School of Law
Lesar Law Building Carbondale, IL 62901
Admissions Phone: (800) 739-9187
Admissions Email: lawadmit@siu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.siu.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.siu.edu
Lesar Law Building Carbondale, IL 62901
Admissions Phone: (800) 739-9187
Admissions Email: lawadmit@siu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.siu.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.siu.edu
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Akami Marik (Interim)
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
N/A
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
802
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
316
Overall acceptance rate
39.4%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
111
Number of full-time program applicants
802
Number of full-time program acceptances
316
Full-time acceptance rate
39.4%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
111
Number of part-time program applicants
N/A
Number of part-time program acceptances
N/A
Part-time acceptance rate
N/A
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
N/A
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.98-3.64
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
151-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.98-3.64
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
151-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
N/A
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
N/A
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
IL
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
88.6%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
88.6%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
127
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
88.1%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$44,250
Median private sector starting salary
$53,750
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$76,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
67%
Median public service starting salary
$38,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
9.0%
Percent employed in government
26.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
2.0%
Percent employed in law firms
59.0%
Percent employed in public interest
3.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
60%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
15
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
63.1%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
14.6%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
5.8%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
7.8%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
1.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3.9%
Employment location unknown
4.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Comprehensive services including individual counseling, extensive topical programming, job development and information distribution including an online vacancy bulletin, full reciprocity services, and employer outreach and facilitation.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
92.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
6.0%
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)
0.0%