Hamline University

Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
Admissions Phone: (651) 523-2461
Admissions Email: lawadm@hamline.edu
Web site: http://www.hamline.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://www.hamline.edu/law/apply.htm

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Robin Ingli
Application deadline
05/01
Full-time program application fee
$35
Part-time program application fee
$35
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,450
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
700
Overall acceptance rate
48.3%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
233
Number of full-time program applicants
1,219
Number of full-time program acceptances
566
Full-time acceptance rate
46.4%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
161
Number of part-time program applicants
231
Number of part-time program acceptances
134
Part-time acceptance rate
58.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
72
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.1-3.59
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
150-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.17-3.64
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
152-158
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.88-3.48
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
147-153

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
MN
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
92.4%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
93.0%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
219
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
91.6%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$50,000
Median private sector starting salary
$65,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$120,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
43%
Median public service starting salary
$49,200
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.6%
Percent employed in business and industry
25.4%
Percent employed in government
11.6%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
14.8%
Percent employed in law firms
34.4%
Percent employed in public interest
8.6%
Percent employed in an unknown field
2.6%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
80%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
11
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
10.1%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
84.1%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
0.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.7%
Employment location unknown
2.1%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Services Office assists students & alumni with job searches, providing informational programs, mock interview & networking opportunities, one-on-one counseling, informational interview contact referrals, job fair opportunities, on-campus interviews, & an online job bank. The staff meets with the legal community to market HUSL students & maintains a library of hard-copy & web resources.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
80.4%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
13.8%
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)
4.8%
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)
1.0%

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