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Lexington, Virginia

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
167
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.75
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$57,450
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
131
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
91.8%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
93.5%
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
87.5%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
76.3%
Difference
+11.17 pts
First-time takers
96
84 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
22 Remaining Jurisdictions504590%75.6%+14.38
Virginia302686.7%75.6%+11.05
New York161381.3%83.9%-2.67

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
92.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
176
Takers
173
Passers
160

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
202593.5%82.8%
202489.4%80.1%
202383.3%77.8%
202291.2%77.1%
202186.7%78.3%
202092.6%80.6%
201989.7%77.7%
201886.4%73%
201787.5%76.3%