Case Western Reserve University

Director of admissions

Elaine Greaves

Application deadline

04/02

Full-time program application fee

$40

Part-time program application fee

$40

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,112

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

813

Overall acceptance rate

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

204

Number of full-time program applicants

2,112

Number of full-time program acceptances

777

Full-time acceptance rate

36.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

177

Number of part-time program applicants

36

Number of part-time program acceptances

36

Part-time acceptance rate

100.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

27

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

3.31-3.69

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

157-160

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

3.26-3.63

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

150-155

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

OH

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

80.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

215

Graduates employed at graduation

82.3%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Median private sector starting salary

$110,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$140,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

62%

Median public service starting salary

$48,148

Percent employed in academia

1.5%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.6%

Percent employed in government

21.6%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.5%

Percent employed in law firms

46.2%

Percent employed in public interest

9.6%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

36%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

30

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

4.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

11.1%

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

45.2%

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

1.0%

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

24.6%

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

1.5%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

2.5%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

6.1%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

2.0%

Employment location unknown

1.5%

Career services operations: Strong national outreach creates opportunities that connect our students with employers, resulting in placement stats that consistently surpass national averages. Extensive services, including job counseling, career workshops, participation in national & regional job fairs, mock interviews, and off-campus recruitment programs in California, Chicago, New York, New England, & D.C.

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

87.0%

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

8.5%

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%