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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 — 2024 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2025 report)
Covers
Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
88.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
80.5%
Difference
+7.89 pts
First-time takers
292
258 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
Georgia13011286.2%79.9%+6.26
25 Remaining Jurisdictions685885.3%76.4%+8.85
New York484797.9%86.3%+11.62
District of Columbia161593.8%85%+8.74
Texas161487.5%81.5%+6.02
Florida141285.7%72.4%+13.30

Ultimate bar passage — 2022 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2025 report)
Covers
Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
95.4%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
248
Takers
239
Passers
228

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%