School of Law
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Admissions Phone: (415) 422-6586
Admissions Email: lawadmissions@usfca.edu
Web site: http://www.usfca.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://www.usfca.edu/law
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Admissions Phone: (415) 422-6586
Admissions Email: lawadmissions@usfca.edu
Web site: http://www.usfca.edu/law
Admissions URL: http://www.usfca.edu/law
Admissions Information
Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Alan Guerrero
Application deadline
02/01
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
4,161
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,510
Overall acceptance rate
36.3%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
239
Number of full-time program applicants
3,657
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,381
Full-time acceptance rate
37.8%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
186
Number of part-time program applicants
504
Number of part-time program acceptances
129
Part-time acceptance rate
25.6%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
53
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.98-3.51
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
156-161
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.06-3.53
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
157-161
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.7-3.46
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
155-159
Career Information
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
CA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
83.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
65.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
205
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
95.7%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$71,000
Median private sector starting salary
$93,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$138,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
54%
Median public service starting salary
$54,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
0.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
8.0%
Percent employed in government
7.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
2.0%
Percent employed in law firms
68.0%
Percent employed in public interest
10.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
5.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
0.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
94%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
7
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.5%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
2.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
N/A
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
N/A
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
N/A
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
N/A
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.5%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
95.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
N/A
Employment location unknown
2.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The Office of Career Planning (OCP) provides printed and online resources, counseling, workshops, and other programs to meet the needs of students and alumni. OCP uses an online system to post jobs and manage on-campus interviews and resume collection activities with employers. OCP works with alumni to provide students with contacts for networking, informational interviews, and mock interviews.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
81.0%
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)
3.0%
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)
3.0%