Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge

Director of admissions

Eric Eden

Application deadline

01/03

Full-time program application fee

$25

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,299

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

499

Overall acceptance rate

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

211

Number of full-time program applicants

1,299

Number of full-time program acceptances

499

Full-time acceptance rate

38.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

211

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

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

3.25-3.75

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

154-159

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

LA

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

78.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

63.2%

Total graduates

180

Graduates employed at graduation

77.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Median private sector starting salary

$55,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

100%

Median public service starting salary

N/A

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

6.0%

Percent employed in government

10.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

17.0%

Percent employed in law firms

61.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

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

4.0%

Graduates employed in-state

81%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

13

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

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

10.0%

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

2.0%

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

86.3%

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

0.2%

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

0.5%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Career Services has 3 counselors and an interview coordinator. An On-campus Interview Program is offered each semester-law firms, gov’t employers, corporations and judges visit campus to interview students. Workshops, panel discussions, guest speaker presentations, counseling sessions, and alumni networking events are offered to students, covering a broad range of topics and job search strategies.

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

91.0%

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

4.0%

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)

2.0%

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)

N/A