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Admissions

JD Admissions
Priority Deadline: February 1, 2022
Final Deadline: April 1, 2022

Full-Time JD Program Tuition
2021-22: Residents $11,196 per semester, Non-Residents $22,908 per semester (Frozen through 2023!)

JD Acceptance Rate for 2021: 32.74% (257 of 785)

JD Enrollment Rate for 2021: 38.13% (98 of 257)

2021 Entering Class Profile

83 Full-Time JD Students; 18 Part-Time JD Students

GPA: 25^th Percentile 3.28, Median 3.54, 75^th Percentile 3.76

LSAT: 25^th Percentile 153, Median 156, 75^th Percentile 159

GRE:

	25th	Median	75th
Verbal	156	159	161
Quantitative	149	154	158
Writing	4	4.5	5

Updated December 14, 2021: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and American Bar Association (ABA) have certified these LSAT and GPA percentiles.

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At A Glance

Our Mission

The William S. Richardson School of Law is a collaborative, multicultural community preparing students for excellence in the practice of law and related careers that advance justice and the rule of law.

We develop highly qualified, ethical professionals through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and public service.

We embrace Hawaii’s diversity and values and recognize a special responsibility to our state and the Pacific region.

We lead in environmental law, Native Hawaiian law, and Pacific-Asian legal studies.

Accreditation

The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has been accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association since 1982. The Section of Legal Education may be contacted at 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610 or by phone at (312) 988-6738. The Law School has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) since 1989.

Teaching Excellence

17 UH Regents' Medalists for Excellence in Teaching

3 Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Great Teacher Awards

1 SALT Junior Faculty Teaching Award

1 Two-Time Recipient of the UH Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching

Scholarly Impact

41^st of the Top 100 American Law Schools in Academic Impact in 2019 (measured by HeinOnline citations)

64^th of the Top Third of Law School Faculties in Leiter Score Scholarly Impact Rankings in 2018

Student Publications

University of Hawaiʻi Law Review

Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal