Columbia Law School

New York, NY

Columbia Law School is located in New York, NY and enrolls approximately 444 first-year (1L) students. The median LSAT is 173 and median GPA is 3.92. In the most recent reporting year, 97.3% of graduates secured full-time, bar-required employment, with 72.5% at large firms (251+ attorneys) and 5.5% in federal clerkships.

1L Class Size
444
Median LSAT
173
Median GPA
3.92
Bar-Required Jobs
97.3%

Admissions Profile

Entering class 2024–25
75th Percentile 175
50th Percentile 173
25th Percentile 169
75th Percentile 3.98
50th Percentile 3.92
25th Percentile 3.85

Employment Outcomes

Class of 2024
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
97.3%
Full-time, long-term · of total graduates
Private Practice
Any Law Firm
75.3%
All firm sizes combined
BigLaw (251+ atty)
72.5%
Large firm placement
Clerkships
All Clerkships
6.5%
Federal, state & other
Federal Clerkship
5.5%
Article III & federal courts
Public Sector & Other
Government
5%
Federal, state & local
Public Interest
10.5%
Nonprofits & advocacy
Business & Industry
1%
In-house & corporate
Education
0.2%
Academia & teaching
Other Outcomes
JD Advantage
1.1%
Non-bar-required roles
Unemployed, Seeking
1%
Actively job searching

First-Time Bar Passage

Class of 2024
First-Time Pass Rate
95.85%
Across all jurisdictions · first-time takers
ABA Avg (Weighted)
84.98%
Peer schools, same jurisdictions
vs. ABA Avg
+10.87%
Above weighted average
First-Time Takers
506
Graduates sitting for bar

Scholarship Distribution

Full-time students · entering class

Each circle represents 1% of the entering class, colored by scholarship level received.

No scholarship 625
Less than ½ tuition 486
Half to full tuition 173
Full tuition 67
More than full tuition 2