University of Montana

Director of admissions

Heidi Fanslow

Application deadline

03/12

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

460

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

187

Overall acceptance rate

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

84

Number of full-time program applicants

460

Number of full-time program acceptances

187

Full-time acceptance rate

40.7%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

84

Number of part-time program applicants

0

Number of part-time program acceptances

0

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

0

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

MT

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

84.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.4%

Total graduates

72

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Median private sector starting salary

N/A

75th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

N/A

Median public service starting salary

N/A

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

6.0%

Percent employed in government

17.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

24.0%

Percent employed in law firms

48.0%

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

N/A

Graduates employed in-state

79%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

9

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

1.5%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

5.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

11.0%

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

82.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: UM’s Career Services facilitates the job search process for our students seeking a summer internship, part-time employment during the school year, or permanent employment. We assist with the development of resumes and cover letters; notify students of legal positions; organize on-campus recruitment events; and present career workshops.

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

97.0%

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

2.0%

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%