Marquette University

Marquette University
Sensenbrenner Hall, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Admissions Phone: (414) 288-6767
Admissions Email: law.admission@marquette.edu
Web site: http://law.marquette.edu
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Sean Reilly
Application deadline
04/01
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
$50
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,187
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
835
Overall acceptance rate
38.2%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
225
Number of full-time program applicants
1,990
Number of full-time program acceptances
791
Full-time acceptance rate
39.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
187
Number of part-time program applicants
197
Number of part-time program acceptances
44
Part-time acceptance rate
22.3%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
38
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.12-3.6
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
154-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.19-3.6
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
155-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.95-3.59
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
152-157

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
WI
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
100.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
91.9%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
196
Graduates employed at graduation
66.7%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
96.7%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$47,125
Median private sector starting salary
$73,060
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$90,750
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
65%
Median public service starting salary
$48,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.2%
Percent employed in business and industry
22.6%
Percent employed in government
7.5%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
7.0%
Percent employed in law firms
57.5%
Percent employed in public interest
3.2%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
3.3%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
73%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
17
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
1.6%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
83.3%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
1.6%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
3.8%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
4.3%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
2.2%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
2.7%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Career Planning Center offers students and alumni the following: individual career planning and advising, fall and spring on-campus interview programs, a comprehensive resource library, interactive skills workshops, a monthly newsletter, career and job search-related speakers and panel discussions, mock interviews, online jobs bulletins, and an alumni network of career advisers.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
79.6%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
13.4%
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)
6.5%
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)
0.5%

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