Georgetown University Law Center
regular Mar 1, 2027 · early decision Mar 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.
13,924 applications, 2,193 offers, 594 enrolled · Verified 2026-08-13 · view source
What it costs, how graduates fare
- Tuition2025-26
$83,576 full-time
Living expenses $33,905 on campus
Tuition and the fees the school certifies alongside it — not a full cost of attendance.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA Standard 509 report
- Bar passageclass of 2025
94.5%first-time+9.3
85.2% is the average for all ABA-accredited schools’ graduates in the same jurisdictions this school’s graduates sat in · 642 of 679 first-time takers passed
95.1% 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
644 of 703 (91.6%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar admission
Ten months after graduation · 29 more in JD-advantage jobs · 10 still seeking · 27 of the bar-admission jobs are funded by the school
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
0.0% of the first-year class · 2 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.
$168,995 median one year after finishing · $226,624 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 statementRequired · 2 pgstart by Feb 8, 2027
You can write your personal statement on any subject that will enable the Admissions Committee to get to know you.
Notes & source
No official minimum or maximum length; Georgetown recommends around two pages, double-spaced (page_limit reflects the recommendation, not a strict limit).
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- Perspective statementOptionalstart by Feb 15, 2027
If you would like to share any additional personal perspectives, reflections, or experiences - whether positive, challenging, a combination of both, or something else entirely - that have contributed to who you are as a person and as a future legal scholar and lawyer, we invite you to do so in an additional statement.
Notes & source
Georgetown calls this the 'Optional Statement.' No published length limit.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
What's the best (or worst) piece of advice you ever received?
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts; maximum 250 words.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
If you could 'uninvent' one thing, what would it be?
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts; maximum 250 words.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
Tell us about a moment in your life that you regret.
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts; maximum 250 words.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
Describe your perfect day.
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts; maximum 250 words.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
Share a top ten list with us.
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts; maximum 250 words.
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- Optional essayOptionalschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
One-minute video. Submit a one-minute video that says something about you.
Notes & source
One of six 'Optional Response' prompts. Upload the video to an accessible website and provide the URL in an attachment; permissions must allow anyone with the link to view; only URL links are accepted.
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- AddendumOptionalstart by Feb 26, 2027
Notes & source
Character and Fitness Statement: required only if the applicant answers 'yes' to any character and fitness question on the application; must explain fully in a separate statement.
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Letters & documents
- Letter of recommendationRequiredstart by Feb 1, 2027
Notes & source
Only one letter required; additional letters are welcome (no published maximum). Ideally from a professor who can speak to academic work; employer/supervisor letters also acceptable.
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- RésuméRequiredstart by Feb 22, 2027
Notes & source
No page limit, though one to two pages recommended. Should cover work experience, extracurricular/volunteer activities, academic institutions attended, and honors/awards.
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- Transcripts via LSAC CASRequiredstart by Feb 8, 2027
Notes & source
All applicants must register with LSAC's Credential Assembly Service (CAS); transcripts from all schools attended must be sent to LSAC directly by the institution. CAS fees cannot be waived by Georgetown.
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- LSAT or GRERequiredstart by Dec 31, 2026
Notes & source
LSAT, GRE, or GMAT (including GMAT Focus) score from within the last five years required. Exceptions: Evening Program applicants without a currently valid LSAT score may apply test-optional; Early Assurance Program applicants (Georgetown University juniors) need no test score. JD-Next scores are not currently accepted.
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Administrative
- Application feeRequiredat submission
Notes & source
'A nonrefundable $90 fee must be submitted at the time you apply. This can be done by credit card through LSAC. Georgetown Law will not issue a refund of the application fee.' Georgetown grants merit- and need-based fee waivers 'on a case-by-case basis' and cannot waive the LSAC Credential Assembly Service fee. AUTOMATIC-CATEGORY WAIVERS: 'active Teach for America corps members and alumni, Peace Corps volunteers, military veterans and service members, and Truman Scholars.' AmeriCorps service is named and excluded: 'We do not grant fee waivers for AmeriCorps service.' TWO PROCEDURAL TRAPS: 'You must secure a fee waiver before submitting your application', and 'applicants who used a fee waiver in the previous admissions cycle are not eligible to receive a waiver' — a reapplicant who was waived last year pays this year. Allow about a week for a response. Fee waiver applications for this cycle opened August 1, 2026, a month before the application itself.
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- InterviewOptionalat submission
Notes & source
Georgetown runs an Alumni Admissions Interview Program: more than 500 alumni interview approximately 1,000 applicants annually across all 50 states, D.C., and 25+ countries. The applicant-facing information page is password-protected and the public pages do not state how applicants are selected, so selection/invitation details could not be verified.
Verified 2026-08-12 · source page
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