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Orange, California

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1998
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
163
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.70
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$63,126
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
153
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
76.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
80.3%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

Past cycle (2024-2025)

Requirements are recorded per application cycle, so a new cycle never overwrites an older one. The 2024-2025 cycle is for students starting law school in fall 2025.

From the school’s official admissions pages

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — The Basics/Academic Calendar (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Application fee
No fee
Fee waivers
Not reported
LSAC CAS required
Not reported
Résumé
Not reported
Interviews
Not reported
Rolling admissions
Not reported
International applicants
Not reported
Transfer applicants
Not reported

As reported to the ABA

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — The Basics/Academic Calendar (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Application deadline (as written)
Priority Application Deadline - 4/15; Final Application Deadline - 7/15
Application fee (as written)
$0
Financial aid deadline
Priority Deadline for Financial Aid - 3/2
Academic calendar
Semesters
Students may begin in
August for first year students. August and January for transfer students.
Credits required for the J.D.
88

From the school’s 2024 ABA Standard 509 report, which covers the 2024-2025 application cycle. Text is shown exactly as the school reported it.