st |
| LSAT Median Score | 174 (2025) |
| GPA Median Score | 3.96 (2025) |
| Bar Passage Rate | 96.8% (2025) |
| Employment Rate | N/A (2025) |
| Cost | $76,369 |
| Average Debt | N/A |
| Application Deadline | N/A |
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