University of Arkansas School of Law
regular Apr 1, 2027
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Your numbers against the class of 2025
This is a comparison against published numbers, not a prediction. Admissions committees weigh essays, letters, and experience that no percentile captures.
950 applications, 253 offers, 135 enrolled · Verified 2026-08-18 · view source
What it costs, how graduates fare
- Bar passageclass of 2025
80.0%first-time+1.9
78.1% is the average for all ABA-accredited schools’ graduates in the same jurisdictions this school’s graduates sat in · 92 of 115 first-time takers passed
94.7% of the class of 2023 were admitted within two years of graduating
A pass rate on its own says as much about which states a school feeds as about the school, so the ABA’s own like-for-like average is shown with it.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA bar passage report
- Employmentclass of 2025
87 of 119 (73.1%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar admission
Ten months after graduation · 14 more in JD-advantage jobs · 3 still seeking
The ABA collects employment status and job type only. It collects no salary, so no salary figure comes from this filing.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA employment summary
- First-year attrition2024-25
8.0% of the first-year class · 9 students
No law school publishes a graduation rate, so this is not one. It is the students who left in their first year, academic and other, as filed. Transfers out are reported separately and are not counted here.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA Standard 509 report
- EarningsCollege Scorecard
Not a starting salary.
$66,239 median one year after finishing · $88,977 after four
$107,773 is the national median at four years for the same credential
A College Scorecard median for 2017-18 and 2018-19 completers who received federal aid, measured a fixed number of years after they finished — not what this year’s graduates are being paid, and not a figure the school or the ABA publishes. The ABA collects no salary data at all.
Verified 2026-08-27 · College Scorecard
Essays
- Personal statementRequiredstart by Mar 11, 2027
In your statement, tell us about yourself and your background, and why you want to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law.
Notes & source
From the application checklist step 'Prepare your personal statement, resume, and optional statement(s).' The school publishes no page limit, word limit, or formatting requirements for the statement. Because the prompt itself asks why you want to attend Arkansas, no separate 'why us' essay is published.
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- Optional essayOptionalschool-specificstart by Mar 25, 2027
You may also provide an optional essay to provide us with relevant information that you may not have included elsewhere in your application.
Notes & source
The checklist step heading refers to 'optional statement(s)' in the plural, but the page publishes only this single open-ended invitation and no length limit. The site publishes no perspective/diversity statement prompt and no addendum instructions of any kind — recorded as the site's silence, not as a prohibition.
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Letters & documents
- Letter of recommendation (1 of 2)Requiredstart by Mar 4, 2027
Notes & source
Site wording, verbatim including its dashes: 'We require a minimum of two–and a maximum of four—letters of recommendation.' Letters are sent through LSAC: 'Ask mentors to send a letter of recommendation through LSAC.' The page does not say whether recommenders should be academic or professional.
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- Letter of recommendation (2 of 2)Requiredstart by Mar 4, 2027
Notes & source
Site wording, verbatim including its dashes: 'We require a minimum of two–and a maximum of four—letters of recommendation.' Letters are sent through LSAC: 'Ask mentors to send a letter of recommendation through LSAC.' The page does not say whether recommenders should be academic or professional.
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- RésuméRequiredstart by Mar 25, 2027
Notes & source
Listed among the materials to prepare ('Prepare your personal statement, resume, and optional statement(s).'). No page limit or content guidance is published. The page adds a general instruction: 'We may request more information than is listed below, but please do not send additional materials unless requested.'
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- Transcripts via LSAC CASRequiredstart by Mar 11, 2027
Notes & source
'You must participate in the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) and be registered with CAS during the application year. Through CAS, you are required to send the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) official transcripts from all higher education institutions you have attended.' Prerequisite: 'Except for students in the 3/3 programs, applicants must have completed all requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution prior to the date of enrolling in the School of Law.' The 3/3 programs (Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences; Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences) admit undergraduates after their third year with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 and an LSAT of at least 159, per the university's Catalog of Studies (catalog.uark.edu/lawcatalog/jdadmissionandcourses/). No English-proficiency or international-credential policy is published on the site.
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- LSAT or GRERequiredstart by Jan 31, 2027
Notes & source
LSAT only. 'Applicants should take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) before the end of February of the year in which they wish to enroll. Applications to the School of Law may be submitted prior to taking the LSAT. Applicants must have taken the LSAT during the five years preceding the date of application. The school will use an applicant's highest LSAT score in calculating the applicant's prediction index.' The site never mentions the GRE or JD-Next — recorded as the site's silence, not as an explicit refusal; the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report likewise publishes test data only for the LSAT (all 135 first-year enrollees are counted as LSAT admissions enrollees). Conflict to note: the university's Catalog of Studies (2026-27 edition, catalog.uark.edu/lawcatalog/jdadmissionandcourses/) gives a later target — 'Applicants also must take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) before the end of June of the year for which they seek admission' — and adds that applicants 'are urged to take the test at least nine months prior to expected entrance.'
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Administrative
- Application feeOptionalat submission
Notes & source
There is no application fee: 'There is no application fee.' The university's Catalog of Studies says the same ('The school does not charge an application fee.'), and the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report lists the application fee as 0. Because no fee is charged, no fee-waiver policy is published.
Verified 2026-08-18 · source page
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