University of Kansas

KS · Public · West North Central

Acceptance rate: 39% (1,172 applicants)
Median LSAT: 162 (middle 50%: 158–164)
Median GPA: 3.85 (middle 50%: 3.58–3.95)
Tuition: $32,820 (per year, nonresident)
Bar passage: 94.2% (+10.4 pts vs. state average)

Deadlines

Priority: Feb. 20, 2027

Essays

Personal statement (2 to 3 pages, double-spaced)

Your personal statement is your opportunity to share with the Admissions Committee your significant personal, social or academic experiences that demonstrate why you are interested in attending law school and how your ability to learn, adapt and excel will propel you as a law student and lawyer.

Optional Kansas statement (Brief (no stated limit))

In a separate attachment, please briefly share with us any personal interest or connection to Kansas, the University of Kansas, or the University of Kansas School of Law. An attachment to or sincere interest in our university or Kansas may be considered as a factor in our evaluation.

Optional life experience statement (No stated limit)

In a separate attachment, please share with us your life experiences or personal characteristics that are concretely tied to a quality of character or unique ability that speaks to your potential for future academic or professional success. This statement may include your experiences overcoming discrimination, hardship, or any other lived experience that shaped you as a person.

Optional addendum (No stated limit)

Please share with us any relevant information about your academic record or personal history that you did not address in your personal statement. This is your chance to provide context for anything that might cause you concern in your application.

Editor's notes

Finish your file before Dec. 15 if you can. KU says a complete application by then should get a decision by Jan. 31, and scholarship offers come with the decision. Feb. 20 is the priority date for both admission and money, so treat it as a real deadline.
Write the Kansas statement if you have any genuine tie. KU is unusually direct that interest in or connection to Kansas can count, and 51% of the Class of 2029 are Kansas residents. A short, specific paragraph costs you little.
Read the scholarship terms before you accept. Most KU awards require a 3.0 GPA after first year, and in the 2023-24 entering class 26 of 115 scholarship holders lost some or all of theirs. Ask how your award is funded and what keeps it.
KU has no test preference, but it uses the LSAT as your primary score if you have both and asks you to allow extra review time for a GRE file. If you've already taken the LSAT, lead with it.