Wake Forest University School of Law
regular Mar 1, 2027 · early decision Jul 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.
2,883 applications, 710 offers, 204 enrolled · Verified 2026-08-14 · view source
What it costs, how graduates fare
- Tuition2025-26
$57,920 full-time · plus $1,224 annual fees
Living expenses $30,639 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
89.6%first-time+8.2
81.4% is the average for all ABA-accredited schools’ graduates in the same jurisdictions this school’s graduates sat in · 138 of 154 first-time takers passed
96.7% 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
141 of 158 (89.2%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar admission
Ten months after graduation · 15 more in JD-advantage jobs · 0 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
1.0% 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.
$76,252 median one year after finishing · $112,646 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
Notes & source
Listed as a required document ('Personal statement'). The public admissions pages do not publish a prompt or a length limit for it.
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- Optional essayRequiredschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
Notes & source
Wake Forest's 'Imagining Your Future statement' — required, despite the optional_essay type label; it is a distinct required essay alongside the personal statement. The public admissions pages list it as required but do not publish the prompt text or a length limit.
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- Optional essayOptional · 2 pgschool-specificstart by Feb 22, 2027
Wake Forest University's motto, Pro Humanitate.
Notes & source
One of two optional essay topics listed in the admissions help center; corresponds to the 'Optional statement' slot in the application. 'The optional essays are a maximum of two pages and give us a better sense of you as an applicant.' The help center recommends submitting optional essays only if you have something substantive to add.
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- Why this schoolOptional · 2 pgschool-specificstart by Feb 19, 2027
Why Wake Forest?
Notes & source
One of two optional essay topics listed in the admissions help center; maximum of two pages. The help center recommends submitting optional essays only if you have something substantive to add.
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- AddendumOptionalstart by Feb 26, 2027
Notes & source
An optional 'LSAT / GRE / GPA addendum' may be submitted. Separately, a Character & Fitness addendum is required if triggered by an application response.
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Letters & documents
- Letter of recommendationRequiredstart by Feb 1, 2027
Notes & source
One letter required, submitted through LSAC's Credential Assembly Service (CAS); up to two additional letters accepted 'for a total of three letters of recommendation.' The admissions help center advises current or recent undergraduates to choose professors who know them well; for applicants with significant work experience, an employer or supervisor letter is appropriate.
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- RésuméRequiredstart by Feb 22, 2027
Notes & source
Listed as a required document ('Resume'); no format or length guidance is published on the admissions site.
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- Transcripts via LSAC CASRequiredstart by Feb 8, 2027
Notes & source
'Official transcripts from all higher education institutions attended, submitted and processed through LSAC's Credential Assembly Service (CAS) by established deadlines as may be required by the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid.' The admissions help center states the school does not offer CAS Report fee waivers, though holders of an unexpired LSAC fee waiver may use the CAS waivers included in it.
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- LSAT or GRERequiredstart by Dec 31, 2026
Notes & source
'Valid unexpired LSAT and/or GRE official score report' required; a file is not considered complete until a score report is received. For applicants with both an LSAT and a GRE score, both scores will be considered. International applicants must submit TOEFL or IELTS unless their degree was earned at an English-primary institution in specified countries.
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Administrative
- Application feeRequiredat submission
Notes & source
$90 per the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report (2025-26 cycle; the admissions pages themselves do not list the amount). The admissions help center grants fee waivers to current and veteran members of the US Armed Forces, AmeriCorps (VISTA, NCCC, State and National, Seniors), Peace Corps, Teach for America, and Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and to current or former permanent full-time federal employees (excluding internship, temporary, part-time, and seasonal positions).
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