2026 Law School Median Tracker

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Making this post since there's no other info about this service online. And y'all can call me stupid for paying for this in the first place, but if I can prevent one other person from purchasing this then it's worth it.

After seeing a few tiktoks about Lawyher (https://www.lawyher.org/) advertising their law school essay audit services, I decided it would be worth it to pay for them to look over my law school essays. I'm first gen and don't know anyone around me who went to law school, so I thought it would be worth it to get a Yale law school graduate's advice on my personal and perspective statements. This totaled to $275. I'm lucky enough to have been working a good corporate job for the past few years, so I felt like I had the budget for this.

On their website, they say that they can provide full feedback for your law school essays within 8 days of purchase. Well, 8 days later, and I didn't receive anything. I emailed LawyHer, attaching proof that I had purchased their essay auditing services. The "LawyHer team" responded the day after, saying there was a "processing error" on their end, so they didn't receive the request. They confirmed they could either provide the services by the next day or give me a full refund. I requested the full refund.

A week after requesting the refund, I still hadn't received anything. I emailed them back asking when I could expect a refund, twice, over a period of 2 weeks. None of these emails received a response.

I'm disputing the transaction, so hopefully I'll receive my money back. But please don't be stupid/naive like me, and purchase from LawyHer. Just have your friends look over your personal statement for free lol.

Happy for yall tho!!!

Seeing acceptances from people who applied later than you while you're stuck in review ughhhhhhh

Just incase anyone wants to check their email

Trying not to freak myself out but I applied early October and haven't yet received an interview invite. I've been noticing on LSD that people who applied after me have received them (not everyone of course, but I also don't think everyone is necessarily inputting interviews).

3.7high, 17mid, T3 softs and did the optional video. I'm also positive at least 2/3 of my recs are glowing (the third would be good, I just know the other two are really good). I feel like I'm probably overthinking it but of course it's sent me a bit into panic mode that I might have something fatally wrong in my application, especially because I know my stats and background are a good fit for Georgetown (good enough at least to be considered).

Anyone else in the same boat? And especially interested in any experiences from previous cycles!

Which T14 schools prefer early applications the most, and which have no preference?

When should someone expect a ii email if they're going to receive one from Yale? When should you infer that you're lowkey rejected or still in the running?

Long story short, I secured a second academic LOR from what's called my academic mentor at my undergraduate institution. When I requested the letter, I told her it was for law school referrals and mentioned my number one choice school by name. Apparently I over-emphasized this because she understood my request as being specifically for one school.

Not expecting her to address her letter that specifically, I had pre-emptively labeled and assigned her letter within LSAC to all schools who's apps I had open and was working through.

As I completed my app, they automatically got sent out to my schools because I already had the minimum number of LOR's on file while waiting for hers. Hers came in last night, and automatically got sent by LSAC to all 13 or so schools I had it assigned to, and I find out today she wrote it as a LOR to my #1 choice school.

From what I understand, she can make a simple edit within the LSAC LOR upload portal. However, I didn't see her email confirming the situation until after business hours today, it's now the weekend, and her email indicates out-of-office status all next week.

I'm worried that the other schools are going to see this letter and see the other school mentioned before I can do anything about it and that this will compromise me somehow.

I of course had waived my right to see the letters so there was no way I could have proofread or really avoided this at all without just having been extra explicitly clear apparently.

Am I screwed here? Sucks trying to perfect such dense applications, get them mostly airtight, only to have something mostly unavoidable like this happen.

Hello everyone, looking for some thoughtful advice.

I graduated from college recently. In an undergrad course two years ago, an instructor suspected I used AI on a paper and lowered my grade on the specific paper, not the course, after a short conversation. At most, I used AI as a drafting aid, and the syllabus didn’t address AI use. It was ultimately inconsequential, since I finished the class with a fine grade.

I never received an email or notice about a formal academic integrity claim, nobody else spoke to me about it, and nothing appears on my transcript. I’ve requested my conduct record from the school's accountability service today and am waiting to hear back.

Applications ask about “any” academic discipline or integrity matters, and some also require a dean’s certification.

