School of Law
10 Metacom Avenue Bristol, RI 02809-5171
Admissions Phone: (401) 254-4555
Admissions Email: Admissions@rwu.edu
Web site: http://law.rwu.edu
Admissions URL: http://law.rwu.edu/apply
10 Metacom Avenue Bristol, RI 02809-5171
Admissions Phone: (401) 254-4555
Admissions Email: Admissions@rwu.edu
Web site: http://law.rwu.edu
Admissions URL: http://law.rwu.edu/apply
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Michael W. Boylen
Application deadline
03/15
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$0
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,233
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
713
Overall acceptance rate
57.8%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
181
Number of full-time program applicants
1,233
Number of full-time program acceptances
713
Full-time acceptance rate
57.8%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
181
Number of part-time program applicants
0
Number of part-time program acceptances
0
Part-time acceptance rate
N/A
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
0
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3-3.5
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3-3.5
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
149-155
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
MA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
87.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
86.1%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
187
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
87.2%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$42,500
Median private sector starting salary
$52,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
59%
Median public service starting salary
$48,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
4.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
15.2%
Percent employed in government
12.6%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
14.6%
Percent employed in law firms
43.7%
Percent employed in public interest
9.9%
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
34%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
20
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
61.6%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
11.3%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
2.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
13.9%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.7%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.6%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.6%
Employment location unknown
4.6%
Career Services
Career services operations: Students and alumni receive a level of individualized attention that simply would not be possible at a larger school. The CSO prides itself in developing strong working relationships with students beginning at orientation and maintaining that rapport with alumni long after graduation. http://law.rwu.edu/sites/careerservices/
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)
9.0%
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)
3.0%
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)
3.0%
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