College of Law
University Park, GL 485 Miami, FL 33199
Admissions Phone: (305) 348-8006
Admissions Email: lawadmit@fiu.edu
Web site: http://www.fiu.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://law.fiu.edu/admissions/apply.htm
University Park, GL 485 Miami, FL 33199
Admissions Phone: (305) 348-8006
Admissions Email: lawadmit@fiu.edu
Web site: http://www.fiu.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://law.fiu.edu/admissions/apply.htm
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Alma Miro
Application deadline
05/01
Full-time program application fee
$20
Part-time program application fee
$20
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,507
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
651
Overall acceptance rate
26.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
211
Number of full-time program applicants
2,006
Number of full-time program acceptances
536
Full-time acceptance rate
26.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
143
Number of part-time program applicants
501
Number of part-time program acceptances
115
Part-time acceptance rate
23.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
68
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.05-3.58
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
152-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.33-3.58
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
153-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.35-3.58
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
151-155
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
FL
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
87.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
77.6%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
91
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
93.2%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$55,000
Median private sector starting salary
$75,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$90,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
38%
Median public service starting salary
$40,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
17.0%
Percent employed in government
17.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
5.0%
Percent employed in law firms
51.0%
Percent employed in public interest
9.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
1.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
0.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
90%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
3
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
92.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.0%
Employment location unknown
7.7%
Career Services
Career services operations: In operation since the law school enrolled its first class in fall 2002, the College of Law Office of Career Planning and Placement offers a full complement of career planning and placement services.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
77.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
3.0%
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)
20.0%
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%
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