William S. Richardson School of Law

William S. Richardson School of Law's 2024 tuition & fees is $23,164 for Hawaii residents and $46,588 for others. The 2024 tuition was increased by from last year.

At William S. Richardson School of Law, 80.16% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $6,000. 2.99% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 11.11% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

The average GPA of William S. Richardson School of Law is 3.48 and the average LSAT score is 157. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 87 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 83 students including both full-time and part-time status. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentiles.

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 875 students have applied to William S. Richardson School of Law and 252 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 90 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 28.80% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 35.71% at William S. Richardson School of Law. With 2 pre-admitted students, total 92 first-year students enrolled in William S. Richardson School of Law.

Last year, total 105 students took the bar exam first time at William S. Richardson School of Law. Among them, 75 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 71.43%. For reference, the average pass rate at Hawaii law schools is 74.78%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at William S. Richardson School of Law.