John Marshall Law School

Director of admissions

William B. Powers

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,500

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,482

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

483

Number of full-time program applicants

2,841

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,227

Full-time acceptance rate

43.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

356

Number of part-time program applicants

659

Number of part-time program acceptances

255

Part-time acceptance rate

38.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

127

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3-3.56

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

152-156

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.9-3.41

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

151-156

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

IL

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

89.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

418

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$70,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

83%

Median public service starting salary

$52,822

Percent employed in academia

0.8%

Percent employed in business and industry

21.1%

Percent employed in government

12.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.5%

Percent employed in law firms

62.2%

Percent employed in public interest

0.6%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

1.4%

Graduates employed in-state

87%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.6%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.8%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

89.7%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.8%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

4.2%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.8%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.6%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

1.1%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

0.8%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office is committed to assisting students proactively in their job searches. It is essential to get as much legal experience as possible while in law school. To that end, the CSO offers practical advice, encouragement, and support during the job search process. The CSO is committed to helping all John Marshall students, whether in the full-time or part-time program.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

75.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

14.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

8.1%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

2.0%