Springfield, Massachusetts
Western New England University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1974
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 153
- Median GPA
- 3.27
- Resident tuition
- $50,320
- First-year class
- 115
- Bar-required jobs
- 56%
- First-time bar passage
- 68%
First-time bar passage
Not published for this report year.
Ultimate bar passage — 2020 graduates
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2023 report)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Ultimate pass rate
83.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
88
Takers
83
Passers
69
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
| Graduating class | School | Jurisdictions |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68% | 77.4% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | 80.8% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | 74.1% |
| 2021 | 55.1% | 77.8% |
| 2020 | 63% | 79% |
| 2019 | 63.8% | 79.2% |
| 2018 | 47.8% | 72.7% |
| 2017 | 60.2% | 79% |