Albany Law School

Director of admissions

Gail Benson

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,332

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,010

Overall acceptance rate

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

255

Number of full-time program applicants

2,332

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,010

Full-time acceptance rate

43.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

255

Number of part-time program applicants

0

Number of part-time program acceptances

0

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

0

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

2.9-3.56

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

152-156

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

NY

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

85.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

237

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$63,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

62%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

19.0%

Percent employed in government

19.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

43.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

83%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

5.2%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

86.9%

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

0.9%

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

0.0%

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

3.5%

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

0.0%

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

0.9%

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

1.3%

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

0.9%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Career counseling, interviews on/off-campus nationwide, plethora of career education programs, innovative online job search system, private online database of international opportunities. Great rapport with thousands of employers who give highest ratings to attentive staff. Success relies on international base of alumni who work in the most prestigious law firms and top government jobs.

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

75.0%

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

18.0%

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)

4.0%

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)

3.0%