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Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1995
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
150
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.43
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$47,400
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
189
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
69.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
65.2%
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 — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
57.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
77.1%
Difference
-19.21 pts
First-time takers
171
99 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
Rhode Island503774%76.1%-2.06
Massachusetts483572.9%80.6%-7.67
16 Remaining Jurisdictions371232.4%73.1%-40.66
New York241041.7%83%-41.29
Connecticut12541.7%67.3%-25.59

Ultimate bar passage — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
79.6%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
148
Takers
142
Passers
113

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
202565.2%77.5%
202457.1%76.4%
202357.9%77.1%
202247.4%71.1%
202161%77.9%
202069.4%69.5%
201959.4%74.1%
201851.7%72.4%
201767.9%76.5%