Washington, District of Columbia

University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1991
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 151; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.28; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $12,438; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 83; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 52.5%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 57.9%; 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.

J.D. program formats

Full-time J.D.: Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
Part-time J.D.: Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
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

Clinics and field placements

Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.

Community Development ClinicSchool page for Community Development Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Criminal Defense and Racial Justice ClinicSchool page for Criminal Defense and Racial Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
General Practice ClinicSchool page for General Practice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Housing Advocacy and Litigation ClinicSchool page for Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Immigration & Human Rights ClinicSchool page for Immigration & Human Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Legislation ClinicSchool page for Legislation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Post-Conviction Criminal Defense ClinicSchool page for Post-Conviction Criminal Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Tax ClinicSchool page for Tax Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Whistleblower Protection ClinicSchool page for Whistleblower Protection Clinic (opens in a new tab)

Journals and advocacy programs

Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.

UDC Law ReviewSchool page for UDC Law Review (opens in a new tab)

10 programs read from University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law’s own website and reviewed before publication, most recently verified Sep 2026. The list covers structured academic offerings, not student organizations, and may not be complete.

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

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Course titles beyond 1L

Clinic positions available

158

152 filled

Field placements filled

Simulation course seats

185

Co-curricular offerings

Full-time faculty

54 total faculty

Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).