List of Law School GPA Curves - Irregular Grading Systems

Irregular Grading Systems

The following law schools have adopted a grading system which does not allow for the calculation of a comparable median GPA on a 4.0 scale, if any GPA is recorded at all:

  • Campbell Law School — mandatory median (82, or a C)
  • Stanford Law School — pass/no pass system with honors and distinctions, with a limit of 30% honors in lecture classes and 40% in seminars
  • Berkeley Law (aka Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, Law School — pass/no pass system with 10% of first-years receiving pass with high honors and 30% of first-year students receiving pass with honors in each class; for upper division classes (2L and 3L years) up to 15% of in a class may receive high honors and up to 45% may receive either honors or high honors
  • University of Chicago Law School — uses unusual numeric grade with median of 177
  • Yale Law School — honors/pass/low pass/fail system with no fixed curve
  • Northeastern University School of Law — written evaluations given for each course with "buzz words" used
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law — uses a scale of 70 – 100; the mandatory mean range for first-year courses is 86.5 – 87.5

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