Appalachian School of Law
PO Box 2825 Grundy, VA 24614-2825
Admissions Phone: (800) 895-7411
Admissions Email: aslinfo@asl.edu
Web site: http://www.asl.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.asl.edu/admissions/onlineApp.php
PO Box 2825 Grundy, VA 24614-2825
Admissions Phone: (800) 895-7411
Admissions Email: aslinfo@asl.edu
Web site: http://www.asl.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.asl.edu/admissions/onlineApp.php
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Nancy Pruitt
Application deadline
07/07
Full-time program application fee
$60
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
1,688
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
766
Overall acceptance rate
45.4%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
115
Number of full-time program applicants
1,688
Number of full-time program acceptances
766
Full-time acceptance rate
45.4%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
115
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
2.67-3.39
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
147-152
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.67-3.39
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
147-152
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
TN
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
89.7%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
80.1%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
104
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
64.8%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$40,000
Median private sector starting salary
$45,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$55,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
61%
Median public service starting salary
$42,250
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
11.0%
Percent employed in government
13.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
13.0%
Percent employed in law firms
58.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
N/A
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
27%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
13
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.8%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
1.8%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
3.5%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
43.9%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
43.9%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
5.3%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Full service office with on-line access to job bulletins; two full-time employees; on-site interview rooms
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
82.0%
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)
5.0%
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%