Notre Dame, Indiana

Notre Dame Law School

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1925
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 170; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.89; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $73,430; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 185; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 93.3%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 89.4%; 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

89.3%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

75.5%

Difference

+13.83 pts

First-time takers

196

175 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
26 Remaining Jurisdictions	77	70	90.9%	75.4%	+15.48
Illinois	44	37	84.1%	79.8%	+4.27
California	25	23	92%	66.2%	+25.81
New York	23	20	87%	83.9%	+3.04
Indiana	17	15	88.2%	72.9%	+15.36
Florida	10	10	100%	67.9%	+32.10

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

97.2%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

179

Takers

178

Passers

173

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	89.4%	81.6%
2024	92.2%	79.8%
2023	91.5%	77.5%
2022	92.7%	76.5%
2021	91.7%	77.8%
2020	89%	79.6%
2019	90.2%	76%
2018	87.6%	73.8%
2017	89.3%	75.5%