University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Director of admissions

Glenda J. Pierce

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$25

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

797

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

363

Overall acceptance rate

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

145

Number of full-time program applicants

797

Number of full-time program acceptances

363

Full-time acceptance rate

45.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

145

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

3.23-3.78

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

155-160

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

NE

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

91.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.7%

Total graduates

121

Graduates employed at graduation

77.3%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$62,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

44%

Median public service starting salary

$42,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.0%

Percent employed in government

21.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

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

3.0%

Graduates employed in-state

51%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

24

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.7%

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

1.8%

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

67.0%

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

7.1%

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

0.9%

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

2.7%

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

1.9%

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

11.6%

Employment location unknown

3.5%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office is dedicated to providing students with the information and tools necessary for successful career development. Through an extensive array of services the CSO educates students so they can successfully manage their careers for a lifetime. The CSO works with employers to recruit our talented students and alumni and has private interview rooms available at no charge.

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

88.0%

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

5.0%

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)

4.0%

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%