Correspondence (Form CORRESP)

RAIN THERAPEUTICS INC.

8000 Jarvis Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, CA 94560

VIA EDGAR

June 1, 2022

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Life Sciences

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265297)

To Whom it May Concern:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), Rain Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the "Registration Statement") be accelerated to June 6, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time. In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its obligations under the Act.

Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP by calling Branden C. Berns at (415) 393-4631.

Branden C. Berns, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP