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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 — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
98.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.2%
Difference
+16.73 pts
First-time takers
182
180 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
Minnesota12712598.4%83.6%+14.79
16 Remaining Jurisdictions3333100%78.3%+21.68
Illinois1111100%81%+19.01
Wisconsin1111100%79.1%+20.86

Ultimate bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
97.2%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
185
Takers
179
Passers
174

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%