UCI Law requires a standardized test as a part of the JD application. Applicants seeking admission for Fall 2021 may take either the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). UCI Law continues to rank highly, including: U.S. News & World Report ranks UCI Law No. 35 in the nation overall and No. 15 among public universities, and ranks UCI Law’s robust clinical program No. 6 in the nation.

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UC Irvine Law School Ranking

National Comparison: Overview of Facts

  • #18 in Presence of Minority Faculty
  • UCI Law ranks #18 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (24.4%).
  • #19 in Acceptance Rate
  • UCI Law ranks #19 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 24.8% among those who applied for admission.
  • #20 in Presence of Female Faculty
  • UCI Law is tied for #20 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (48.7%).
  • #21 in Presence of Minority Students
  • UCI Law ranks #21 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (54.9%).
  • #24 in Private Sector Salary
  • UCI Law is tied for #24 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($170,000).
  • #29 in Median LSAT
  • UCI Law is tied for #29 in terms of the median LSAT score (163) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.
  • #35 in Student to Faculty Ratio
  • UCI Law is tied for #35 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.8:1).
  • #36 in Employment Rate at Graduation
  • #79 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
    UCI Law ranks #36 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (61.5%) and #79 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (79.2%).
  • #51 in Highest Tuition (out-of-state)
  • #99 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
    UCI Law ranks #51 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $51,593, and it ranks #99 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $45,099. We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. Room and board expenses average $23,884 per year.
  • #61 in Median Undergraduate GPA
  • UCI Law ranks #61 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.57) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.
  • #70 in Public Sector Salary
  • UCI Law is tied for #70 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($56,000).
  • #93 in Bar Passage Rate
  • UCI Law ranks #93 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (80.5%), and it outperforms by +22.2% the state of Californiaโ€™s overall bar passage rate of 58.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)
  • #185 in Library Size
  • UCI Law ranks #185 in terms of library size with 36,498 volumes or equivalents.

About this Report

This report was released in spring 2019.

GPA & LSAT

References to the lowest, median, and highest GPA and LSAT scores reflect those of the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, respectively, among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2018.

Acceptance Rates

The acceptance rate is that of applicants granted admission as full-time students for classes commencing in fall 2018. The acceptance rate of the applicants does not reflect actual enrollment rates, a subset figure.

Student-to-Faculty Ratios

The student-to-faculty ratio shows the number of students for that class per faculty member. This ratio reflects the applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2018.

Bar Passage Rates

The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summer 2017 administrations of the bar examinations. The state noted is that in which the greatest number of the law school’s graduates took the bar exam for the reported period.

Employment Rates

The employment rates shown are those of the 2017 full-time graduates at the time of graduation and ten months after graduation.

Law Library Volumes

The data indicate the number of print and microform volumes, as well as volume equivalents.

Gender, Race & Ethnicity

The data shown indicate the percentage of the faculty that are male and female, respectively, and the percentage of the faculty and students that are racial or ethnic minority (Hispanics of any race, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, non-resident alien, or unknown race).

Salaries

The salary statistics are those of full-time, long-term employed law graduates for the class of 2017 at the time of graduation and within ten months after graduation (approximately spring 2018 ), as self-reported by the graduates.

The salaries indicated for โ€œMedian Salary Privateโ€ reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in private practice as law firm associates. The salaries indicated for โ€œMedian Salary Publicโ€ reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level.

In determining median salaries, jobs classified as โ€œJD advantageโ€ have been excluded (i.e., positions in which the employer requires a JD or considers it an advantage to hold such a degree, but in which admission to the bar is not required).

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Report Title

The rationale behind entitling this report as the โ€œ2020โ€ report is that our  2020 Law School Rankings report and  2020 Law School Profiles are of considerable interest to prospective law school applicants who seek to enroll in classes commencing in fall 2020. At the time of our publication of this report in spring 2019, these employment statistics reflected the most current data available.

Source: The data have been compiled from a variety of public sources, including data released by the law schools and from the bar examiner offices in each jurisdiction.

Next Release: Our 2021 report is slated for publication in spring 2020.

UCI Law Acceptance Rate

24.8%

UCI Law ranks #19 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 24.8% among those who applied for admission.

