Yale Law School
Contact Information
Application Deadlines
Admissions Criteria
Financial Aid
Student Body
Yale Law School is a place for people who see law in
everything they look at – literally. A twelve-foot high sculpture of a judge
dominates the School's main courtyard, and caricatures of English judges fill
the stained glass windows gracing the School's main staircase. Windows in the
main reading room of the Lillian Goldman Law Library depict daily activities
that the law protects, shapes, and sustains.
These facilities are devoted to the education of a select
group of law students, as the program admits only a couple of hundred JD
students each year. Consequently, although the total number of its faculty
barely tops one hundred, the program can still boast an astonishingly low
student-faculty ratio and an average class size of less than 20
students. These numbers make for a remarkable degree of student-faculty
interaction, and present students with extraordinary opportunities for writing
and research. Yale Law is not just a school but a community – a quality vividly
illustrated by the fact that its current dean, Harold Hongju Koh, first came to
Yale as a child, the son of two visiting lecturers.
The School's small size does not prevent students
from pursuing specialized interests. Through Yale University it is possible to
take joint degrees in a range of fields, including medicine, international law,
and economics. Yale students also receive support in pursuing diverse career
tracks. Yale's Career Options Assistance Program is a generous and flexible loan
forgiveness program that supports graduates who choose lower-paying positions in
government, nonprofits, private practice, and academia. Overall, the School stresses professional excellence, service, and an
appreciation for international ties, and – in the words of Dean Koh – strives
not only to be great as a law school, but also great as "a humane institution."
Yale Law School
Office of Admissions
P.O. Box 208329
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 432 - 4995
Email: gradpro.law@yale.edu
February 1 is the final application deadline. Most decisions are released from mid-March to mid-April.
Applicants accepted: 6.9%
LSAT range (25 to 75 percentile): 168 to 175
GPA range (25 to 75 percentile): 3.75 to 3.97
Students receiving financial assistance: approx. 80%
Tuition & fees for 2005-2006: $38,800
Total enrollment: 600
Class size: approx. 185
Women: 48%
Minority: 36%
Student faculty ratio: 7.9 : 1 |
