University of Memphis

Director of admissions

Sue Ann McClellan

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$25

Part-time program application fee

$25

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,026

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

304

Overall acceptance rate

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

148

Number of full-time program applicants

1,013

Number of full-time program acceptances

294

Full-time acceptance rate

29.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

138

Number of part-time program applicants

13

Number of part-time program acceptances

10

Part-time acceptance rate

76.9%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

10

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

3.14-3.64

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

154-158

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

2.42-3.15

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

147-149

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

TN

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

93.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.1%

Total graduates

113

Graduates employed at graduation

69.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$60,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

80%

Median public service starting salary

$42,250

Percent employed in academia

1.1%

Percent employed in business and industry

5.3%

Percent employed in government

6.3%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

8.4%

Percent employed in law firms

74.7%

Percent employed in public interest

4.2%

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

84%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

10

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.2%

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

0.0%

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

1.1%

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

9.4%

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

84.2%

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

2.1%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Office provides information about employment opportunities and career exploration, with seminars on job search skills, resume writing and interview techniques. We host on-campus interviews by local and national law firms, corporations and public interest/governmental employers and participate in recruiting conferences. Graduates have access to a nationwide alumni network.

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

82.6%

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

2.8%

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)

1.8%

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%