GPA Requirements for Law School

Law schools report GPA from the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS), which calculates a uniform GPA across all institutions. Your CAS GPA may differ slightly from your transcript GPA. Below are 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile GPAs for selected schools by tier.

How to read this table: The 25th percentile means 25% of enrolled students had a GPA at or below that number. The median is the midpoint. Aim to be at or above the median for your target schools. Being below the 25th percentile GPA is a significant disadvantage without an exceptional LSAT.

T14 Schools

School	GPA 25th	GPA Median	GPA 75th	LSAT Median
Yale Law School	3.82	3.93	3.98	174
Harvard Law School	3.84	3.92	3.97	174
Stanford Law School	3.82	3.92	3.97	174
Columbia Law School	3.78	3.89	3.96	174
UChicago Law	3.73	3.87	3.96	173
NYU School of Law	3.75	3.86	3.95	173
Penn Carey Law	3.72	3.85	3.94	172
University of Michigan Law	3.69	3.82	3.92	171
UVA School of Law	3.67	3.81	3.92	170
Duke University School of Law	3.66	3.80	3.92	170
Northwestern Pritzker	3.64	3.78	3.91	170
Cornell Law School	3.63	3.78	3.90	168
Georgetown Law	3.60	3.76	3.90	167
UCLA School of Law	3.59	3.75	3.89	167

T25 Schools

School	GPA 25th	GPA Median	GPA 75th	LSAT Median
Vanderbilt Law	3.52	3.69	3.84	165
Washington University	3.50	3.67	3.83	164
USC Gould	3.50	3.68	3.83	165

T50 Schools

School	GPA 25th	GPA Median	GPA 75th	LSAT Median
University of Minnesota	3.41	3.59	3.77	162
University of Iowa	3.33	3.54	3.73	160
Arizona State	3.28	3.50	3.70	158

Regional Schools

School	GPA 25th	GPA Median	GPA 75th	LSAT Median
Temple Beasley	3.15	3.38	3.62	154
Loyola Chicago	3.10	3.35	3.60	153

What If Your GPA Is Below Target?

Write a GPA addendum. If your GPA was impacted by a specific event (illness, family emergency, difficult transition semester), explain it concisely. Do not make excuses without context.
Aim higher on the LSAT. A 170+ LSAT with a 3.3 GPA can still get you into T25 schools. The two numbers balance each other in admissions models.
Consider a post-baccalaureate program. Some applicants take additional courses after graduation to demonstrate academic improvement, though results vary by school.
Apply to well-matched schools. Target schools where your numbers are at or above the 50th percentile and use schools where you exceed the 75th percentile as scholarship leverage.

GPA data based on ABA 509 disclosures and LSAC publications. Figures are approximate and change year to year. Always check the specific school's most recent 509 disclosure. Updated 27 March 2026.