West Virginia University

College of Law
PO Box 6130 Morgantown, WV 26506-6130
Admissions Phone: (304) 293-5304
Admissions Email: wvulaw.admissions@mail.wvu.edu
Web site: http://www.wvu.edu/~law
Admissions URL: https://wvulaw.wvu.edu/Apps/

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Janet Long Armistead
Application deadline
02/02
Full-time program application fee
$50
Part-time program application fee
$50
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
805
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
335
Overall acceptance rate
41.6%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
147
Number of full-time program applicants
805
Number of full-time program acceptances
335
Full-time acceptance rate
41.6%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
147
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
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.11-3.76
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
150-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.11-3.76
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
150-156
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
N/A
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
N/A

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
WV
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
72.1%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
73.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
165
Graduates employed at graduation
70.3%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
98.7%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$48,000
Median private sector starting salary
$56,500
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$63,500
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
54%
Median public service starting salary
$39,500
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
18.0%
Percent employed in government
5.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
21.0%
Percent employed in law firms
52.0%
Percent employed in public interest
3.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
3.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
71%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
15
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.7%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
4.6%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.7%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
90.6%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
1.3%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.7%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Full-time Career Services Office has two full-time professional employees assisting with summer clerkships and full-time employment at and after graduation.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
78.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
16.0%
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)
2.0%

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