Charleston School of Law

Director of admissions

John S. Benfield

Application deadline

03/01

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

1,678

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

652

Overall acceptance rate

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

220

Number of full-time program applicants

1,520

Number of full-time program acceptances

563

Full-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

169

Number of part-time program applicants

290

Number of part-time program acceptances

90

Part-time acceptance rate

31.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

51

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

3-3.54

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

151-156

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

2.77-3.36

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

147-152

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

SC

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

N/A

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

N/A

Total graduates

182

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

$55,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$66,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

50%

Median public service starting salary

$45,000

Percent employed in academia

1.6%

Percent employed in business and industry

7.0%

Percent employed in government

13.4%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

21.0%

Percent employed in law firms

50.0%

Percent employed in public interest

7.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

91%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

7

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

0.6%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.6%

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

0.0%

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

0.6%

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

97.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.6%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services provides a wide range of career development services for all students. Services and programs offered include individual career counseling, programming on career related issues, and resume writing assistance. The school participates in national and regional career fairs.

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

76.2%

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

7.2%

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)

3.2%

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)

0.6%