Indiana University–Bloomington

School of Law
211 S. Indiana Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405-1001
Admissions Phone: (812) 855-4765
Admissions Email: lawadmis@indiana.edu
Web site: http://www.law.indiana.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.indiana.edu/prospective/application.shtml

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Frank Motley
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$35
Part-time program application fee
$35
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,384
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
597
Overall acceptance rate
25.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
205
Number of full-time program applicants
2,384
Number of full-time program acceptances
597
Full-time acceptance rate
25.0%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
205
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
3.39-3.85
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
156-165
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.39-3.85
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
156-165
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
IN
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
90.9%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
84.0%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
200
Graduates employed at graduation
87.2%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
98.5%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$75,000
Median private sector starting salary
$90,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$135,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
64%
Median public service starting salary
$48,610
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
4.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
13.0%
Percent employed in government
20.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
8.0%
Percent employed in law firms
51.0%
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
3.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
30%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
24
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.5%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
5.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
57.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
3.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
13.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
2.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
3.5%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
7.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.5%
Employment location unknown
2.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The CSO provides services from one-on-one counseling to workshops on all stages of the job search process. Recruiting options include On-Campus Interviews, video interviews, job fairs, and On-Location Recruiting. Selected other programs include Alumni Shadowing, Resume Roundtable-Speed Dating Style, the Judicial Clerkship Series, the Washington DC Spring Break Trip, and Lunch with a Lawyer.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
84.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
7.0%
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)
8.0%
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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