Northern Illinois University

Director of admissions

Bertrand J. Simpson, Jr.

Application deadline

05/15

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

1,146

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

476

Overall acceptance rate

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

97

Number of full-time program applicants

1,136

Number of full-time program acceptances

471

Full-time acceptance rate

41.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

96

Number of part-time program applicants

10

Number of part-time program acceptances

5

Part-time acceptance rate

50.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

1

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

2.86-3.51

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

151-155

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

3.24-3.24

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

153-153

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

IL

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

83.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

87

Graduates employed at graduation

43.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$45,000

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$63,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

63%

Median public service starting salary

$48,000

Percent employed in academia

5.1%

Percent employed in business and industry

19.2%

Percent employed in government

20.5%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

1.3%

Percent employed in law firms

43.6%

Percent employed in public interest

10.3%

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

81%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

3%

Number of states where graduates are employed

10

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.3%

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

85.9%

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

1.3%

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

3.8%

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

1.3%

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

1.3%

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

2.6%

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

0.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Opportunities and Development is available for counseling on all phases of career and placement activity. The office provides assistance with resume preparation, job search strategy, and interviewing skills. This office also holds panels and programs in which various practitioners and alumni discuss their particular type of practice. Current job openings are posted on-line.

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

83.4%

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

6.4%

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)

9.0%

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)

1.3%