Cornell Law School Acceptance Rates, Requirements, and Deadlines

18.39% Cornell Law School Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Cornell Law School is 18.39% for the academic year 2023-2024. 5,198 students applied and 956 are accepted. Of the accepted students, 187 students finally enrolled into the school and the yield is 19.56%.

Acceptance Rate Comparison for Cornell Law School

Compared to law schools in U.S., Cornell Law School's acceptance rate is much lower than the average rate of 42%. Compared to law schools in New York, Cornell Law School's acceptance rate is much lower than the average rate of 40%.

You can compare Cornell Law School with law schools that have similar acceptance rate between 10% and 20%

Cornell Law School Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
	Acceptance Rate	Yield	First-Year Enroll	Total Enroll
Cornell Law School	18.39%	19.56%	187	875
All Law Schools	42.35%	31.09%	187	714
Public	41.36%	31.47%	161	636
Private	43.11%	30.79%	207	774
New York Law Schools	40%	28.32%	272	1,011
Public	40.49%	34.70%	173	749
Private	40.31%	27.41%	287	1,049

Application timeline & Requirements

For 2024 fall term class, the application deadline at Cornell Law School is March 1, 2024 (Regular Decision Deadline). The school may accept application after the deadline, but it may give benefits to early applicants such as high acceptance chance and scholarship opportunity. Check detailed explanation about application time line at Cornell Law School' application process page.

The items in following table are the required items to Cornell Law School applicants. Double-check the requirements by contacting admission office or check the application requirement page. You may want to read the common law school application process and requirements to learn the law school application process.

Timeline


Early Decision I Deadline	2023-11-01
Early Decision II Deadline	2024-01-08
Regular Decision Deadline	2024-03-01
Admission Contact
Phone	607-255-5141
Email	jdadmissions@cornell.edu
General Admission Information	https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/jd-admissions/
Application Requirements	https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/jd-admissions/

Application Requirements


CAS Report	Applicants need to submit transcripts, GPA, LSAT Scores, LSAT Writing Samples, Letters of Recommendation, and more required items to LSAC. Official CAS Report includes those items and will send to School.
LSAT, GRE, Or GMAP Scores	Official LSAT Score, usually no older than 5 years Additional GRE scores may be optional.
Letters Of Recommendation	Limit up to 3 or 4 letters, in general May require right of access to recommendations.
Transcripts

Data Source: https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/jd-admissions/

2024 LSAT Scores and GPA

The LSAT score at Cornell Law School is 172 and GPA is 3.90 over 187 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024.

Compared to law schools in U.S., Cornell Law School' LSAT score is similar to the average score of 159. Compared to law schools in New York, Cornell Law School' LSAT score is similar to the average score of 160.

You can compare Cornell Law School with law schools that have similar LSAT score over 170

The 75^th percentile of LSAT score is 174 and the 25^th percentile is 170. The 75^th percentile of GPA is 3.94 and the 25^th percentile is 3.76.

2024 Scores

	LSAT Scores	GPA
Cornell Law School	172	3.90
All Law Schools	159	3.61
Public	159	3.64
Private	158	3.58
New York Law Schools	160	3.63
Public	155	3.59
Private	161	3.64

LSAT Score

	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile
2019	164	167	168
2020	165	168	169
2021	164	168	169
2022	169	171	173
2023	170	172	174
2024	169	172	175

GPA

	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile
2019	3.73	3.82	3.89
2020	3.71	3.81	3.91
2021	3.76	3.86	3.93
2022	3.75	3.86	3.95
2023	3.76	3.87	3.94
2024	3.78	3.9	3.97

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