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Washburn University School of Law
Established1903; 123 years ago (1903)
School typePublic
DeanJeffrey Jackson
LocationTopeka, Kansas, U.S.
Enrollment347
Faculty28 (Full time) 38 (Adjunct)
USNWR ranking121st (tie) (2025)[1]
Bar pass rate73.91% (2025)[2]
Websitewashburnlaw.edu
ABA profileABA profile

The Washburn University School of Law (Washburn Law) is a public law school located on the main campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Washburn Law was founded in 1903.[3] The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1905.[4]

Admissions

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For the class entering in 2025, the school accepted 255 out of 549 applicants (a 46.45% acceptance rate) with 136 of those accepted enrolling, a 53.33% yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who enrolled). One student was not included in the acceptance statistics. The class consists of 137 students. The median LSAT score of enrolled students was 155 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.68. Two students were not included in the GPA calculation and two were not included in the LSAT calculation. The reported 25th/75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs were 151/159 and 3.37/3.88.[5]

Centers and programs

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  • Business and Transactional Law Center
  • Children and Family Law Center
  • Center for Excellence in Advocacy
  • Center for Law and Government
  • Center for Oil and Gas Law
  • Center for International and Comparative Law

The Washburn Law Clinic functions as an in-house general practice law firm, providing representation in practice concentration areas such as Children and Family Law, Criminal Defense, State Tribal Court Practice, Civil Litigation, Criminal Appellate Advocacy, and Small Business and Transactional Law.[6]

Under Washburn Law's Third Year Anywhere Enrollment Option, selected students can extern in the geographic area where they plan to practice after graduation (subject to limitations based on student safety and educational integrity).

Publications

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  • The Washburn Law Journal[7]
  • Washburn Lawyer (alumni magazine)[8]
  • Washburn Agricultural Law and Tax Report[9]

Curriculum

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The first-year curriculum includes Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Constitutional Law, and Property Law. All entering students participate in the law school's academic support program designed to teach law students the law school learning strategies they need to succeed.[10]

Employment

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According to Washburns Law's official 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 79.6% of the Class of 2020 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within ten months of graduation.[11] Washburns's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 13.3%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2020 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[12]

Costs

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In 2025, the tuition and fees at Washburn Law for three years was $86,940 for residents of Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska and $128,430 for residents of other states, while the estimated living expenses for single students varied from $51,054 (living off campus) to $48,129 (living on campus) to $25,542 (living at home).[5]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ↑ "Washburn University - Best Law Schools". US News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Washburn University School of Law - 2026 2025 Bar Passage". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  3. ↑ "History". Washburn University School of Law. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "ABA Required Disclosures". Washburn University School of Law. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. 1 2 "Washburn University School of Law - 2025 Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  6. ↑ "washburnlaw.edu".
  7. ↑ "Wasburnlaw.edu". Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Washburn Lawyer". Washburnlaw.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  9. ↑ "Washburn Agricultural Law and Tax Report". Washburnlaw.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  10. ↑ "First-Year Program". Washburnlaw.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  11. ↑ "ABA Employment Summary for 2020 Graduates - Washburn University School of Law" (PDF). Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Washburn University". LST Report. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  13. ↑ "Kay McFarland". Kansapedia. www.kshs.org. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ Lee, R. Alton (2014). Sunflower Justice: A New History of the Kansas Supreme Court. U of Nebraska Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-8032-4841-0. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. ↑ "William A. Smith - State Archives - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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