William S. Richardson School of Law
2515 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822
Admissions Phone: (808) 956-3000
Admissions Email: lawadm@hawaii.edu
Web site: http://www.hawaii.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/law/admissions/forms
2515 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822
Admissions Phone: (808) 956-3000
Admissions Email: lawadm@hawaii.edu
Web site: http://www.hawaii.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/law/admissions/forms
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Laurie Tochiki
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$60
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,019
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
304
Overall acceptance rate
29.8%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
117
Number of full-time program applicants
1,002
Number of full-time program acceptances
282
Full-time acceptance rate
28.1%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
81
Number of part-time program applicants
418
Number of part-time program acceptances
50
Part-time acceptance rate
12.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
36
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.12-3.68
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
153-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.22-3.69
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
155-160
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.01-3.48
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
HI
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
83.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
81.8%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
111
Graduates employed at graduation
69.2%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
90.7%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$57,600
Median private sector starting salary
$70,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$80,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
45%
Median public service starting salary
$50,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
3.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
9.0%
Percent employed in government
17.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
22.0%
Percent employed in law firms
36.0%
Percent employed in public interest
10.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
3.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
3.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
85%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
7
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
N/A
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
2.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
N/A
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
N/A
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
1.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
N/A
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
N/A
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
93.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Director of Career services, programs include networking opportunities, panels on career choices, interviewing workshops. On campus interviews in the fall and spring, career day activities each spring.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
78.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
14.0%
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)
5.0%
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)
2.0%
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