# J.D. Admissions

**Source**: https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/

## Apply

[First-Year Applicants](https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/apply/)

[Transfer Applicants](https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/transfer-admission/)

[Visiting Applicants](https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/visiting-applicants/)

[Check Your Status](https://law.utexas.edu/dashboard/)

> We provide a world-class academic program, outstanding career options, and an unbeatable quality of life!
>
> A Texas Law degree is a powerful credential in job markets all over the country. And we are the #1 supplier of talent to the best employers in a large and growing region of the United States. Our graduates are prepared for today’s complex legal challenges and their options are boundless.
>
> [Choosing Texas Law](https://law.utexas.edu/why-texas-law/)

## Explore Texas Law

**Community of Students**

[Student Life](https://law.utexas.edu/students/student-life/)    \
[Society Programs](https://law.utexas.edu/students/student-life/society-program/)       \
[Mentoring](https://law.utexas.edu/mentoring/)\
[Wellness](https://law.utexas.edu/students/wellness/)

**Programs**

[Clinics](https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/)\
[Internships](https://law.utexas.edu/internships/)\
[Study Abroad](https://law.utexas.edu/juris-doctor/international-study-abroad/) \
[Dual Degrees](https://law.utexas.edu/juris-doctor/dual-degrees/)

**Opportunities**

[Public Service](https://law.utexas.edu/careers/public-service/)\
[Pro Bono](https://law.utexas.edu/probono/)\
[Advocacy](https://law.utexas.edu/advocacy/)\
[Journals](https://law.utexas.edu/publications/journals/)

[Download our admissions viewbook (pdf)](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/UTLaw_Bulletins2025-2026.pdf)

## Start here, Go anywhere

> ### Employment data for class of 2024
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> Our graduates may start in Austin, but certainly are able to go far beyond the Lone Star State.
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> Overall Employed
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> $225,000
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> Median salary in law firms.
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> of clerkships are federal
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> 144
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> Cities
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> 42
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> States & DC
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> 6
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> Countries
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> Locations where graduates from past five years started their full-time/long-term careers
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> #### Bar Passage
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> Texas (2025)
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> New York (2025)
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> California (2025)

[Review our career outcomes](https://law.utexas.edu/careers/outcomes/ )

## Meet our Students

Our students are exceptionally talented and come from all parts of the country.

## Class of 2028 Quick Facts

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373

Class size

173/172/166

LSAT 75th/50th/25th

3.96/3.89/3.75

GPA 75th/50th/25th

144

Colleges

33

States & DC

6

Foreign Countries

First-Gen College Graduate

First-Gen Law Student

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## Life at Texas Law