Washington University School of Law is a private American law school located in St. Louis, Missouri. The law school is one of the seven graduate and undergraduate schools at Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1867, the School of Law is the oldest continually operating private law school west of the Mississippi River. Originally, the law school was located in downtown St. Louis, but it relocated in 1904 to the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, and is housed in Anheuser-Busch Hall. It is ranked 18th among the 203 American Bar Association approved law schools by U.S. News & World Report. Its clinical training and trial advocacy programs have consistently ranked in the top ten according to the same source.AdmissionsFor the class entering in fall 2016, there were 228 matriculants. The 25th and 75th LSAT percentiles for the 2015 entering class were 160 and 169, respectively, with a median of 168. The 25th and 75th undergraduate GPA percentiles were 3.15 and 3.81, respectively, with a median of 3.67.Ranking and honorsThe 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Law Schools" ranked the Washington University School of Law: 18th in the country overall (out of over 180 law schools) 8th in the country in Clinical Training Leiter’s Law School Rankings placed the law school: 18th in the country (tie) in Student Quality 19th in the country (tie) in Academic Reputation 20th in the country (tie) in Lawyer/Judge Reputation GraduatePrograms.com ranked Washington University as number 1 for social life.
