Lewis & Clark Law School

OR · Private · Pacific

Acceptance rate: 55% (1,133 applicants)
Median LSAT: 161 (middle 50%: 158–166)
Median GPA: 3.59 (middle 50%: 3.24–3.79)
Tuition: $61,434 (per year)
Bar passage: 86.7% (+9.6 pts vs. state average)

Deadlines

Application deadline: March 15, 2027

Essays

Personal statement (No page limit; typically 2 to 3 pages)

You may write about your background, experiences, interest in law, aspirations, special abilities, or any topic that you feel will help readers of your application get a sense of you as a person and prospective law student.

Why Lewis & Clark essay (No stated limit)

This essay should convey why you're interested in Lewis & Clark.

Supplemental statement (Typically one page or less)

You may submit an addendum to address anything in your file you wish the committee to consider when reviewing your file in full. Such a statement might describe your family, social, ethnic or economic background, or specific challenges you have faced.

Editor's notes

Get the file done by December. Lewis & Clark calls March 15 a priority date, but it also says fall completion is ideal, its review picks up in January, and the class is usually full by late spring. On rolling admissions, the same file is worth more in November than in April.
The Why Lewis & Clark essay is required, and it's the piece most likely to decide a close file. Name the program, clinic or division you'd use and connect it to something you've already done. Praise for the forest campus isn't a reason.
If you're working full-time, look hard at the evening division. The admission criteria are the same, you can switch divisions after 1L, and your Why Lewis & Clark essay can say so. That's a concrete reason to choose this school, and it's yours.
Scholarships here don't depend on law school grades, and 99% of the fall 2026 class got one. So the scholarship addendum is worth writing only if it adds something new. A second copy of your résumé isn't new.