Western New England College

School of Law
1215 Wilbraham Road Springfield, MA 01119-2684
Admissions Phone: (413) 782-1406
Admissions Email: admissions@law.wnec.edu
Web site: http://www.law.wnec.edu
Admissions URL: http://wneclaw.wnec.edu/inquiries.html

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Karen Romano
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
1,768
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
955
Overall acceptance rate
54.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
180
Number of full-time program applicants
1,493
Number of full-time program acceptances
830
Full-time acceptance rate
55.6%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
131
Number of part-time program applicants
275
Number of part-time program acceptances
125
Part-time acceptance rate
45.5%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
49
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.92-3.45
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.87-3.42
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
151-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.98-3.5
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
147-152

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
80.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
86.1%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
158
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
87.5%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$46,000
Median private sector starting salary
$57,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$67,500
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
N/A
Median public service starting salary
$40,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
7.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
21.0%
Percent employed in government
19.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
11.0%
Percent employed in law firms
36.0%
Percent employed in public interest
6.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.6%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
42%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
19
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
70.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
10.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
1.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
4.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
2.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3.0%
Employment location unknown
7.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Services include individual advising, job search workshops, resume and cover letter critiques, mock interviews, Career Resource Room, handouts, job postings, Alumni Contact Files, employer panels, information sessions, recruitment programs at the Law School Law Placement Consortiums, newsletter, recruitment book, and Alumni Job Bulletin.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
67.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
23.0%
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)
10.0%
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)
N/A

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