Law school

Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Phoenix, AZ

#44 in U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools (2026-27)

Published admissions data for the Fall 2025 entering class, an estimate of where your own numbers land, the school's own essay prompts and the ABA employment outcomes it reports.

Admissions profile

Median LSAT
165
Median GPA
3.91
Admit rate
19.8%
Entering class
264
Applications
4,610
Admitted
912

Source: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law — Standard 509 Information Report (2025, generated 12-17-2025) · Fall 2025 entering class

How competitive is ASU Law?

Reported for the Fall 2025 entering class.

For the Fall 2025 entering class, ASU Law reported a median LSAT of 165 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.91.

Its published LSAT band runs 158 / 165 / 167: the 25th percentile sits seven points below the median and the 75th sits two points above it.

ASU Law admitted 912 applicants from 4,610 applications, an admit rate of 19.8%.

264 students enrolled.

What LSAT and GPA do you need for ASU Law?

The ABA reports where the entering class landed — three percentiles, not a cut-off. No score is required, and none guarantees anything.

LSAT

Published LSAT: 25th 158 · median 165 · 75th 167.

GPA

Published GPA: 25th 3.58 · median 3.91 · 75th 3.98.

Percentiles: American Bar Association Standard 509 Information Report · Fall 2025 entering class

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Essay prompts

2026–27 cycle, quoted from the school. Never summarised, never behind a control.

Personal statement

Required · 3 pages

The personal statement should give the committee a better picture of who you are beyond your academic achievements and resume. It should be compelling, well-written and include some discussion of why you want to go to law school. It is also an opportunity to highlight specific reasons for your interest in ASU Law. Your personal statement should be no more than three pages, double-spaced and font size no smaller than 11 point.

Source: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law — JD application requirements

Personal experience addendum

Optional

Since 2002, ASU has been committed to inclusive excellence. Our charter states that ASU is "a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves." With this in mind, please discuss what experiences and perspectives you would bring to the ASU Law community.

Source: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law — JD application requirements

Resume

Required · 2 pages

Your resume should include details about your educational background, work history, military service, leadership roles, honor societies, scholarships, extracurricular activities, public/community service, honors and awards, publications, foreign language proficiencies, and any other significant achievements and involvements. As to work history, include significant employment during and post-college (including organization name, dates of employment and hours worked). Your resume should be no more than two typed pages and in a font size no smaller than 11 point.

Source: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law — JD application requirements

Class of 2025 employment outcomes

Reported by the school to the American Bar Association, about ten months after graduation.

  • Employed in a professional position93.8%272 of 290 graduates

    Bar-admission-required + J.D.-advantage + professional-position + law-school-funded jobs / total graduates, about ten months after graduation. Excludes the ABA's non-professional 'Other Position', 'Undeterminable', and 'Start Date After' rows, so it reads lower than a school's headline employment figure.

    ABA Employment Summary

  • Bar admission required89.3%259 of 290 graduates

    Jobs requiring bar admission / total graduates. The ABA's Bar Admission Required/Anticipated row only — J.D. Advantage is a different measure and is NOT added to it.

    ABA Employment Summary

  • Firms of 501+ attorneys14.5%42 of 290 graduates

    Jobs at law firms of 501+ attorneys / total graduates. Exactly the ABA's 501+ band — not 251+, not 100+, not a private-practice share.

    ABA Employment Summary

  • Federal clerkship2.1%6 of 290 graduates

    Federal clerkships / total graduates. Excludes state, local, territorial, tribal and international clerkships.

    ABA Employment Summary

Share of the whole graduating class, counting every position the ABA reports (full- or part-time, long- or short-term), measured about ten months after graduation.

Not published for this school

Application deadlines

We haven't re-verified this school's current-cycle deadlines yet, so none are published here. Check the school's own admissions page for dates.

Sources and methodology

Last verified September 1, 2026.

Where each figure comes from

Admissions figures
Percentiles, admit rate and class size as reported to the American Bar Association under Standard 509, or published by the school in its own class profile. The source for each figure is linked beside it.
Deadlines and essay prompts
Taken from the school's own current-cycle application instructions and quoted exactly. A date or a prompt we have not re-verified for this cycle is withheld rather than carried over from last year.
Employment outcomes
Counts from the school's ABA Employment Summary for the class year shown, over one denominator: every graduate. The share is those two counts divided, and both are printed so it can be checked.
Chance estimate
Litigator One's own model, not school-published data and not a prediction of a decision. It reads your two numbers against this school's published percentiles and its overall admit rate.

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