School of Law
Box 870382 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Admissions Phone: (205) 348-5440
Admissions Email: admissions@law.ua.edu
Web site: http://www.law.ua.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.ua.edu/admissions/info.php?re=onlineapp
Box 870382 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Admissions Phone: (205) 348-5440
Admissions Email: admissions@law.ua.edu
Web site: http://www.law.ua.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.ua.edu/admissions/info.php?re=onlineapp
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Claude Reeves
Application deadline
03/31
Full-time program application fee
$40
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
1,276
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
395
Overall acceptance rate
31.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
140
Number of full-time program applicants
1,276
Number of full-time program acceptances
395
Full-time acceptance rate
31.0%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
140
Number of part-time program applicants
N/A
Number of part-time program acceptances
14
Part-time acceptance rate
N/A
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
14
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.22-3.83
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
158-165
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.33-3.86
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
160-165
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.82-3.23
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
153-158
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
AL
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
99.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
78.2%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
150
Graduates employed at graduation
90.3%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
99.3%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$60,000
Median private sector starting salary
$85,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$95,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
70%
Median public service starting salary
$46,974
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
9.0%
Percent employed in government
9.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
7.0%
Percent employed in law firms
70.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
7.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
74%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
10
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
N/A
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.7%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
N/A
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
N/A
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
17.6%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
78.9%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
2.1%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
N/A
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Strong alumni network. Concerned staff. Shadow Program. Practice Interviews. Alumni Mentor Program. Job fairs. Resume, interviewing, and cover letter workshops. Practice area panels. Internet-based career services management system.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
95.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
0.0%
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)
5.0%
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%
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