In compliance with ABA Standard 509, the following information about UW Law School and its JD Program is provided to current and prospective students.

The 2025 Standard 509 Information Report (PDF) is compiled from the latest information submitted in the annual ABA questionnaire.

  

Section 509 (b)

A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in the form and manner and for the time frame designated by the Council, the following information.

Standard 509 Information Report

The 2025 Standard 509 Information Report contains the following information:

• Admissions Data (see also Recent Admissions Statistics)
• Tuition, Fees, Living Costs, Financial Aid (see also Tuition and Costs)
• Conditional Scholarships
• Enrollment Data, Transfer, and Attrition/Graduation Rates
• Number of Full-time and Part-time Faculty and Administrators (see also Faculty and Staff Directory)
• Class Size, Number of Seminars, Clinical and Co-Curricular Offerings (see also Clinical Offerings)

Employment Outcomes

ABA Employment Summaries

• Employment Summary for 2024 Graduates
• Employment Summary for 2023 Graduates
• Employment Summary for 2022 Graduates
• Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates
• Employment Summary for 2020 Graduates*
• Employment Summary for 2019 Graduates

NALP Employment Reports

• NALP 2023 Employment Report
• NALP 2022 Employment Report
• NALP 2021 Employment Report
• NALP 2020 Employment Report*
• NALP 2019 Employment Report
• NALP 2018 Employment Report

*Information on employment outcomes for the Class of 2020 may not reflect a particular law school’s typical results in this area. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, bar admission exams were canceled or delayed in many jurisdictions, thus making it more challenging for graduates to secure employment by the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at www.abarequireddisclosures.org.

Bar Passage Information & the Diploma Privilege

 Wisconsin Supreme Court Rule 40.03 allows for the admission to practice by diploma privilege, rather than bar examination, of applicants who have been awarded a J.D. from an ABA-approved law school in Wisconsin and met legal competence requirements with respect to satisfactory academic performance and satisfactory completion of certain mandatory and elective subject matter areas.  

Note that the bar passage data linked below does not reflect bar passage in another jurisdiction by those of our graduates who were also admitted by/applied for Wisconsin diploma privilege.  Many of our graduates who are admitted by/apply for Wisconsin diploma privilege also sit for bar exams elsewhere.  The small number of bar-exam takers listed (7 in 2023; 8 in 2022) reflects only that sub-set of our graduates who (a) sat for a bar exam but (b) did not apply for diploma privilege.

2025 Bar Passage Report

  

Section 509 (c)

A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in a readable and comprehensive manner, the following information on a current basis:

• Refund Policies
• Curricular Offerings, Academic Calendar, and Academic Requirements:
  • Academic Calendar
  • Course Catalog
  • Clinical Offerings
  • JD Curriculum and Graduate Degrees
  • Academic Requirements
• Policies Regarding Transfer Credits:
  • Credit Transfer Policy
  • The Law School does not have any articulation agreements with other schools.

  

Section 509 (d)

A law school shall distribute the data required under Standard 509(b)(3) to all applicants being offered conditional scholarships at the time the scholarship is extended. 

The ABA’s definition of a conditional scholarship is: “any financial aid award, the retention of which is dependent upon the student maintaining a minimum grade point average or class standing, other than that ordinarily required to remain in good academic standing.”  

The University of Wisconsin Law School is approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (ABA), 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738. Information about the approval process can be found on the ABA website, or by contacting the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

  

Recent Admissions Statistics

LSAT/GPA data certified by LSAC

Entering Class	2025	2024	2023
Total Applicants	2479	1818	1616
Enrolled Students	224	229	169
Median LSAT	167	165	165
25%-75% LSAT Score	161-169	158-166	157-167
Median GPA	3.81	3.81	3.79
25%-75% GPA	3.61-3.93	3.54-3.92	3.49-3.90
Colleges & Universities Represented	113	116	92
Colleges & Universities with Most Students Enrolled	UW-Madison U. of Michigan Loyola University-Chicago U. of Minnesota-Minneapolis UW-La Crosse U. of Illinois-Urbana Saint Louis University Lawrence University U. of Notre Dame U. of Missouri-Columbia Northwestern University Ohio State University-Columbus	UW-Madison U. of Minnesota-Minneapolis Marquette University U. of Illinois-Urbana U. of Michigan U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Indiana University-Bloomington Northwestern University St. Norbert College Miami University-Oxford Michigan State University Tulane University U. of Missouri-Columbia	UW-Madison Marquette University U. of Illinois-Urbana St. Norbert College U. of Minnesota-Minneapolis U. of Notre Dame UW-Whitewater UW-Eau Claire UW-La Crosse Boston University U. of Michigan U. of Chicago U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
States/Territories Represented	29	29	26
States with Most Students Enrolled	Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota California Michigan Missouri North Carolina Ohio Virginia	Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Michigan California Missouri Arizona Florida	Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota California Michigan Texas North Carolina
% In-State Residents	48%	39%	50%
Average Entering Age	24	24	24
Age Range	20-38	20-57	20-45
% Women Students	53%	55%	53%