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Atlanta, Georgia

Emory University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
166
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.82
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$69,510
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
391
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
87.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
86.3%
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.

First-time bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
79.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
74.5%
Difference
+4.85 pts
First-time takers
281
223 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
Georgia13110680.9%73.2%+7.69
20 Remaining Jurisdictions534075.5%76.2%-0.73
New York514792.2%83.9%+8.24
Florida262076.9%67.9%+9.02
California201050%66.2%-16.19

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
94.7%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
312
Takers
303
Passers
287

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
202586.3%80.8%
202488.4%80.5%
202386.2%77.4%
202288.2%77.8%
202190.3%79.4%
202090.5%77.9%
201982.8%77.6%
201882.1%72.9%
201779.4%74.5%