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The Entering Class of 2023
208
Class Size
71
Minority Students
23
Median Age

211: Entering J.D. students (including JD/LL.M; JD/Master en Droit; JD/M.LL.B.)

5,000: J.D. applications received (approximately)

609: Total J.D. enrollment

  • Median Age: 23
  • Men: 54 percent
  • Women: 46 percent
  • Did not indicate: <1 percent
  • Minority: 34 percent
  • Straight from college: 31 percent
  • Number of colleges/universities represented: 108
  • Number of undergraduate majors represented: 43
  • Number who graduated from Cornell undergrad: 24
  • Number of states represented: 33
  • Number of countries represented: 10
Grade Point Averages of Entering Class
3.87
Median GPA
3.82
25th percentile GPA
3.94
75th percentile GPA
LSAT Scores of Entering Class
172
Median LSAT
170
25th Percentile LSAT
174
75th Percentile LSAT
Faculty
5:1
students-to-faculty ratio
66
full-time faculty
51
part-time faculty

With a low student-faculty ratio, you’ll have more opportunities to interact with and get to know your professors than at most top law schools.

Employment/Bar Passage
$
205K
median full-time employed salary for Class of 2021
97.9%
of 2021 graduates employed within 10 months of graduation
92.2%
of graduates from the Class of 2021 passed the New York State Bar

Upon graduation, Cornell Law students are fully prepared for the challenges of the legal landscape. Plus, they stand out in the employment marketplace.

General LL.M. & J.S.D Students
  • Total General LL.M. Enrollment: 132
  • LL.M. Applications Received: 1,209
  • Number of countries represented: 29
  • Entering J.S.D. Students: 2
  • Total J.S.D. Enrollment: 9
Courses
255
+
law courses offered at Cornell Law School
70%
of upper division courses had fewer than 25 students
82%
of the Class of 2020 took at least one clinical course

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