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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, commonly known as Penn Carey Law, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its history dates to 1790, when James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution and a future Supreme Court justice, delivered law lectures at Penn. The school formally re-established its Faculty of Law in 1852 and has since developed into a nationally recognized law school known for its interdisciplinary approach, legal scholarship, and strong connections with other University of Pennsylvania schools.

Today, Penn Carey Law offers a full-time J.D. program along with joint degrees, certificates, clinical programs, and other experiential-learning opportunities. Its location in Philadelphia and connection to institutions such as the Wharton School contribute to its focus on business, technology, health law, public policy, and other interdisciplinary areas.

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Penn Carey Law at a Glance

Category Latest verified information
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University University of Pennsylvania
School type Private
Founded/history Law instruction began in 1790; the formal Faculty of Law was re-established in 1852
ABA accreditation ABA-accredited
J.D. program Three-year, full-time J.D.
Part-time J.D. No
Current entering class Class of 2028: 266 students
Class of 2028 applicants 8,074
Class of 2028 admitted Approximately 8%
Latest ABA 509 class 2025 entering class: 265 students
2025 ABA applications 8,074
2025 ABA offers 650
2025 ABA acceptance rate 8.05%
Latest official LSAT percentiles 167 / 173 / 174
Latest official GPA percentiles 3.77 / 3.95 / 4.00
J.D. enrollment 764 as of October 5, 2025
2026–27 tuition $81,796
2026–27 mandatory fees $6,388
2026–27 total estimated cost of attendance $120,294
Latest first-time bar passage 94.42% for 2025 graduates
Latest ultimate bar passage 98.76% for the Class of 2023
Latest employment report Class of 2025, reported March 16, 2026
Full-time, long-term bar-required/anticipated employment 245 of 252 graduates
Law-firm employment 189 graduates
Large law firms, 251+ attorneys 178 graduates
Federal clerkships 20 graduates
Public interest 26 graduates
Government 5 graduates
Largest employment market New York: 104 graduates
Second-largest employment market Pennsylvania: 44 graduates
Third-largest employment market Washington, D.C.: 29 graduates
2026 U.S. News ranking No. 4 nationally
Notable strengths Interdisciplinary education, business/corporate law, national placement, judicial clerkships, technology/IP, health law, international law, public interest
Experiential education Nine in-house clinics, field placements, simulation courses, moot court, journals and pro bono programs

Introduction

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The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, commonly known as Penn Carey Law, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school traces its history to 1790, when James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a drafter of the U.S. Constitution and a member of the first U.S. Supreme Court, delivered law lectures at Penn. A formal full-time program developed under George Sharswood in 1850, and the Faculty of Law was officially re-established in 1852.

Penn Carey Law is part of an Ivy League research university whose professional and graduate schools are located on the same Philadelphia campus. The law school's academic identity is particularly associated with cross-disciplinary legal education, with students able to combine legal study with business, medicine, technology, public policy, international studies, social policy and other disciplines.

The J.D. student body is relatively small by national law-school standards. The 2025 ABA Standard 509 report recorded 764 J.D. students, including 266 first-year students, 251 second-year students and 247 third-year students.

For prospective students, Penn Carey Law is primarily a national law school rather than a purely regional school. Recent employment data show substantial placement in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and other major legal markets, while the school's interdisciplinary structure may be particularly useful for students interested in business, technology, health care, public policy and related fields.

Rankings and Reputation

Penn Carey Law is ranked No. 4 nationally in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools rankings. The school moved up from No. 5 in the 2025 ranking.

The ranking is useful as one external indicator of national reputation, but it should not be treated as a comprehensive measure of educational quality or individual student fit. U.S. News uses a methodology combining employment outcomes, bar passage, academic reputation and other factors.

Penn Carey Law has a long-standing national reputation in legal scholarship and professional placement. The University of Pennsylvania Law Review, founded in 1852 as the American Law Register, is the school's flagship law journal and is recognized as the oldest continuously published law journal in the United States.

The school's reputation is also connected to its interdisciplinary relationship with other Penn schools. The law school has particular institutional connections with the Wharton School, Penn Engineering, the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Social Policy & Practice and other graduate and professional programs.

