Whittier College

Whittier College
3333 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1501
Admissions Phone: (800) 808-8188
Admissions Email: info@law.whittier.edu
Web site: http://www.law.whittier.edu
Admissions URL: http://www4.Isac.org/LSACD_on_the_web/login/open.aspx

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Lynn Oskin
Application deadline
03/15
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
$50
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
summer
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,520
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
699
Overall acceptance rate
46.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
140
Number of full-time program applicants
1,308
Number of full-time program acceptances
628
Full-time acceptance rate
48.0%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
117
Number of part-time program applicants
212
Number of part-time program acceptances
71
Part-time acceptance rate
33.5%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
23
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.82-3.31
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
151-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.82-3.31
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
151-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.66-3.38
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
151-155

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
CA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
54.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
65.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
241
Graduates employed at graduation
56.7%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
95.7%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Median private sector starting salary
$70,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$85,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
45%
Median public service starting salary
$62,500
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
34.0%
Percent employed in government
7.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
0.0%
Percent employed in law firms
49.0%
Percent employed in public interest
8.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
0.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
90%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
12
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.9%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
1.4%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
N/A
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.9%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
90.6%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3.3%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The office provides valuable resources to students in their first year and into their attorney careers. The office is involved with NALP, the LSCA, the LAALRA, the OCALRA, and Equal Justice Works. Membership dues are paid for all WLS students to the OCBA which allows them to meet with attorneys in specialty practice areas and learn effective networking skills.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
52.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
24.0%
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)
18.0%
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)
5.0%

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