ABA 509 Profile · Public · Louisville, KY
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law: admission requirements and 509 data
A median LSAT of 157 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.67 describe the class that entered in 2025. 579 people applied, 367 were admitted and 145 enrolled. Every figure below is taken from this school's ABA Standard 509 Information Report, the disclosure the ABA requires each approved law school to publish for applicants.
Median LSAT
157
p25 154 to p75 161
Median UGPA
3.67
p25 3.32 to p75 3.90
Acceptance Rate
63.4%
367 offers of 579 applications
First-Year Class
145
all full time
Full-Time Tuition
$32,000
residents pay $27,000
Living Estimate
$26,966
school's own figure, single student off campus
Median Grant
$12,000
75% of students hold one
First-Time Bar Pass
75.6%
jurisdiction average 78.5%
How the acceptance rate is worked out
367 offers of admission ÷ 579 completed applications = 63.4%
We divide offers by completed applications rather than reprinting a rate. The 509 report states 63.39%, which agrees with the division above. The rate counts every completed application, including applicants who never became competitive, so it is a measure of volume as much as of standards.
What the 2025 numbers say about Louis D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis received 579 completed applications for the 2025 entering class and made 367 offers of admission, an acceptance rate of 63.4%. 145 of those admitted enrolled, a yield of 39.5%. The full first-year class came to 145 students, all full time. Total JD enrollment across all years is 377.
Enrolled students posted a median LSAT of 157, with a 25th percentile of 154 and a 75th of 161. That is 2 points below the 159 median across the 196 ABA-approved schools in this data. It ranks 109 of 196 on LSAT median. Undergraduate GPA ran 3.32 at the 25th percentile, 3.67 at the median and 3.90 at the 75th.
Full-time tuition is $27,000 for residents and $32,000 for non-residents, a gap of $5,000 a year. Mandatory fees add $1,396. The school's own living-expense estimate for a single student off campus is $26,966. Tuition, fees and that living estimate add up to $60,362 for one year, or $181,086 across three, before any grant. 265 JD students hold a grant or scholarship, 75% of the student body, and the median full-time award is $12,000. 1 awards cover full tuition or more.
Of the graduating class that sat a bar exam for the first time, 93 of 123 passed, a rate of 75.61%. The weighted average across the jurisdictions where those graduates sat was 78.52%, so the school ran 2.91 points behind the jurisdictions it feeds. Ten months after graduation, 108 of 119 graduates (90.8%) held a job requiring bar admission. 18 joined law firms of 251 lawyers or more (15.1% of the class), of whom 11 went to firms of 501 or more. 1 took federal clerkships. The largest single destination was Kentucky with 89 graduates, followed by Florida with 7.
Louis D. Brandeis has been approved by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education since 1931. It is a public school based in Louisville, KY. No first-year students left for academic reasons in the reporting year.
The full 509 record
Admitted class profile, 2025 entering class
| Completed applications | 579 |
|---|---|
| Offers of admission | 367 |
| Matriculants from the applicant pool | 145 |
| Yield (matriculants per offer) | 39.5% |
| LSAT 75th percentile | 161 |
| LSAT 50th percentile | 157 |
| LSAT 25th percentile | 154 |
| UGPA 75th percentile | 3.90 |
| UGPA 50th percentile | 3.67 |
| UGPA 25th percentile | 3.32 |
| Students admitted on an LSAT score | 145 |
| Students admitted on a GRE score | 0 |
Program, faculty and calendar
| Total JD enrollment | 377 |
|---|---|
| JD degrees awarded | 119 |
| Credit hours required for the JD | 90 |
| Academic term | Semesters |
| Full-time faculty | 30 |
| Faculty other than full time | 28 |
| Course titles beyond the first year | 99 |
| Law clinic seats filled99 available | 55 |
| Field placements filled | 96 |
| Application deadline | March 15 |
| Application fee | No fee |
Tuition, fees and living costs, 2025 to 2026
| Full-time tuition, resident | $27,000 |
|---|---|
| Full-time annual fees, resident | $1,396 |
| Full-time tuition, non-resident | $32,000 |
| Full-time annual fees, non-resident | $1,396 |
| First-year tuition plus fees, resident | $28,396 |
| First-year tuition plus fees, non-resident | $33,396 |
| Living expenses, on campus | $22,263 |
| Living expenses, off campus | $26,966 |
| Living expenses, at home | $12,310 |
| Tuition, fees and living, one yearthe three published figures added together | $60,362 |
| The same three figures over three yearsbefore any grant or scholarship | $181,086 |
| Tuition guarantee program | No |
Grants and scholarships
| JD students receiving a grantof 355 students | 265 |
|---|---|
| Share receiving a grant | 75% |
| Awards below half tuition | 146 |
| Awards from half to full tuition | 118 |
| Awards at full tuition | 0 |
| Awards above full tuition | 1 |
| Full-time grant, 75th percentile | $20,000 |
| Full-time grant, 50th percentile | $12,000 |
| Full-time grant, 25th percentile | $5,000 |
| Conditional scholarships offered | No |
Attrition, transfers and outcomes
| First-year academic attrition0.0% of the first-year class | 0 |
|---|---|
| First-year other attrition | 2 |
| Students transferring in | 0 |
| First-year students transferring out | 1 |
| First-time bar takers | 123 |
| First-time bar passers | 93 |
| Gap to the jurisdiction average | -2.91 points |
| Graduates in a job requiring bar admission90.8% of 119 graduates | 108 |
| Graduates at firms of 251 or more lawyers15.1% of graduates | 18 |
| Graduates at firms of 501 or more lawyers | 11 |
| Graduates in federal clerkships | 1 |
| Graduates seeking work at the reporting date | 4 |
As listed on the 509 report
2219 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY 40208
(502) 852-6879
Council approved since 1931
Kentucky has 3 ABA-approved law schools. The Kentucky guide compares them on LSAT median, cost and bar passage, and covers the state's admission rules.
Closest on the numbers
Schools with the nearest LSAT median to Louis D. Brandeis
Saint Louis University
157 LSAT, 3.61 GPA, 56.4% accept
University of Mississippi
157 LSAT, 3.68 GPA, 42.0% accept
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
157 LSAT, 3.65 GPA, 40.6% accept
University at Buffalo
157 LSAT, 3.71 GPA, 42.4% accept
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
157 LSAT, 3.62 GPA, 43.2% accept
Data: ABA Standard 509 Information Report (2025), published for consumer disclosure, retrieved from the ABA Required Disclosures portal on 2026-09-01. Bar passage and employment figures come from the same portal's Bar Passage Outcomes and Employment Summary reports for the class of 2024. Figures describe the 2025 to 2026 reporting cycle for Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and are restated in our own structure; no ABA document or file is reproduced here. Verify anything decision-critical with the school.
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