Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
1100 S. McAllister Avenue Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
Admissions Phone: (480) 965-1474
Admissions Email: law.admissions@asu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.asu.edu
Admissions URL: https://www4.lsac.org/lsacd_on_the_web/login/openfirst.aspx?ID=KE934007A1489MO
1100 S. McAllister Avenue Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
Admissions Phone: (480) 965-1474
Admissions Email: law.admissions@asu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.asu.edu
Admissions URL: https://www4.lsac.org/lsacd_on_the_web/login/openfirst.aspx?ID=KE934007A1489MO
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Shelli Soto
Application deadline
02/01
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
N/A
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,736
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
757
Overall acceptance rate
27.7%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
181
Number of full-time program applicants
2,736
Number of full-time program acceptances
757
Full-time acceptance rate
27.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
181
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
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.38-3.77
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
156-162
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.38-3.77
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
156-162
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
AZ
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
83.5%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
78.4%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
193
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
92.3%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Median private sector starting salary
$90,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$115,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
67%
Median public service starting salary
$55,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
11.0%
Percent employed in government
16.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
11.0%
Percent employed in law firms
56.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
2.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
79%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
14
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.2%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.6%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
1.2%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
3.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.6%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.6%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
9.4%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
82.4%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Services Office provides individual assistance to students and alumni seeking employment. The office conducts an extensive program of on-campus interviews during the fall and spring semesters with law firms and governmental agencies. Services include a computerized job line, alumni bulletin, a resource library and workshops on resume writing, interviewing and job-search techniques.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
86.4%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
9.4%
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)
3.5%
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%