Valparaiso University

School of Law
656 S. Greenwich Street, Wesemann Hall Valparaiso, IN 46383
Admissions Phone: (888) 825-7652
Admissions Email: valpolaw@valpo.edu
Web site: http://www.valpo.edu/law
Admissions URL: https://www.valpo.edu/law/admissions/apply

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Diann Lapin
Application deadline
06/01
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
2,381
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,059
Overall acceptance rate
44.5%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
215
Number of full-time program applicants
2,165
Number of full-time program acceptances
989
Full-time acceptance rate
45.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
185
Number of part-time program applicants
216
Number of part-time program acceptances
70
Part-time acceptance rate
32.4%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
30
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.06-3.64
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-153
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.11-3.7
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
149-154
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.89-3.51
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
144-149

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
IN
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
85.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
84.0%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
151
Graduates employed at graduation
56.3%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
93.4%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$45,000
Median private sector starting salary
$55,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$75,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
66%
Median public service starting salary
$49,323
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.2%
Percent employed in business and industry
18.4%
Percent employed in government
23.5%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
3.7%
Percent employed in law firms
47.8%
Percent employed in public interest
4.4%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
3.7%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
43%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
25
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
3.7%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
69.9%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
4.4%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
5.9%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
2.9%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.7%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.2%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
7.4%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Planning Center, with three professional staff, provides extensive counseling, a wealth of programming, and on-campus interviews and other routes to job opportunities. Alumni and faculty are deeply engaged in assisting students. The Center strives to provide value to students and alumni by providing essential skills and knowledge, and access to employers locally and nationwide.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
76.5%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
11.0%
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)
9.5%
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)
3.0%

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