University of California

Director of admissions

Greg Canada

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,982

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,429

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

426

Number of full-time program applicants

5,982

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,429

Full-time acceptance rate

23.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

426

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

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.38-3.72

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

161-165

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

0-0

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

N/A

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

CA

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

422

Graduates employed at graduation

69.0%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Median private sector starting salary

$145,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

75%

Median public service starting salary

$60,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

6.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.0%

Percent employed in law firms

69.0%

Percent employed in public interest

7.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

3.5%

Graduates employed in-state

85%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.5%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.0%

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)

0.3%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

1.0%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

87.2%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

2.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services office serves students of all backgrounds and interests with a wide range of programs, including career fairs and employer table talks, a large on campus interview program, workshops, panels and brown bags. Our counseling staff includes JDs from all different practice backgrounds as well as a staff member with a Masters in Career Counseling.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

89.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

8.0%

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)

0.0%