Fall 2020 Application Information
Application Deadline:March 1
Application Fee:$0
Admissions Statistics20202017
Acceptance Rate24.8%26.5%
LSAT Score (Median)163163
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile)161-165161-165
GPA (Median)3.573.54
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile)3.40-3.733.38-3.70
Bar Exam Statistics20202017
State in which most graduates took bar exam:CACA
School’s bar passage rate:80.5%77.9%
State overall bar passage rate:58.3%60.2%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate:+22.2%+17.7%
Employment Statistics20202017
Graduates employed at graduation:61.5%46.2%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation:79.2%84.9%
Tuition and Expenses20202017
Tuition (In-State):$45,099N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State):$51,593N/A
Room and Board:$23,884$19,404
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants:93.8%88.6%
Median grant amount among full-time students:$25,000$20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt:$112,766$125,473
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt:64.0%70.9%
Students & Faculty20202017
Total Students:514334
Men:43.0%49.7%
Women:57.0%50.3%
Student Racial Demographics:
White:45.1%N/A
Black:4.7%N/A
Hispanic:13.2%N/A
Asian:21.2%N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio:5.8 : 1N/A
Total Faculty:119N/A
Male:51.3%N/A
Female:48.7%N/A
Minority:24.4%N/A
Full-Time Starting Salaries20202017
Private Sector (Median):$170,000$88,000
Public Sector (Median):$56,000$57,593
Library Resources20202017
Volumes and equivalents:36,49831,201

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UC Irvine Class Profile

  • Applicants: 3,147
  • Enrolled: 157 first-year students
  • Average first-year section size (2018-19): 41
  • Student-Faculty ratio: 8:1
  • Percentage of graduates in full-time jobs that require bar passage or prefer a J.D. within 10 months of graduation, or pursuing a graduate degree (Class of 2018): 90%
  • Number of customized concurrent degrees that students can propose: Virtually limitless
  • Percentage of students who will participate in UCI Law’s clinical program prior to graduation: 100%
  • LSAT 75th/25th Percentiles: 167/162
  • GPA 75th/25th Percentiles: 3.74/3.39
  • Gender:
    • Female: 56%
    • Male: 43%
    • Did not respond: 1%
  • Students of color (self-identified): 55%
  • Age range: 19-49
  • Average age: 25
  • Undergraduate schools represented: 85
  • Languages spoken: 28
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Legal Clinics

Core Clinics: Appellate Litigation, Civil Rights Litigation, Community & Economic Development, Consumer Law, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Environmental Law, Immigrant Rights, Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology, and International Justice

Elective Clinics: Appellate Litigation Clinic for Veterans, Department of Fair Employment and Housing Civil Rights, International Human Rights, Reproductive Justice, Startup and Small Business

Every student is required to participate in one of the core clinics.

UCI Law National Accolades

No. 1 college in Money magazine ranking of the nationโ€™s โ€œBest Collegesโ€

One of the best law schools for diversity (preLaw Magazine)

No. 23 in the nation for Best Law Schools (U.S. News & World Report). Other U.S. News
specialty rankings include:

  • No. 7 for Clinical Training
  • No. 8 for Tax Law
  • No. 14 for Legal Writing
  • No. 19 for Intellectual Property Law

No. 12 in the nation in faculty scholarly impact. Seven individual faculty members are among the most cited in their fields, including Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw, Tax Law, Health Law, Election Law, Antitrust, Law & Social Science, and International Law & Security (Brian Leiterโ€™s Law School Reports)

No. 3 among all law schools in community service hours per student (National Jurist survey)

No. 4 in the nation for practical training, with an A+ grade, one of only 17 law schools nationally to receive top honors (preLaw Magazine)

No. 8 in the nation for federal clerkships, No. 2 in the state of California (Excess of Democracy)

Happy Students
UCI Law students rate their overall educational experience as โ€œExcellent,โ€ and report developing clearer career goals and acquiring job-related knowledge at a significantly better rate than the national average (Law School Survey of Student Engagement โ€“ LSSSE)

Location

UCI Law is located in the heart of Orange County, one hour south of Los Angeles, one hour north of San Diego, one hour from the snow and 10 minutes from the beach.

University of California-Irvine401 East Peltason Drive, Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
(949) 824-4545

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  • Application deadline March 1

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