School of Law
600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Admissions Phone: (412) 396-6296
Admissions Email: campion@duq.edu
Web site: http://www.duq.edu/law
Admissions URL: N/A
600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Admissions Phone: (412) 396-6296
Admissions Email: campion@duq.edu
Web site: http://www.duq.edu/law
Admissions URL: N/A
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Joseph Campion
Application deadline
04/01
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$60
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,073
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
490
Overall acceptance rate
45.7%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
213
Number of full-time program applicants
880
Number of full-time program acceptances
411
Full-time acceptance rate
46.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
151
Number of part-time program applicants
193
Number of part-time program acceptances
79
Part-time acceptance rate
40.9%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
62
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.17-3.66
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
151-154
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.26-3.72
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
152-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.07-3.59
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
149-152
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
PA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
89.7%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
83.0%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
185
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
89.0%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$50,500
Median private sector starting salary
$70,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$107,500
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
61%
Median public service starting salary
$45,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
16.0%
Percent employed in government
10.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
14.0%
Percent employed in law firms
45.0%
Percent employed in public interest
2.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
12.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
2.6%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
78%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
12
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
85.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
2.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
4.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.0%
Employment location unknown
6.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Our highly professional staff has consistently succeeded – over a ten year period – in assisting more than 90% of our students to find employment within six months of graduation.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
79.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
8.0%
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)
2.0%
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)
2.0%
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