Seton Hall University

School of Law
1 Newark Center Newark, NJ 07102-5210
Admissions Phone: (888) 415-7271
Admissions Email: admitme@shu.edu
Web site: http://law.shu.edu
Admissions URL: http://www4.lsac.org/school/setonHall.htm

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Gisele Joachim
Application deadline
04/01
Full-time program application fee
$65
Part-time program application fee
$65
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
3,272
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,542
Overall acceptance rate
47.1%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
368
Number of full-time program applicants
2,670
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,024
Full-time acceptance rate
38.4%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
209
Number of part-time program applicants
602
Number of part-time program acceptances
518
Part-time acceptance rate
86.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
159
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.11-3.65
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
154-160
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.29-3.73
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
158-162
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.95-3.48
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
152-156

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
NJ
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
82.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
81.8%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
336
Graduates employed at graduation
86.8%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
97.4%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$80,000
Median private sector starting salary
$120,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$145,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
64%
Median public service starting salary
$42,125
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.5%
Percent employed in business and industry
13.6%
Percent employed in government
7.4%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
36.2%
Percent employed in law firms
34.4%
Percent employed in public interest
3.4%
Percent employed in an unknown field
3.4%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
6.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
69%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
15
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
90.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
1.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
2.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
1.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.0%
Employment location unknown
4.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: OCS assists students through several programs including the Fall On-Campus Interview/Resume Referral Program (over 170 employers participate) as well as a Spring Program (more than 150 employers participate.) OCS provides counseling sessions, hosts networking events and offers a Mock Interview Program. OCS participates in job fairs, prepares student newsletters and maintains a job database.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
87.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
5.0%
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)
2.0%
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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