School of Law
215 Centennial Drive, Stop 9003 Grand Forks, ND 58202
Admissions Phone: (701) 777-2260
Admissions Email: hoffman@law.und.edu
Web site: http://www.law.und.nodak.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.und.nodak.edu/prostudents/index.php
215 Centennial Drive, Stop 9003 Grand Forks, ND 58202
Admissions Phone: (701) 777-2260
Admissions Email: hoffman@law.und.edu
Web site: http://www.law.und.nodak.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.und.nodak.edu/prostudents/index.php
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Benjamin Hoffman
Application deadline
07/31
Full-time program application fee
$35
Part-time program application fee
N/A
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
484
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
201
Overall acceptance rate
41.5%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
83
Number of full-time program applicants
484
Number of full-time program acceptances
201
Full-time acceptance rate
41.5%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
83
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
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.13-3.73
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
148-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.13-3.73
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
148-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
N/A
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
N/A
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
ND
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
82.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
79.2%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
69
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
96.9%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$38,000
Median private sector starting salary
$49,500
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,100
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
56%
Median public service starting salary
$45,379
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
21.0%
Percent employed in government
15.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
28.0%
Percent employed in law firms
34.0%
Percent employed in public interest
0.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
0.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
49%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
10
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
2.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
3.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
82.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
2.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
6.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Career Services/Financial Aid office – assists in securing part-time employment and permanent employment. Assists students with financial aid and also assists with student recruitment.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
89.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
11.0%
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)
0.0%
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)
0.0%
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