Yale University

Law School
PO Box 208215 New Haven, CT 06520-8215
Admissions Phone: (203) 432-4995
Admissions Email: admissions.law@yale.edu
Web site: http://www.law.yale.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Craig Janecek
Application deadline
02/15
Full-time program application fee
$75
Part-time program application fee
N/A
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
3,109
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
238
Overall acceptance rate
7.7%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
189
Number of full-time program applicants
3,109
Number of full-time program acceptances
238
Full-time acceptance rate
7.7%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
189
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
3.81-3.97
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
169-177
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.81-3.97
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
169-177
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
NY
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
91.9%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
76.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
193
Graduates employed at graduation
96.4%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
99.5%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$145,000
Median private sector starting salary
$160,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
93%
Median public service starting salary
$55,706
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
3.2%
Percent employed in business and industry
4.3%
Percent employed in government
5.9%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
41.4%
Percent employed in law firms
35.5%
Percent employed in public interest
9.7%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
37.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
7%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
5%
Number of states where graduates are employed
29
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
12.4%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
27.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
4.3%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
23.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
7.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
15.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
4.3%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Please see our bulletin and/or website for this information. http://www.law.yale.edu
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
94.6%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
4.8%
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)
0.5%
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%

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