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Georgia State University College of Law


Georgia State University College of LawCollege of Law
PO Box 4049 Atlanta, GA 30302-4049
Admissions Phone: (404) 651-2048
Admissions Email: admissions@gsulaw.gsu.edu
Web site: http://law.gsu.edu
Admissions URL: https://www.applyweb.com/aw?gsulaw

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions Cheryl George
Application deadline 03/15
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 2,694
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances 527
Overall acceptance rate 19.6%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled 216
Number of full-time program applicants 2,410
Number of full-time program acceptances 410
Full-time acceptance rate 17.0%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled 147
Number of part-time program applicants 284
Number of part-time program acceptances 117
Part-time acceptance rate 41.2%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled 69
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students 3.12-3.7
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students 158-162
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students 3.14-3.76
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students 158-162
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students 3-3.53
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students 157-161

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar GA
School's bar passage rate for first-time test takers 95.7%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers 84.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates 206
Graduates employed at graduation N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation 99.6%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $55,000
Median private sector starting salary $80,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $130,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 74%
Median public service starting salary $52,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry 14.0%
Percent employed in government 11.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 5.0%
Percent employed in law firms 60.0%
Percent employed in public interest 9.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 2.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state 94%
Graduates employed in foreign countries 0%
Number of states where graduates are employed 9
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 1.5%
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) 94.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 1.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 1.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 1.0%
Employment location unknown 0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The College of Law provides students and graduates with career development, education, counseling and placement assistance. The office co-sponsors and/or participates in more than fifteen local, regional and national job fairs and seeks to serve concurrently students, graduates and prospective employers by promoting and maintaining effective relationships between the COL and professionals.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) 90.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) 3.0%
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) 6.0%
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%

 

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