Atlanta, Georgia

Emory University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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 — 2025 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers: Report year 2026
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

86.3%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

80.8%

Difference

+5.52 pts

First-time takers

227

196 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
Georgia	114	95	83.3%	79.5%	+3.80
19 Remaining Jurisdictions	43	36	83.7%	78.6%	+5.11
New York	26	24	92.3%	87.3%	+5.04
Texas	18	17	94.4%	82.7%	+11.77
California	13	12	92.3%	82.7%	+9.64
Florida	13	12	92.3%	75.7%	+16.66

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers: Report year 2026
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

96.1%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

258

Takers

256

Passers

246

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	86.3%	80.8%
2024	88.4%	80.5%
2023	86.2%	77.4%
2022	88.2%	77.8%
2021	90.3%	79.4%
2020	90.5%	77.9%
2019	82.8%	77.6%
2018	82.1%	72.9%
2017	79.4%	74.5%