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Notre Dame, Indiana

Notre Dame Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1925
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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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 — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
90.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
76%
Difference
+14.20 pts
First-time takers
193
174 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
Illinois585289.7%74.1%+15.56
21 Remaining Jurisdictions525198.1%77.9%+20.17
New York242187.5%84.1%+3.38
California201365%69.1%-4.11
Indiana1515100%74.1%+25.90
Texas141285.7%77.4%+8.34
Michigan1010100%70%+29.99

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
95.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
207
Takers
202
Passers
193

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
202589.4%81.6%
202492.2%79.8%
202391.5%77.5%
202292.7%76.5%
202191.7%77.8%
202089%79.6%
201990.2%76%
201887.6%73.8%
201789.3%75.5%