GRE Benefits and Resources for Law Schools

GRE scores are accepted at 100+ law schools because doing so enables schools to attract applicants from a larger, more diverse pool of potential candidates. It also creates more opportunities and reduces barriers for applicants.

In the most recent testing year:

• 64% of GRE test takers who sent scores to law schools majored in a STEM field¹ as an undergraduate.
• 40% of those who opted to share their race and ethnicity² identified themselves as non-white.
• There was a 23% increase in the volume of score reports that GRE test takers sent to law schools, compared to the previous year.
• 45% of those submitting GRE scores to law schools have been sending scores to three or more programs.

• Three Recruitment Resources to Support Law Schools
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Score Comparison Tool for Law Schools
• How to Obtain GRE^® Score Data from the ETS^® Data Manager
• Law Schools that Accept GRE Scores

^{1 Using the National Science Foundation’s definition of STEM.}

^{2 On the GRE test, race/ethnicity is an optional field.}