School of Law
1420 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201-5779
Admissions Phone: (410) 837-4459
Admissions Email: lwadmiss@ubalt.edu
Web site: http://law.ubalt.edu
Admissions URL: http://law.ubalt.edu/admissions
1420 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201-5779
Admissions Phone: (410) 837-4459
Admissions Email: lwadmiss@ubalt.edu
Web site: http://law.ubalt.edu
Admissions URL: http://law.ubalt.edu/admissions
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Jeffrey Zavrotny
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$60
Part-time program application fee
$60
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,590
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,003
Overall acceptance rate
38.7%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
344
Number of full-time program applicants
1,751
Number of full-time program acceptances
572
Full-time acceptance rate
32.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
153
Number of part-time program applicants
809
Number of part-time program acceptances
431
Part-time acceptance rate
53.3%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
191
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.96-3.53
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
151-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.16-3.66
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
153-158
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.87-3.32
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
150-154
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
MD
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
73.5%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
76.4%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
300
Graduates employed at graduation
90.4%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
94.8%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$50,000
Median private sector starting salary
$70,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$110,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
60%
Median public service starting salary
$42,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
13.0%
Percent employed in government
21.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
24.0%
Percent employed in law firms
34.0%
Percent employed in public interest
4.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
2.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
78%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
18
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
1.5%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
2.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
3.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
90.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.5%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.5%
Employment location unknown
1.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Law Career Development Office offers a range of traditional and innovative services and programs designed to facilitate the career planning efforts of law students. Among them are: career counseling, panels and workshops, a mock interview program, reciprocity services, on-campus and off-campus interview programs, alumni networking opportunities and outside recruitment events.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
74.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
14.0%
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)
10.0%
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)
2.0%
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