A Powerhouse in Legal Education

91%

2025 Employment Rate

85.1%

First-time Bar Pass Rate, Winter 2026

13% above the state average

700+

Externship Sites

#1

in the Pacific Northwest

Alumni in WA Super Lawyers list

#1

in the Pacific Northwest

2026 HeinOnline Scholarly Impact Rankings

#1

in the Pacific Northwest

2024 Sisk Scholarly Impact Rankings

#1

in the Pacific Northwest

2024 Forward-Looking Academic Impact Rankings (FLAIR)

Nationally Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

#13

Part-time Law Programs

#36

Clinical Training Programs

#8

Best Legal Writing Programs

#5

Most Graduates in Public Interest Law

Recognized for Excellence by the National Jurist

#1

in the Pacific Northwest

Public Service Law

Top 12

Tech Law School

Preparing Lawyers for the AI Era; A+

A

Family Law

LLM

Honor Roll

A

Business Law

#4

A+ and Top School for Racial Justice

A

International Law

#14

Employment Law

#17

Criminal Law

A

Intellectual Property Law

An education that will transform you

Our innovative legal education program will train you to become a trusted advocate for justice who can tackle consequential matters.

Learn by doing

We offer an unparalleled experiential training program. From your first day, you'll learn to apply your classroom learning in situations helping real clients with real legal problems.

You belong here

Earn your degree at one of the nation's most diverse law schools, marked by an inclusive and collegial community welcoming to all.

By the Numbers: 2026 First-year Student Enrollment

39%

Students of Color

26%

First Generation

36%

LGBTQIA+

161

Median LSAT score

3.64

Median GPA

Faculty Articles

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Erin M. Carr & Richard Delgado

What is a Red Tie? Some Observations About Words and their Extension — And a Few Words of Comfort for Readers of Recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence (2026).

SSRN

Erin Carr faculty profile
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Seth Katsuya Endo

Preventive Transparency in Third-Party Litigation Funding (2025).

120 Northwestern University Law Review 501 

Seth Katsuya Endo faculty profile
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Elizabeth Ford

Alt-Legal Services: Re-Visioning Lawyers' Role in the Fight for Worker Power (2025).

46 Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law 1

 

Elizabeth Ford faculty profile
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Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrias

Law's Penal-Professional World Order (2026).

94 Fordham Law Review 1321

Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrías faculty profile

Put your degree to work

Join a community of graduates who work as defenders, prosecutors, and judges, serve as partners at major firms, advocate for marginalized populations, and so much more.

Super Lawyers

Seattle University School of Law has the highest number of alumni selected as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars of any law school in the Pacific Northwest.