Brigham Young University

J. Reuben Clark Law School
340 JRCB Provo, UT 84602-8000
Admissions Phone: (801) 422-4277
Admissions Email: kucharg@lawgate.byu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.byu.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law2.byu.edu/Admissions/application_form.htm

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
GaeLynn Kuchar
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$50
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
790
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
241
Overall acceptance rate
30.5%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
146
Number of full-time program applicants
790
Number of full-time program acceptances
241
Full-time acceptance rate
30.5%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
146
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
3.51-3.88
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
161-166
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.51-3.88
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
161-166
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
UT
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
96.1%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
84.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
150
Graduates employed at graduation
80.4%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
99.5%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$87,000
Median private sector starting salary
$102,500
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$135,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
48%
Median public service starting salary
$41,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
17.0%
Percent employed in government
9.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
14.0%
Percent employed in law firms
56.0%
Percent employed in public interest
3.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
14.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
43%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
21
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
N/A
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
4.1%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
3.4%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.7%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
4.1%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
1.4%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.4%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
20.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
59.3%
Employment location unknown
1.4%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Services Office organizes on and off campus interviewing events and produces the Professional Development Handbook, the Job Hunt Book for second and third year students, the Judicial Clerkship Handbook, and the Public Service Handbook to assist students in finding clerkships and permanent employment. It also sponsors a web page with links to several regional and national databases.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
85.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
4.0%
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)
10.0%
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)
1.0%

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