Lexington, Virginia

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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 — 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

92.6%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

80.6%

Difference

+12.01 pts

First-time takers

135

125 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
24 Remaining Jurisdictions	57	52	91.2%	78.4%	+12.79
Virginia	41	38	92.7%	84.3%	+8.38
District of Columbia	14	13	92.9%	75%	+17.85
North Carolina	13	13	100%	83.8%	+16.16
New York	10	9	90%	85.9%	+4.07

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

94.6%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

114

Takers

111

Passers

105

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	93.5%	82.8%
2024	89.4%	80.1%
2023	83.3%	77.8%
2022	91.2%	77.1%
2021	86.7%	78.3%
2020	92.6%	80.6%
2019	89.7%	77.7%
2018	86.4%	73%
2017	87.5%	76.3%