University of the District of Columbia

Director of admissions

Vivian W. Canty

Application deadline

03/15

Full-time program application fee

$35

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,100

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

290

Overall acceptance rate

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

89

Number of full-time program applicants

1,100

Number of full-time program acceptances

290

Full-time acceptance rate

26.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

89

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

3-3.25

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

149-155

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

OH

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

86.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

147

Graduates employed at graduation

83.0%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$57,000

Median private sector starting salary

$65,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

16%

Median public service starting salary

$46,000

Percent employed in academia

4.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

7.0%

Percent employed in government

12.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

Percent employed in public interest

10.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

10.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

65%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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)

79.0%

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

1.0%

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

5.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

7.0%

Employment location unknown

4.0%

Career services operations: Law Career Services provides individualized counseling, listings of current positions at law firms, government agencies, corporations and other employers. Workshops and speaker programs are scheduled regularly to provide students with information about the various career opportunities. Special resources include: Alumni E-Mail Mentor Program for 1Ls and extensive employment research materials.

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

71.0%

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)

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)

2.0%