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University of Miami School of Law

Coral Gables, FL

#70 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, this cycle's deadlines, the school's own essay prompts and the ABA employment outcomes it reports.

Admissions profile

Median LSAT
164
Median GPA
3.79
Admit rate
24.6%
Entering class
313
Applications
4,593
Admitted
1,132

Source: Miami Law 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report · Fall 2025 entering class

How competitive is Miami?

Reported for the Fall 2025 entering class.

For the Fall 2025 entering class, Miami reported a median LSAT of 164 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.79.

Its published LSAT band runs 160 / 164 / 165: the 25th percentile sits four points below the median and the 75th sits one point above it.

Miami admitted 1,132 applicants from 4,593 applications, an admit rate of 24.6%.

313 students enrolled.

What LSAT and GPA do you need for Miami?

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 160 · median 164 · 75th 165.

GPA

Published GPA: 25th 3.58 · median 3.79 · 75th 3.88.

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

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2026–27 application timeline

Dates the school publishes for this cycle, in the order they fall.

  1. Early decision deadlineNovember 2
  2. Priority deadlineDecember 15
  3. Final deadlineJuly 15

Source: Miami Law — J.D. Application Instructions · verified August 29, 2026

Essay prompts

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

Personal Statement

Required · at least 500 words · 2 pages

Applicants are required to include a personal statement that best reflects their individual accomplishments and life experiences as they relate to the applicant's interest in becoming part of the legal profession, such as professional background, leadership roles, public service, civic engagement, specific interest in the law, or unique circumstances. The Admission Committee will carefully review this information to reach a decision on the application. Please ensure the statement is double-spaced, contains at least 500 words, and does not exceed two pages. While review by others is acceptable, this statement should be written solely by the applicant without the use of generative artificial intelligence programs. Please use the Attachments section of the application to upload the personal statement.

Source: University of Miami School of Law — JD application requirements

Résumé

Required

Applicants are required to include a résumé detailing their education, employment, skills, honors, awards, and accomplishments. Please use the Attachments section of the application to upload the résumé.

Source: University of Miami School 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 position91.4%350 of 383 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 required84.1%322 of 383 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+ attorneys21.1%81 of 383 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 clerkship0.3%1 of 383 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.

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.

Cited on this page

  1. Miami Law 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report — American Bar Association / University of Miami School of Law
  2. Miami Law — J.D. Application Instructions — University of Miami School of Law
  3. University of Miami School of Law — JD application requirements — University of Miami School of Law
  4. Best Law Schools (2026-27) — U.S. News & World Report

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