For career purposes, recent employment data indicate that Penn Carey Law is not dependent on the Philadelphia market. Among 252 Class of 2025 graduates, 104 were employed in New York, 44 in Pennsylvania and 29 in Washington, D.C.

Admissions: What It Takes to Get In

Entering Class

The 2025 ABA Standard 509 report remains the latest standardized ABA admissions report currently available.

Admissions measure 2025 entering class
Applications 8,074
Offers of admission 650
Acceptance rate 8.05%
First-year class 265
Full-time students 265
Part-time students 0
LSAT enrollees 256
GRE enrollees 5
Other/non-LSAT, GRE or JD-Next enrollees 4

The school also has a newer institutional profile for the Class of 2028, which entered in Fall 2025. Penn reports 266 students, selected from 8,074 applicants, with approximately 8% admitted.

The small difference between the ABA 509 figure of 265 and Penn's Class of 2028 institutional figure of 266 reflects different reporting systems and reporting dates. The ABA 509 report should be used for standardized admissions statistics, while Penn's entering-class profile provides the current institutional profile.

Penn's current admissions materials state that J.D. applicants are admitted for the fall on a full-time basis only and that the school does not offer spring admission or a part-time J.D. program. Applicants may use the LSAT, GRE or GMAT as the required standardized test.

LSAT and GPA

The latest published ABA Standard 509 and Penn entering-class figures are for the 2025 entering class:

Metric 25th percentile Median 75th percentile
LSAT 167 173 174
Undergraduate GPA 3.77 3.95 4.00

Penn's current entering-class profile also reports the same LSAT and GPA figures for the Class of 2028.

Penn's admissions data show that 256 first-year students were admitted using the LSAT, five using the GRE and four through other permitted pathways.

Interpreting the Numbers

Penn Carey Law's admissions profile is highly selective. The 2025 acceptance rate was approximately 8%, while the median LSAT was 173 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.95.

The numerical profile suggests that applicants with credentials around or above the school's medians are within the strongest statistical portion of the applicant pool. However, Penn expressly states that it does not use numerical cutoffs or an admissions index.

The admissions committee considers academic performance, course selection and grade trends, recommendations, leadership, community service, extracurricular activities, professional and life experience, personal challenges, written materials and other factors.

Applicants should therefore avoid treating the 25th percentile as an informal cutoff or assuming that a particular LSAT/GPA combination guarantees admission.

Application Timing

For the 2026 application cycle, Penn Carey Law lists the following deadlines:

Application type Application deadline Completion deadline
Early Decision Round 1 November 15, 2026 December 1, 2026
Early Decision Round 2 January 7, 2027 January 15, 2027
Regular Decision March 1, 2027 March 15, 2027

Penn's Early Decision program is binding. The school also states that applicants may be reviewed as applications become complete rather than waiting until the stated decision deadline.

Penn does not conduct evaluative interviews as a standard part of the admissions process.

For a highly selective school with thousands of applicants, submitting a complete application before the final deadline is generally preferable to waiting until the deadline, although Penn does not state that applying earlier guarantees admission.

Cost, Scholarships, and Debt

Tuition

For the 2026–27 academic year, Penn's published J.D. tuition and mandatory charges are:

Cost 2026–27
Tuition $81,796
General fee $4,268
Clinical fee $770
Learning Support fee $1,350
Tuition + mandatory fees $88,184

There is no separate Pennsylvania-resident tuition rate because Penn Carey Law is a private law school.

Estimated Living Expenses

Penn's official 2026–27 J.D. budget estimates:

Expense Annual estimate
Housing $16,328
Food $5,320
Books and supplies $2,700
Personal expenses $1,784
Transportation $960
Health insurance $5,018
Tuition and mandatory fees $88,184
Total estimated cost of attendance $120,294

The $120,294 figure is a budgeting estimate rather than a bill from Penn. Housing, food, transportation and personal spending can differ significantly among students.

Scholarships

The latest ABA scholarship data available in Penn's 2025 Standard 509 report cover the 2024–25 academic year.

Of 759 full-time students reported:

  • 450 students (59%) received grants.
  • 188 students (25%) received less than half tuition.
  • 157 students (21%) received half to full tuition.
  • 96 students (13%) received full tuition.
  • 9 students (1%) received more than full tuition.

