Lewis Clark College

Director of admissions

Shannon Davis

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,845

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,041

Overall acceptance rate

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

219

Number of full-time program applicants

2,656

Number of full-time program acceptances

982

Full-time acceptance rate

37.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

186

Number of part-time program applicants

189

Number of part-time program acceptances

59

Part-time acceptance rate

31.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

33

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

3.32-3.73

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

159-164

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

3.15-3.59

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

155-162

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

OR

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

81.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.9%

Total graduates

223

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$62,000

Median private sector starting salary

$90,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$105,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

43%

Median public service starting salary

$43,100

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

22.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

7.0%

Percent employed in law firms

42.0%

Percent employed in public interest

14.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

66%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

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

2.0%

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

0.0%

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

3.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.0%

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

84.0%

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

4.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Mentors available for every student; mock interviews; on-campus interviews; review of cover letters and resumes; one-on-one counseling; panels on practice areas and on how to succeed in clerkships occur on average once a week during each semester. Free long distance telephone for career search; career services library; extensive job posting service for student and graduate positions.

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

81.0%

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

9.0%

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)

3.0%

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)

7.0%