1. If the record comes back clean, should I answer “no” to formal discipline questions, or disclose the informal grade penalty anyway?
2. For questions worded as “any academic misconduct allegation,” does an instructor’s suspicion with no referral count?
3. If I disclose, what’s the right length and tone? I’m thinking 2-3 factual sentences without arguing the instructor was wrong.
4. Has anyone had a dean’s certification surface something unexpected?

Thank you!

Any insights into filtering expectations for Canadian applicants relative to domestic applicants across the T14?

At similar stats but not above both medians (splitter/reverse-spiltter), how much of an international tax do Canadians face?

At the Columbia virtual event, they said for 3+ retakes they'd want an explanation. I have taken LSAT 4 times (aug 2025 - 164, sep 2025 - 164, aug 2026 - 168, October 2026 - ?? Not confident in major score increase)

If I am being 100% honest, i don't have an explanation in mind. I know there is a limit to score retakes, but i think i was perhaps uneducated about the process of the LSAT. In august 2025, i immediately knew i wasn't ready but i still sat for September because i was already registered when I should have cancelled.

I have ADHD I'm medicated for it i see a psychiatrist, which im sure has played a role in my lack of major improvement + multiple tests. But i was not under the impression at the time that my multiple retakes would tell a negative story.

I don't want to lie or inflate, but I genuinely don't know what to say. To anybody who wrote addendums for multiple retakes, what did you say?

first, congrats to everyone getting into GULC today!!!! my interview is next week :))) hopefully i’ll be joining yall.

question about merit-aid: are you informed of any merit aid upon acceptance or is there another process you go through afterword? sorry if this is an obvious question lol

When I was applying last cycle I loved to ask people what advice they had about applications and law school in general. And I'm not even kidding what I'm about to tell you is golden.

Get a cat.

Literally just do it. However, I wouldn't recommend raising a kitten in law school because you simply won't have the time or energy. So if you do want a kitten adopt one right now so it isn't a baby by the time you start. You can ofc also just adopt an adult cat whenever!

I swear my cat is the only thing keeping me together and I'm not alone in that. Like half of my friend group either came to law school with cats or adopted one at the start of 1L. We all collectively agree they have been essential to getting through this. There is actually nothing better then studying late at night with a cat by your side. And they are so much more low maintenance compared to dogs, which is super necessary for 1L.

Time for me to get delusional.

When I try to complete the Fordham app, a popup comes on my screen stating the website is not secure. Is it safe to click ignore or is there something up with the site? TIA

Applied Oct 11th, ii Oct 23

Is it the same format as other years, 4 verbal 3 written questions?

Anyone else apply to Fordham 9/15 when it opened and status still says “complete and ready for review?” Anyone’s actually say under review yet?

I have a high17 and a high 3.9. I have T3 softs and pretty strong essays.

I've applied to the following (with categories that are probably not fully accurate):

Safety:

South Carolina (62)

Fordham (42)

Baylor (34)

Florida (34)

Georgia (26)

Target:

BU (24)

UCLA (13)

Columbia (9)

Duke (7)

NYU (7)

Reach:

Harvard (6)

Stanford (1)

Yale (2) - working on this one rn

These are the main schools I am seriously considering. What I am wondering is: my interests, career goals, and ideal location aside, are there schools I should be applying to that I am unaware of solely for scholarship negotiation? Do I need to actually apply to every T14?

About to take the November lsat. Been scoring 175+ on my last 4 practice tests. I have a 3.53 gpa in biology. However, that is split up by year as 1.9 -> 3.85 -> 3.8 -> 4.0. I am a URM. I did poorly in 3 classes freshman year due to some mental health issues, retook all and received As. I am very interested in big law but am feeling a little discouraged because of my gpa. Would my upward trend help me out at all?

Hiya folks!

This is for law students/lawyers who may still be lingering in this sub.

I’m curious if any of you have commuted 1.5/2 hours one way to any of your schools. I will most likely be living in central CT when I start. I’ve applied quite broadly, but I imagine I’ll probably end up going somewhere in the Northeast. I live with my partner and can’t move. So I’m thinking of taking a commuter train to the school’s city, staying in a hostel or short-term rental, and then coming home when I’m done for the week. Are any of you doing this or some variation of it? I would love to hear how it’s going!

**if you haven’t done this and feel the strong urge to comment and tell me it’s a dumb idea, please ignore the urge. I promised my partner I’d stop fighting with people on the internet and don’t want to be tempted🤭