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Walter F. Mondale Hall 229 - 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota

University of Minnesota Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
171
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.88
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$51,440
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
228
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
91%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
95.3%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
86.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
79%
Difference
+7.14 pts
First-time takers
202
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
Minnesota14312990.2%80.1%+10.14
13 Remaining Jurisdictions262076.9%76%+0.96
Wisconsin1212100%78.9%+21.12
California11654.6%66.2%-11.64
New York10770%83.9%-13.92

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
90.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
239
Takers
233
Passers
210

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
202595.3%85.3%
202494.1%83.4%
202389.6%80.2%
202293.5%83%
202195.7%79.4%
202098.9%82.2%
201993%79.6%
201885.3%77.6%
201786.1%79%