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Ithaca, New York

Cornell Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
173
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.92
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$84,722
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
217
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
99.5%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
93.7%
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.

First-time bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
93.8%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82%
Difference
+11.76 pts
First-time takers
193
181 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
New York15414594.2%84.1%+10.04
11 Remaining Jurisdictions262596.2%77.5%+18.67
California131184.6%69.1%+15.51

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
98%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
203
Takers
200
Passers
196

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202593.7%85.8%
202496.4%84.7%
202394.9%81.6%
202290.3%80.5%
202192.2%83%
202095.7%83.5%
201993.8%82%
201893.7%78.6%
201792.8%80.8%