2026 STUDENT PROFILE 2026 Entering Class* Of color
Enrolled
Part time
Gender not specified or Nonbinary
39% 61%
4%
LSAT 25th-75th percentiles LSAT Median
151–159
154
UGPA 25th-75th percentiles
3.06–3.68 UGPA Median
3.40
Median age
28
LGBTQ+
34% 56% 17%
403
Full time
Women
Students holding graduate degrees
87
Undergraduate institutions represented
203
Foreign countries represented Age range
20–66
10
States represented
43+ DC
Native American Tribes and First Nations represented
Total Student Enrollment
Annual Tuition
Enrolled
Full time—2026-27
1,215 Full time
47%
57,240
$ Part time
53%
Part time—2026-27
41,340
$
Students with foreign citizenship
32
States represented
48 + DC
Bar Passage Rate (for graduates who took the exam in Minnesota for the first time in Feb. 2025 and July 2025)
84%
Of color
32%
Employment
Women
91%**
52%
2025 grads
18 * All data based on first day of classes for the 2026-27 academic year.
First generation
35%
First generation law
89%
** For the class of 2025 (graduates from Sept. 1, 2024 to Aug. 31, 2025), 91.4% of
all known job seekers had secured employment in bar-passage-required, J.D.-advantage, or other professional positions, or were enrolled in graduate studies programs within 10 months of graduation.
CLINICAL PROGRAM
CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
As part of the clinical program, under the supervision of full-time professors, students take the lead on representing real clients who might not otherwise have access to an attorney. We offer the following clinics:
Our Dispute Resolution Institute has been ranked in the top ten by U.S. News & World Report for over 20 years. Our health law program is ranked nationally on the strength of our Health Law Institute.
Business Law Child Protection Criminal Appeals and Postconviction Economic Inclusion Employment Discrimination Mediation Representation First Amendment: Activism Clinic Health Law
Special programs for focused study
Dispute Resolution Institute
Intellectual Property Institute
Health Law Institute
Center for Law and Business
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Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute
FIELD PLACEMENTS
Externships and residencies for hands-on experience
We support students in a variety of externships that allow you to earn credit by working with practicing attorneys in your community. Deeper, more intensive experiences at external sites are available in your last three terms of law school through the residency program. Recent externships and residencies include:
Government U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration
U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee
Innocence
U.S. Army Judge Advocate Corps
Intellectual Property: Patents
U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate Corps
Lower Sioux Indian Community Tribal Court Colorado Judicial Branch First Judicial Circuit, Missouri Montana Department of Justice New Jersey Courts
Intellectual Property: Trademark
U.S. Department of the Interior, Solicitor General
Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners
Federal Public Defender
County Attorney Office (nationwide)
Mediation
Federal District Court
Public Defender Office (nationwide)
Native Law: Tribal Code Drafting Nonprofit Tax Planning
Minnesota Supreme Court
El Paso District Attorney’s Office
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Non-profits
Minnesota Secretary of State
Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Conviction Review Unit
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Office
FBI, Office of Integrity and Compliance City of Saint Paul Attorney
Reentry
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Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Businesses John Deere Medtronic 3M Munich Reinsurance America Travelers Insurance Big River Steel Northern Oil and Gas Target Corp.
Firms 100+ firms nationwide
Americans United for Life Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Assistance for Seniors National Conflict Resolution Center Mediation Center of Minnesota
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