Law School
435 W. 116th Street New York, NY 10027
Admissions Phone: (212) 854-2670
Admissions Email: admissions@law.columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.law.columbia.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/jd_application
435 W. 116th Street New York, NY 10027
Admissions Phone: (212) 854-2670
Admissions Email: admissions@law.columbia.edu
Web site: http://www.law.columbia.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/jd_application
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Nkonye Iwerebon
Application deadline
02/15
Full-time program application fee
$75
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
7,988
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,184
Overall acceptance rate
14.8%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
384
Number of full-time program applicants
7,988
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,184
Full-time acceptance rate
14.8%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
384
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
3.58-3.82
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
170-175
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.58-3.82
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
170-175
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
NY
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
94.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
76.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
420
Graduates employed at graduation
98.8%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
98.8%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$136,000
Median private sector starting salary
$140,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
98%
Median public service starting salary
$50,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
2.0%
Percent employed in government
1.4%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
9.2%
Percent employed in law firms
83.0%
Percent employed in public interest
4.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
9.2%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
64%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
3%
Number of states where graduates are employed
25
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
5.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
65.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
1.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
1.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
7.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
1.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
12.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.0%
Employment location unknown
1.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Services Office offers many educational and recruitment-based programs each of which is designed to meet the specific needs of each of the three J.D. classes and the international LL.M. students. For more info: http://www.law.columbia.edu/careers.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
99.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
1.0%
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)
0.0%
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)
0.0%
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