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Chicago, Illinois

The University of Chicago Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
174
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.97
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$83,316
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
203
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
96.8%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
96.7%
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
96.5%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
76.3%
Difference
+20.13 pts
First-time takers
197
190 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
Illinois777698.7%74.1%+24.60
New York464597.8%84.1%+13.71
20 Remaining Jurisdictions373594.6%76.6%+18.04
California2626100%69.1%+30.89
Texas11872.7%77.4%-4.64

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
99.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
212
Takers
209
Passers
208

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
202596.7%83.8%
202497.4%81.5%
202397.1%79.3%
202294.3%77%
202197.8%79.1%
202097.9%80.4%
201996.5%76.3%
201890.3%74.5%
201798.6%78.2%