University of Kentucky

Director of admissions

Drusilla Bakert

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,202

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

408

Overall acceptance rate

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

138

Number of full-time program applicants

1,202

Number of full-time program acceptances

408

Full-time acceptance rate

33.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

138

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

3.29-3.84

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

157-162

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

KY

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

90.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

87.4%

Total graduates

124

Graduates employed at graduation

77.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$42,500

Median private sector starting salary

$63,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

60%

Median public service starting salary

$30,500

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

7.0%

Percent employed in government

8.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

25.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.0%

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

6.7%

Graduates employed in-state

85%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

11

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.0%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

3.0%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

6.0%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

87.0%

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)

2.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: UK Law students receive expert advice from a former practicing attorney. Nationwide interviewing opportunities are available both on campus and at numerous regional and national job fairs. A high percentage (15 – 22%) of UK Law graduates are selected annually for prestigious state and federal judicial clerkships.

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

92.5%

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

1.0%

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)

5.0%

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)

1.5%