New England School of Law

New England School of Law
154 Stuart Street Boston, MA 02116
Admissions Phone: (617) 422-7210
Admissions Email: admit@nesl.edu
Web site: http://www.nesl.edu
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Michelle L’Etoile
Application deadline
03/15
Full-time program application fee
$65
Part-time program application fee
$65
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
3,167
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,737
Overall acceptance rate
54.8%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
384
Number of full-time program applicants
2,524
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,333
Full-time acceptance rate
52.8%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
260
Number of part-time program applicants
854
Number of part-time program acceptances
455
Part-time acceptance rate
53.3%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
124
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.94-3.48
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
150-154
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.02-3.51
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
151-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.83-3.34
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
MA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
83.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
86.1%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
295
Graduates employed at graduation
45.2%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
85.0%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$50,000
Median private sector starting salary
$55,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
43%
Median public service starting salary
$46,500
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.7%
Percent employed in business and industry
22.8%
Percent employed in government
15.6%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
12.5%
Percent employed in law firms
42.0%
Percent employed in public interest
4.5%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
12.5%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
67%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
21
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
70.1%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
12.1%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
1.3%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
9.8%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.4%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.2%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.7%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Career Services provides career counseling, job search resources, on campus recruitment programs, and career workshops. The office maintains a library of directories of legal employers, practice areas, and periodicals. The website features a searchable job-posting database, employer recruitment programs, an alumni networking/mentoring program, and postings of career development programs.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
60.1%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
13.1%
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)
9.7%
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)
0.7%

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