New York University

New York University
40 Washington Square S New York, NY 10012
Admissions Phone: (212) 998-6060
Admissions Email: law.moreinfo@nyu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.nyu.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.nyu.edu/admissions/jdadmissions/applicants/applications/index.htm

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Michelle Adorno
Application deadline
02/01
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
7,074
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,622
Overall acceptance rate
22.9%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
448
Number of full-time program applicants
7,074
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,622
Full-time acceptance rate
22.9%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
448
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
3.56-3.85
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
169-173
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.56-3.85
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
169-173
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
95.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
76.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
493
Graduates employed at graduation
99.6%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
99.8%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$145,000
Median private sector starting salary
$160,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
94%
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
3.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
8.0%
Percent employed in law firms
79.0%
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
7.3%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
66%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
24
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
3.3%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
68.2%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
2.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.7%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
9.1%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.8%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
1.2%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
13.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.8%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Career planning for first-year students includes personal career counseling, workshops on all aspects of the job search, specialty panels featuring speakers from all areas of practice, and a videotape mock interview program. Each year, more than 500 private law firms, public interest organizations, government agencies, corporations, and public accounting firms interview at the law school.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
96.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
3.0%
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)
1.0%
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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