The reported grant amounts were:

  • 25th percentile: $29,512
  • Median: $42,246
  • 75th percentile: $60,000

Penn's 2025 ABA report also states that the school did not award scholarships that could be reduced or eliminated because of law-school academic performance other than failure to maintain good academic standing. Consequently, the ABA did not require a conditional-scholarship retention chart.

Penn also offers need-based financial assistance and public-interest financial support. Prospective students should compare the actual scholarship package offered to them rather than relying on the school's overall scholarship distribution.

Debt Perspective

Penn Carey Law has a high sticker price. At the 2026–27 published cost of attendance of $120,294 per year, three years at the same nominal annual cost would total approximately $360,882 before future tuition changes, loan interest and individual spending differences.

That figure is not a projected debt amount because many students receive scholarships, use savings or family resources, or borrow less than the full published budget.

The financial equation is particularly important because Penn's employment outcomes are strong but not uniform across all career paths. The Class of 2025 had substantial large-law-firm placement, while graduates also entered public interest, government, judicial clerkships, business and other fields.

Students interested in public-interest careers should also investigate Penn's loan-repayment and public-service programs when comparing net cost.

Employment Outcomes and Bar Passage

Employment

The latest official employment report is for 2025 graduates. Penn's ABA Employment Summary reports graduate status as of March 16, 2026.

The class contained 252 graduates.

Employment category Number
Full-time, long-term bar admission required/anticipated 245
J.D.-advantage 5
Professional position 2
Unemployed seeking 0
Unemployed not seeking 0
Employment status unknown 0
Total graduates 252

Of the 252 graduates, 251 were employed in full-time positions and one was employed part time. The 245 graduates in full-time, long-term bar-required/anticipated positions represented approximately 97.2% of the graduating class.

Employment by sector

Employment type Number
Law firms 189
Business and industry 4
Government 5
Public interest 26
Federal clerkships 20
State/local/territorial clerkships 6
Education 2
Employer type unknown 0

Law-firm size

Firm size Number
Solo 1
1–10 attorneys 1
11–25 1
26–50 2
51–100 4
101–250 2
251–500 9
501+ 169

Therefore, 178 of 252 graduates, or approximately 70.6% of the graduating class, entered firms with at least 251 attorneys.

Penn's official report also indicates that 15 graduates were employed in law-school-funded positions, including 12 bar-required/anticipated positions and three J.D.-advantage positions.

What These Numbers Mean

The Class of 2025 employment data show a particularly strong concentration in private legal practice.

Approximately three-quarters of graduates entered law firms, and approximately seven in ten entered firms with at least 251 attorneys. The class also had 26 public-interest placements, 20 federal clerkships, six state/local/territorial clerkships and five government positions.

The headline employment percentage should therefore be interpreted alongside the underlying distribution. Penn's outcomes are particularly relevant to students interested in large-firm practice and federal judicial clerkships, but the data do not mean that every graduate follows the same career path.

Employment statistics also describe outcomes rather than establishing causation. Individual results depend on academic performance, experience, geographic preferences, practice interests, recruiting conditions and other factors.

Bar Passage

The newest official Penn bar-passage report covers 2025 graduates.

Penn reported:

  • 251 first-time takers
  • 237 first-time passers
  • 94.42% first-time bar passage
  • 84.56% ABA Council weighted average
  • Penn's rate was 9.86 percentage points above the Council weighted average.

The jurisdiction-level 2025 results were:

Jurisdiction/group Penn first-time passage Council-accredited schools
California 89.29% 82.67%
District of Columbia 100.00% 87.52%
New York 95.76% 87.27%
Pennsylvania 93.18% 79.71%
16 remaining jurisdictions 90.91% 79.95%

Penn's two-year ultimate bar-admission rate for the Class of 2023 was 98.76%. Of 241 graduates who sat for a bar examination within two years, 238 passed.

The 2025 first-time rate is therefore the appropriate figure to use when presenting Penn's latest bar-passage outcome.

Regional Employment

The Class of 2025 had a geographically broad employment profile.

