Law School Profile · Berkeley, California
UC Berkeley School of Law
2025 First Year Class data, sourced from the ABA 509 Required Disclosure. Data last updated July 2026.
Median LSAT
Middle 50%: 167 – 172
170
Median GPA
Middle 50%: 3.84 – 3.99
3.92
Admissions funnel · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509Applications
6,562
100%
Accepted
974
14.8%
Matriculated
348
36% yield
Application basics · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509- Application deadline
- November 14, 2025 (binding early decision) and February 17, 2026 (regular decision)
- Application fee
- $75
- Accepts GRE
- Yes
- Part-time program
- Not offered
Selectivity
Is Berkeley hard to get into?
UC Berkeley School of Law is among the more selective law schools in the country. 14.8% of the 6,562 applicants in the 2025 First Year Class were offered admission. The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 167 and 172 on the LSAT, with GPAs between 3.84 and 3.99.
Berkeley's median LSAT is 170. Enter your scaled score — or convert from questions missed on a PrepTest — and we’ll compare it against the 167–172 middle 50% range.
Out of 77 scored questions — don't count the unscored experimental section.
Scaled score
77 correct out of 77
8 points above Berkeley's 75th percentile (172)
Based on LSAC scoring curves for PrepTests 101–159 (post-August 2024 format).
Admissions events
UC Berkeley School of Law admissions events
Open houses, information sessions, and admissions office hours are the easiest way to get to know Berkeley before you apply — but every school posts them differently, so they're easy to miss. Here are the upcoming Berkeley admissions events we're tracking, with links to register.
No upcoming events posted right now.
Berkeley adds admissions events throughout the cycle. Check the official admissions events page for the latest open houses, information sessions, and office hours.
Visit Berkeley's admissions events page on law.berkeley.edu ↗Tuition and aid
via ABA 5092025 First Year Class — annual tuition, cost of living, and grant aid as reported to the ABA.
Cost of attendance
- Annual tuition (in-state)
- $62,532
- Annual tuition (out-of-state)
- $76,149
- Estimated 3-year tuition
- $187,596
- Annual cost of living
- $45,866
- Estimated 3-year total
- $325,194
Grant aid
- Students receiving aid
- 86%
- Median scholarship
- $31,158
- 25th percentile
- $20,000
- 75th percentile
- $42,245
2024 graduates — first-time bar passage and employment status as reported to the ABA.
Full-time legal employment
Long-term, JD-required positions
91.9%
First-time bar passage
Across all reported jurisdictions
91.2%
Employment by employer type
Based on 408 graduates
- Large firms (501+ attorneys)213 52.2%
- Public interest68 16.7%
- Federal clerkships37 9.1%
- Mid-size firms (26–500)36 8.8%
- Government19 4.7%
- State / local clerkships14 3.4%
- Small firms (1–25)10 2.5%
- Business & industry5 1.2%
- Academia2 0.5%
- Unemployed1 0.2%
Top jurisdictions where graduates work
California
graduates
244
New York
graduates
59
District of Columbia
graduates
26
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Every number on this page comes from one of three federally mandated ABA Required Disclosures for UC Berkeley School of Law:
- ABA 509 ↗
- ABA Employment Summary (2024 graduates) ↗
- ABA Bar Admission Outcomes ↗
- ABA Required Disclosures hub ↗
Data last updated July 2026. These figures and events are compiled from public sources and can be outdated or change without notice — always confirm current numbers, deadlines, and event dates on UC Berkeley School of Law's official website before making any decisions: www.law.berkeley.edu.