Vermont Law School

Vermont Law School
Chelsea Street South Royalton, VT 05068-0096
Admissions Phone: (888) 277-5985
Admissions Email: admiss@vermontlaw.edu
Web site: http://www.vermontlaw.edu
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information

Director of admissions

Kathy Hartman

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,103

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

599

Overall acceptance rate

54.3%

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

191

Number of full-time program applicants

1,103

Number of full-time program acceptances

599

Full-time acceptance rate

54.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

191

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

2.95-3.48

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

152-158

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

2.95-3.48

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

152-158

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

N/A

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

N/A

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

73.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

69.9%

Class of 2007 Graduates

Total graduates

177

Graduates employed at graduation

65.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

94.7%

Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$60,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

75%

Median public service starting salary

$41,500

Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

15.0%

Percent employed in government

17.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

21.0%

Percent employed in law firms

31.0%

Percent employed in public interest

15.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

2.0%

2007 Graduates Employment Location

Graduates employed in-state

15%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

Number of states where graduates are employed

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

31.9%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

17.9%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

3.3%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

2.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

25.0%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.7%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

3.3%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

10.6%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

5.3%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career Services

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services operates on the assumption that career services are an integral part of a law student’s education, involving career education; academic and personal counseling, experiential education and placement opportunities.

Job Type

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

69.5%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

7.3%

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)

4.0%

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)

4.5%

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