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Hartford, Connecticut

University of Connecticut School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1933
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
162
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.78
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$30,354
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
151
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
81.7%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
82.8%
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 — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
71.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
67.6%
Difference
+3.88 pts
First-time takers
98
70 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
Connecticut805568.8%65.1%+3.66
6 Remaining Jurisdictions181583.3%74.5%+8.86

Ultimate bar passage — 2016 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
91.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
155
Takers
141
Passers
129

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
202582.8%73.6%
202484%75.8%
202381%71.4%
202285.4%73%
202177.6%75.1%
202085.1%75.9%
201977.8%72%
201871.4%67.6%
201780.4%78.6%