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.
- Median LSAT
- 171
- Median GPA
- 3.88
- Resident tuition
- $51,440
- First-year class
- 228
- Bar-required jobs
- 91%
- First-time bar passage
- 95.3%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Concentrations and courses of study
Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution ConcentrationSchool page for Alternative Dispute Resolution Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Business Law ConcentrationSchool page for Business Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Litigation ConcentrationSchool page for Civil Litigation Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Justice ConcentrationSchool page for Criminal Justice Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental & Energy Law ConcentrationSchool page for Environmental & Energy Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Family Law ConcentrationSchool page for Family Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Environmental and Energy Law ClinicSchool page for Environmental and Energy Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Corporate InstituteSchool page for Corporate Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Human Rights CenterSchool page for Human Rights Center (opens in a new tab)
- Institute for Law and EconomicsSchool page for Institute for Law and Economics (opens in a new tab)
- Institute for Law and RationalitySchool page for Institute for Law and Rationality (opens in a new tab)
- Institute on Crime & Public PolicySchool page for Institute on Crime & Public Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Institute on Metropolitan OpportunitySchool page for Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity (opens in a new tab)
- James H. Binger Center for New AmericansSchool page for James H. Binger Center for New Americans (opens in a new tab)
- Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal JusticeSchool page for Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Environmental Law Moot CourtSchool page for Environmental Law Moot Court (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. in Patent LawSchool page for LL.M. in Patent Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
