Law School GPA Calculator

How is law school GPA different from transcript GPA?

Law schools often rely on LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service, which summarizes academic records for applications. LSAC states that it calculates yearly, institution-level, and cumulative GPAs during transcript summarization. See LSAC’s official transcript summarization information.

What formula does this calculator use?

This page uses a CAS-style 4.33 planning scale with A+ included. It is useful for early planning but cannot reproduce every LSAC rule for repeated courses, international transcripts, withdrawals, or institutional policies.

What should applicants do next?

Use this as a planning estimate, then verify through LSAC CAS. If your GPA is close to a school’s median, small differences in transcript processing can matter, so official records are important.

Frequently asked questions

• Is this official LSAC GPA?
  No. Only LSAC can produce the official CAS GPA used in your application report.
• Why include A+ as 4.33?
  Many law school GPA discussions use a 4.33-style scale for planning. Your official calculation depends on LSAC policy.
• Do repeated courses matter?
  They can. LSAC transcript processing may differ from your undergraduate institution’s replacement policy.
• Can I enter more than six courses?
  Use the rows for planning. For a full transcript, you would expand the code or group similar grade/credit courses.
• Should I use transcript GPA or this estimate for admissions planning?
  Use official LSAC CAS GPA when available. Before then, this estimate is useful for early school-list planning.