The three largest reported employment locations were:

  1. New York — 104 graduates
  2. Pennsylvania — 44 graduates
  3. Washington, D.C. — 29 graduates

Three graduates were employed in foreign countries.

The distribution demonstrates that Penn Carey Law is not primarily dependent on the Philadelphia legal market. New York was the largest destination by a substantial margin.

The school's location nevertheless gives students direct access to the Philadelphia legal market, including law firms, courts, government agencies, public-interest organizations and businesses.

Academics and Programs

Cross-Disciplinary Legal Education

Cross-disciplinary study is one of Penn Carey Law's most distinctive academic features.

Penn currently offers more than 30 joint-degree and certificate opportunities involving Penn's other schools and departments. Programs include combinations with Wharton, Penn Engineering, the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Fels Institute of Government and other university units.

Students can also take approved graduate-level courses outside the law school. Penn's cross-disciplinary structure allows J.D. students to integrate legal education with business, medicine, engineering, technology, public policy, international affairs and other fields.

Business and Corporate Law

Penn's relationship with the Wharton School is an important component of its business-law curriculum.

The Carey J.D./M.B.A. program is an integrated program combining legal and business education. Penn also maintains the Institute for Law and Economics, a joint initiative of Carey Law, Wharton and Penn's Department of Economics focusing on corporate law, governance, business and finance.

These opportunities may be particularly relevant to students interested in corporate law, transactional practice, finance, securities, governance, entrepreneurship and business regulation.

Technology and Intellectual Property

Penn Carey Law offers coursework and experiential opportunities involving technology and intellectual property.

The Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic provides students with practical experience in technology-related legal matters. Penn's broader interdisciplinary environment also connects law students with Penn Engineering and other technology-focused programs.

The school's technology-related academic work includes issues involving artificial intelligence, innovation and the future of the legal profession.

Health Law and Policy

Penn's relationship with the Perelman School of Medicine creates opportunities for students interested in health law, bioethics, disability law and health policy.

Joint-degree options include programs involving bioethics and other law-and-health fields. Penn's Health Law and Policy Project also gives students opportunities to work on legal issues affecting people with health conditions and disabilities.

The broader university environment allows students to combine legal education with medical and health-policy education.

International and Comparative Law

Penn Carey Law maintains international and comparative legal opportunities through its global programs and study-abroad relationships.

Students can pursue international coursework, study abroad, international externships and other global opportunities.

International study is supplemented by coursework, research, externships and student organizations dealing with international legal issues.

Other Areas

Penn Carey Law also maintains academic centers, institutes and programs covering areas including:

  • Constitutional law
  • Criminal law
  • Legal history
  • Law and philosophy
  • Tax law
  • Public policy
  • International law
  • Environmental and energy law
  • Law and economics
  • Public interest law
  • Legal technology
  • Health law
  • Business law

The school's cross-disciplinary structure allows these subjects to be studied alongside related disciplines throughout the University of Pennsylvania.

Practical Training

Penn Carey Law has a substantial experiential-learning infrastructure.

Clinics

The Gittis Legal Clinics are Penn Carey Law's in-house teaching law firm. The program currently consists of nine clinics:

  1. Advocacy for Racial & Civil Justice Clinic
  2. Civil Practice Clinic
  3. Criminal Defense Clinic
  4. Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
  5. Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
  6. Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
  7. Justice Lab
  8. Legislative Clinic
  9. Transnational Legal Clinic

Penn reports more than 14,000 hours of legal services annually and more than 300 clients and parties served each year through its clinical program.

The 2025 ABA 509 report recorded 140 clinic seats filled, 145 field-placement positions filled, and 1,354 simulation-course seats filled during the relevant reporting period.

Moot Court and Advocacy

Penn Carey Law offers moot-court and advocacy opportunities covering appellate and trial practice. Students can participate in internal and external advocacy competitions as part of the school's broader co-curricular program.

Journals

Penn Carey Law has a long-established student-journal tradition. The University of Pennsylvania Law Review, founded in 1852, is the school's flagship law journal and is recognized as the oldest continuously published law journal in the United States.

Other student publications cover subjects including international law, constitutional law, business law, public affairs, Asian law and social change.

Pro Bono

Public-interest service is incorporated into the J.D. program through the Toll Public Interest Center.

