University of Nevada–Las Vegas

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

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,755

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

407

Overall acceptance rate

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

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

3.32-3.74

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

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%

Total graduates

145

Graduates employed at graduation

75.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

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

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%

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 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.

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%