University of Oregon School of Law
regular 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.
1,850 applications, 1,017 offers, 186 enrolled · Verified 2026-08-18 · view source
What it costs, how graduates fare
- Tuition2025-26
$47,240–$59,495 full-time · resident to non-resident · plus $1,372 annual fees
Living expenses $22,020 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
79.2%first-time+1.1
78.1% is the average for all ABA-accredited schools’ graduates in the same jurisdictions this school’s graduates sat in · 114 of 144 first-time takers passed
93.3% 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
117 of 142 (82.4%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar admission
Ten months after graduation · 4 more in JD-advantage jobs · 13 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
7.0% of the first-year class · 13 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.
$64,912 median one year after finishing · $100,801 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 Feb 8, 2027
You must submit a sample of your writing in the form of a personal statement which shares something about yourself and your goals for pursuing a law degree. You could describe an event, achievement, adversity you have overcome, personal circumstance, experience, or any part of your story that offers insight into your aspirations for the future.
Notes & source
The page publishes no word limit, page limit, or formatting requirements for the personal statement.
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- Why this schoolRequiredschool-specificstart by Feb 19, 2027
You must submit a short essay explaining why, specifically, you would like to pursue your legal education at the University of Oregon.
Notes & source
Listed as the '“Why Oregon?” Essay' and required of first-year applicants (transfer and visitor applicants submit their own version, worded 'complete your legal education at the University of Oregon'). Described only as 'a short essay' — no word or page limit is published.
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- Perspective statementOptionalstart by Feb 15, 2027
You may choose to submit a statement describing how you can contribute to a learning community that works towards addressing systemic inequities thoughtfully, works with differing perspectives, and holds firm to a shared belief that we can learn from each other.
Notes & source
Listed as the 'Equity and Inclusion Essay (Optional)'. No word limit, page limit, or formatting requirements are published.
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Letters & documents
- Letter of recommendation (1 of 2)Requiredstart by Feb 1, 2027
Notes & source
'We require at least two (2) letters of recommendation. Letters should be from those who have personal knowledge of your academic ability, work ethic, or overall potential for success in law school and the legal profession.' Letters arrive as part of the CAS report — submitted to LSAC and forwarded to Oregon Law. The page states a minimum but no maximum, so no count_accepted is recorded.
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- Letter of recommendation (2 of 2)Requiredstart by Feb 1, 2027
Notes & source
'We require at least two (2) letters of recommendation. Letters should be from those who have personal knowledge of your academic ability, work ethic, or overall potential for success in law school and the legal profession.' Letters arrive as part of the CAS report — submitted to LSAC and forwarded to Oregon Law. The page states a minimum but no maximum, so no count_accepted is recorded.
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- RésuméRequiredstart by Feb 22, 2027
Notes & source
'You must submit a résumé detailing your background, skills, and accomplishments.' No page limit or formatting requirement is published.
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- Transcripts via LSAC CASRequiredstart by Feb 8, 2027
Notes & source
Registration with LSAC's Credential Assembly Service is required; applicant documents, including transcripts and letters of recommendation, go to LSAC and are forwarded to Oregon Law at the time of application. Applicants must have earned, or will have earned at the time of enrollment, a bachelor's degree from a regionally-accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university or the foreign equivalent deemed comparable to a 4-year baccalaureate degree. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens or resident aliens apply as international students and, unless they hold a U.S. bachelor's degree or are English-speaking students from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom, must submit TOEFL scores — 'ordinarily' at least 600 on the paper test or 100 on the internet-based test, taken within 24 months of the application term. Admitted international students must have a financial institution certify resources for educational and living expenses.
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- LSAT or GRERequiredstart by Dec 31, 2026
Notes & source
LSAT only: 'All applicants must complete the LSAT. Oregon Law accepts your best score from exams taken within 5 years of the application term,' and the general requirements repeat that applicants must 'Possess an LSAT score from an exam taken within 5 years of the application term.' The page never mentions the GRE — recorded here as the page's silence, not as an explicit rejection of the GRE; the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report likewise publishes no GRE row. The CAS report also carries LSAT writing sample(s). One published exception: the Double Duck Scholars Program lets University of Oregon graduates apply without the LSAT if the UO bachelor's degree was awarded no more than 12 months before entering the law school, cumulative GPA is at least 3.50, and the applicant scored at or above the 85th percentile on the SAT or ACT before entering UO; interested applicants must contact the Office of Admissions before applying or registering with LSAC, and anyone with a valid LSAT score on file with LSAC is ineligible and 'may have their application and/or offer of admission withdrawn.' The 2025 509 reports 9 of 186 first-year enrollees admitted in the 'NON-LSAT, GRE OR JDNEXT' category.
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Administrative
- Application feeOptionalat submission
Notes & source
There is no application fee: the application requirement reads 'You must submit your application through the Law School Admission Council. There is no application fee.' The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report lists an application fee of 0, confirming this.
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