Penn Carey Law requires J.D. students to complete at least 70 hours of eligible pro bono service before graduation.

During the 2024–25 academic year, Penn reported that students contributed more than 27,000 pro bono hours through projects benefiting nearly 50 nonprofit organizations.

Student Life and Location

Living in Philadelphia

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Penn Carey Law is located at 3501 Sansom Street in Philadelphia's University City neighborhood, adjacent to the University of Pennsylvania campus.

Philadelphia provides access to a major metropolitan legal market while generally offering lower housing costs than New York City and Washington, D.C. The city is served by SEPTA regional rail, subway, trolley and bus systems, while Amtrak's 30th Street Station provides rail connections to New York, Washington and other cities.

For law students, Philadelphia provides access to:

  • Federal and state courts
  • Major law firms
  • Government agencies
  • Public-interest organizations
  • Corporate employers
  • Universities and research institutions
  • Cultural and professional organizations

Penn's 2026–27 student budget estimates $16,328 for housing, although individual housing expenses vary substantially depending on neighborhood, roommate arrangements and housing type.

Student Body

The 2025 ABA Standard 509 report recorded 764 J.D. students:

  • 266 first-year students
  • 251 second-year students
  • 247 third-year students

The same report recorded 334 students classified as people of color, 386 White students and 44 students whose race or ethnicity was unknown under the ABA reporting categories.

The 2025 ABA report also recorded 39 co-curricular offerings.

Penn's current student organizations span academic, professional, cultural, public-interest, political, recreational and identity-based activities.

The school characterizes its community as collegial and collaborative. That characterization is consistent with recurring themes in student and applicant discussions, although such descriptions should be treated as anecdotal rather than statistically representative.

How Penn Carey Law Compares

Choose Penn Carey Law If

Penn Carey Law may be a particularly strong fit for applicants who:

  • Want a nationally oriented law school rather than a school whose placement is concentrated in one state.
  • Are interested in large law firms.
  • Want access to major legal markets including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
  • Are interested in federal judicial clerkships.
  • Want to combine legal education with business, medicine, technology, public policy or another discipline.
  • Are interested in corporate, transactional, technology, intellectual-property, health, international or regulatory law.
  • Want substantial clinical and experiential opportunities.
  • Value a relatively small J.D. student population.
  • Want a law school with a substantial public-interest infrastructure.
  • Receive a scholarship that makes Penn's cost competitive with other schools under consideration.

Consider Alternatives If

Applicants may reasonably consider another school if they:

  • Receive a substantially larger scholarship elsewhere.
  • Want to minimize law-school debt.
  • Have a strong preference for a particular regional market.
  • Want a curriculum centered on a specialty that another school offers more directly.
  • Prefer a smaller, larger or differently structured student body.
  • Want to live in another city or state.
  • Are pursuing a public-interest career and receive a substantially better financial package at another school.
  • Prefer another law school's culture or campus environment.

The comparison should be based on net cost, employment goals and geography, not simply on ordinal rankings.

The TLS Verdict

Penn Carey Law is a highly selective national law school with a particularly strong combination of large-firm placement, judicial-clerkship opportunities and interdisciplinary education. The latest Class of 2025 employment report shows 245 of 252 graduates in full-time, long-term bar-required or anticipated positions, 189 law-firm placements and 20 federal clerkships. New York was the largest employment market, followed by Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

Academically, Penn's strongest differentiator is its integration with the rest of the University of Pennsylvania. Students can combine legal education with business, medicine, technology, public policy, international studies and other disciplines. The school also has nine in-house clinics, extensive field-placement opportunities and a formal pro bono requirement.

The primary concern is cost. For 2026–27, tuition is $81,796 and Penn's estimated annual cost of attendance is $120,294. The school does provide substantial scholarship assistance: the latest ABA data show that 59% of students received grants, with a median reported grant of $42,246.

For applicants who want national mobility, major-market law-firm opportunities, clerkships and interdisciplinary study, Penn Carey Law presents a strong option. For applicants choosing primarily on cost, however, scholarship differences between Penn and competing schools can materially change the value calculation.

What Students Say

The following section summarizes public student and applicant-community sentiment. These observations are anecdotal and should not be interpreted as institutional findings.

