Florida Coastal School of Law

Florida Coastal School of Law
8787 Baypine Road Jacksonville, FL 32256
Admissions Phone: (904) 680-7710
Admissions Email: admissions@fcsl.edu
Web site: http://www.fcsl.edu
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Steve Jones
Application deadline
N/A
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
$50
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
winter/spring
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
5,859
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
3,606
Overall acceptance rate
61.5%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
643
Number of full-time program applicants
5,734
Number of full-time program acceptances
3,552
Full-time acceptance rate
61.9%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
630
Number of part-time program applicants
126
Number of part-time program acceptances
54
Part-time acceptance rate
42.9%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
13
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.92-3.48
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
147-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.93-3.48
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
147-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.6-3.38
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
149-152

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
80.3%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
77.6%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
308
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
96.4%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$44,000
Median private sector starting salary
$50,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$62,500
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
37%
Median public service starting salary
$44,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
17.0%
Percent employed in government
15.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
3.0%
Percent employed in law firms
49.0%
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
0.4%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
70%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
25
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.4%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
3.2%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
2.1%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
85.6%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
1.4%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
1.8%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3.5%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The FCSL Career Services department provides counseling and resume writing support for students. In addition, the department hosts on campus interviews and has weekly programming on various aspects of employment in the legal profession and other potential sources of employment. Faculty and staff conduct mock interviews for students. The full time staff of six, includes three with a J.D.
Job Type
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)
8.0%
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)
6.0%
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)
5.0%

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