University of Nevada–Las Vegas

William S. Boyd School of Law
4505 S. Maryland Parkway, PO Box 451003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003
Admissions Phone: (702) 895-2440
Admissions Email: request@law.unlv.edu
Web site: http://www.law.unlv.edu/
Admissions URL: http://www.law.unlv.edu/admissions_application.html

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Gerald Sequeira
Application deadline
03/15
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
$50
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,755
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
407
Overall acceptance rate
23.2%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
157
Number of full-time program applicants
1,493
Number of full-time program acceptances
345
Full-time acceptance rate
23.1%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
110
Number of part-time program applicants
262
Number of part-time program acceptances
62
Part-time acceptance rate
23.7%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
47
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.2-3.71
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
155-160
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.32-3.74
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
156-160
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.94-3.57
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
153-159

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
NV
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
80.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
74.2%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
145
Graduates employed at graduation
75.7%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
97.9%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$63,750
Median private sector starting salary
$80,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$100,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
60%
Median public service starting salary
$58,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
18.0%
Percent employed in government
9.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
15.0%
Percent employed in law firms
55.0%
Percent employed in public interest
1.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
2.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
2.2%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
87%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
10
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
1.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.7%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
2.2%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.7%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
4.4%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
90.5%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Department of Career Services offers programs and services aimed at giving students the tools to achieve their career goals, both during law school and after graduation. Through individual counseling, training, on-campus interviewing, networking opportunities, and a state-of-the-art on-line career services database system, Career Services strives to meet the needs of students and alumni.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
81.0%
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)
11.0%
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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