University of Arkansas–Little Rock

William H. Bowen School of Law
1201 McMath Avenue Little Rock, AR 72202-5142
Admissions Phone: (501) 324-9439
Admissions Email: lawadm@ualr.edu
Web site: http://www.law.ualr.edu/
Admissions URL: http://www.law.ualr.edu/admissions.html

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Aaron N. Taylor
Application deadline
04/15
Full-time program application fee
$0
Part-time program application fee
$0
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,589
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
409
Overall acceptance rate
25.7%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
154
Number of full-time program applicants
1,418
Number of full-time program acceptances
333
Full-time acceptance rate
23.5%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
93
Number of part-time program applicants
171
Number of part-time program acceptances
76
Part-time acceptance rate
44.4%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
61
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.03-3.6
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.03-3.67
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
150-157
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.94-3.54
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
148-153

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
AR
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
77.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
80.2%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
129
Graduates employed at graduation
44.2%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
98.0%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$45,000
Median private sector starting salary
$50,500
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
75%
Median public service starting salary
$41,250
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
3.4%
Percent employed in business and industry
19.0%
Percent employed in government
11.2%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
4.3%
Percent employed in law firms
56.0%
Percent employed in public interest
4.3%
Percent employed in an unknown field
1.8%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.8%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
83%
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)
0.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
3.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
2.6%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
4.3%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
85.2%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.6%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.7%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Services Office provides a variety of job search assistance including monthly job listings and educational workshops. Workshop topics include resume writing and job search strategies. Symplicity, an electronic career services management system,is used to facilitate sharing information between students/alumni and employers.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
72.1%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
7.0%
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)
17.4%
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)
3.5%

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