Florida A M University

Florida A&M University
201 Beggs Avenue Orlando, FL 32801
Admissions Phone: (407) 254-3263
Admissions Email: famulaw.admissions@famu.edu
Web site: http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?a=law
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Mweni Ekpo
Application deadline
04/01
Full-time program application fee
$20
Part-time program application fee
$20
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,775
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
535
Overall acceptance rate
30.1%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
231
Number of full-time program applicants
1,494
Number of full-time program acceptances
448
Full-time acceptance rate
N/A
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
171
Number of part-time program applicants
272
Number of part-time program acceptances
87
Part-time acceptance rate
32.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
60
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.81-3.44
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
143-149
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.88-3.46
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
143-149
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.6-3.33
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
144-150

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
FL
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
N/A
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
N/A
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
87
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
N/A
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$58,000
Median private sector starting salary
$75,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$100,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
57%
Median public service starting salary
$41,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
3.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
10.0%
Percent employed in government
28.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
0.0%
Percent employed in law firms
33.0%
Percent employed in public interest
13.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
13.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
0.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
86%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
4
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
1.9%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
88.1%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
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)
0.0%
Employment location unknown
10.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Office of Career Planning and Placement (OCPP) serves as a professional employment and preparation resource for students and alumni. OCPP assists in preparing resumes, developing career plans and job strategies, and assisting with interviewing skills. OCPP sponsors programs, workshops, and seminars for students. OCPP also conducts variety of other professional programs for students.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
49.0%
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)
14.0%
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

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