Frequently Mentioned Positives

Collegiality

Student discussions frequently describe Penn Carey Law as relatively collegial and collaborative. Students often contrast the school's culture with perceptions of more competitive environments at some other highly selective law schools.

Class Size and Community

The J.D. population of 764 students and entering classes of approximately 260 students create a relatively compact law-school community within a much larger university.

Students often mention the ability to form relationships through sections, student organizations, clinics, journals and other activities.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities are one of the frequently cited reasons students choose Penn. The official employment data support the perception that the school provides substantial access to large firms and major legal markets, although individual career outcomes vary.

Interdisciplinary Opportunities

Students interested in business, health care, technology or public policy frequently identify Penn's broader university as an important advantage.

The availability of joint degrees and certificates with Wharton, Penn Medicine, Engineering and other schools is a distinctive feature of the institution.

Frequently Mentioned Concerns

Cost

Cost is a recurring concern in applicant and student discussions. Penn's 2026–27 estimated annual cost of attendance is $120,294 before future increases, making scholarship differences important when comparing offers.

Recruiting Pressure

Some student discussions describe the recruiting process as demanding, particularly for students targeting large firms. This is community sentiment rather than a formal institutional finding.

Workload

As with other highly selective law schools, students describe the J.D. curriculum as academically demanding. First-year coursework and examinations are commonly identified as particularly intense periods.

Individual Career-Service Experiences

Online discussions contain both positive and negative accounts of career advising. Because these experiences vary by student and year, they should not be treated as representative of the entire student body.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Penn Carey Law a good law school?

Penn Carey Law is a highly selective national law school ranked No. 4 nationally in the 2026 U.S. News rankings. Its latest employment data show strong placement in large firms, judicial clerkships and major legal markets.

What LSAT score is competitive for Penn Carey Law?

The latest official ABA data, for the 2025 entering class, show an LSAT range of 167–174 for the middle 50%, with a median of 173. Penn does not use a numerical admissions cutoff.

What is Penn Carey Law's acceptance rate?

The latest standardized ABA figure is 8.05% for the 2025 entering class, based on 8,074 applications and 650 offers. Penn's newer Class of 2028 profile reports 8,074 applicants and 266 enrolled students.

How much is tuition?

For 2026–27, tuition is $81,796. Mandatory fees total $6,388, and Penn estimates total annual cost of attendance at $120,294.

What is Penn Carey Law's bar passage rate?

The latest first-time bar passage rate is 94.42% for 2025 graduates. Penn's rate was 9.86 percentage points above the ABA Council weighted average of 84.56%.

What is Penn Carey Law known for?

Penn Carey Law is particularly known for its interdisciplinary legal education, national employment reach, large-law-firm placement, judicial clerkships, business and corporate law, technology and intellectual property, health law, international law and public-interest opportunities.

Does Penn Carey Law have a part-time J.D.?

No. Penn admits J.D. students on a full-time basis and does not offer a part-time J.D. program.

Does Penn Carey Law accept the GRE?

Yes. The 2025 ABA report records five first-year enrollees admitted using the GRE. Penn's current admissions materials also permit applicants to use the LSAT, GRE or GMAT as the required standardized test.

Does Penn Carey Law offer joint degrees?

Yes. Penn Carey Law offers more than 30 joint-degree and certificate opportunities involving other Penn schools and departments.

Does Penn Carey Law require pro bono work?

Yes. J.D. students are required to complete at least 70 hours of eligible pro bono service before graduation.

Where do Penn Carey Law graduates work?

The Class of 2025's largest employment markets were New York (104 graduates), Pennsylvania (44), and Washington, D.C. (29). The class also included graduates employed in foreign countries.

What percentage of Penn Carey Law graduates work in large law firms?

For the Class of 2025, 178 of 252 graduates entered firms with at least 251 attorneys. That represents approximately 70.6% of the graduating class.

How many Penn Carey Law students receive scholarships?

The latest ABA scholarship data, covering 2024–25, show that 450 of 759 full-time students, or 59%, received grants. The median reported grant was $42,246.

Contact and Key Links

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204

Phone: 215-898-7400
Admissions: 215-898-7400

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