Admission to the J.D. program at UT Law is competitive. For the class entering in Fall 2011, more than 4,700 applicants competed for the 370 seats in the entering class. In addition, the Texas Legislature has limited nonresident enrollment to 35% of the student body.
As a general rule, there are no presumptive numbers. We want our graduates to be educated leaders who become responsible professionals, and we find those prerequisites in many types of pre-law backgrounds. Thus every application submitted and completed is reviewed in its entirety.
Each applicant must take the LSAT and have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 2.2 as calculated by Law School Admission Council. In the event an applicant does not receive a baccalaureate degree prior to enrollment but is within six semester hours of completing all requirements for a baccalaureate degree by the time of enrollment in law school, the applicant may be eligible for admission upon the condition that the applicant earns the baccalaureate degree before beginning the last year of law school.