Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1995
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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 — 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

65.2%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

77.5%

Difference

-12.27 pts

First-time takers

158

103 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
Rhode Island	65	50	76.9%	73.1%	+3.80
16 Remaining Jurisdictions	30	13	43.3%	78.4%	-35.10
Massachusetts	29	22	75.9%	85.4%	-9.53
New York	20	10	50%	87.3%	-37.27
Connecticut	14	8	57.1%	67.6%	-10.46

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

78.3%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

163

Takers

161

Passers

126

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	65.2%	77.5%
2024	57.1%	76.4%
2023	57.9%	77.1%
2022	47.4%	71.1%
2021	61%	77.9%
2020	69.4%	69.5%
2019	59.4%	74.1%
2018	51.7%	72.4%
2017	67.9%	76.5%