University of Maine

Director of admissions

David Pallozzi

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

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

697

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

344

Overall acceptance rate

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

92

Number of full-time program applicants

697

Number of full-time program acceptances

344

Full-time acceptance rate

49.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

92

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

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

3.11-3.5

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

155-159

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

ME

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

88.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

84.2%

Total graduates

87

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$52,500

Median private sector starting salary

$66,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$73,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

47%

Median public service starting salary

$40,900

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

12.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

13.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

Percent employed in public interest

10.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

2.7%

Graduates employed in-state

68%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

78.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

7.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

7.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

3.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

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

77.0%

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

13.0%

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)

8.0%

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%