Arlington, Virginia
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1980
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 169
- Median GPA
- 3.93
- Resident tuition
- $24,864
- First-year class
- 159
- Bar-required jobs
- 81.4%
- First-time bar passage
- 86.3%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (5)
- Administrative Law ClinicSchool page for Administrative Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Free Speech ClinicSchool page for Free Speech Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal ClinicSchool page for Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- NSI Cybersecurity and AI ClinicSchool page for NSI Cybersecurity and AI Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Supreme Court ClinicSchool page for Supreme Court Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (3)
- Supervised Externship - Bankruptcy CourtSchool page for Supervised Externship - Bankruptcy Court (opens in a new tab)
- Supervised Externship - Capitol HillSchool page for Supervised Externship - Capitol Hill (opens in a new tab)
- Supervised Externship - Virginia PracticeSchool page for Supervised Externship - Virginia Practice (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. in Global Antitrust Law & EconomicsSchool page for LL.M. in Global Antitrust Law & Economics (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in Global Antitrust Law & Economics (online)School page for LL.M. in Global Antitrust Law & Economics (online) (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in Intellectual PropertySchool page for LL.M. in Intellectual Property (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in U.S. LawSchool page for LL.M. in U.S. Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. program (online)School page for LL.M. program (online) (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
153
Clinic positions available
124
101 filled
Field placements filled
270
Simulation course seats
686
Co-curricular offerings
0
Full-time faculty
52
218 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
