Topeka, Kansas
Washburn University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1923
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.68
- Resident tuition
- $932 / credit
- First-year class
- 137
- Bar-required jobs
- 86.9%
- First-time bar passage
- 73.9%
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.
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Washburn Law ClinicSchool page for Washburn 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.
- Business & Transactional Law CenterSchool page for Business & Transactional Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Excellence in AdvocacySchool page for Center for Excellence in Advocacy (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Intellectual Property & Technology LawSchool page for Center for Intellectual Property & Technology Law (opens in a new tab)
- Children & Family Law CenterSchool page for Children & Family Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- International & Comparative Law CenterSchool page for International & Comparative Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Robert J. Dole Center for Law and GovernmentSchool page for Robert J. Dole Center for Law and Government (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
Journals and law reviews (1)
- Washburn Law JournalSchool page for Washburn Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
Moot court and trial advocacy programs (1)
- Advocacy CenterSchool page for Advocacy Center (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 Global Legal StudiesSchool page for LL.M. in Global Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Faculty Resources (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).
