A compelling reason to study law at Columbia is the opportunity to learn with the exceptional individuals who comprise its community. In selecting its students and appointing its faculty, Columbia chooses men and women with extraordinary intellectual gifts and outstanding academic credentials.
During the past decade, a period marked by significant changes in the demand for legal education, Columbia continues to attract one of the very largest and most highly qualified applicant pools in the country. As evaluated by the principal criteria used to measure admissions selectivity -- application volume, acceptance rates, yield ratios (the percentage of accepted applicants choosing to enroll), median LSAT scores, and undergraduate performance -- Columbia continues to stand among the most highly selective law schools in the United States. In selecting students, Columbia has long considered it essential to go beyond outstanding academic credentials. One would be hard pressed to identify a leading law school more diverse than Columbia.
