Hamline University Law School is located in the state of Minnesota. As one of the leading law programs, Hamline University Law School has a high average LSAT score of 151-159 when recruiting new students. As a return, the median starting salary for law graduates reaches $110,000 per year. See the following table for detailed admissions information and career profiles of Hamline University Law School.
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
207
Number of full-time program applicants
1,331
Number of full-time program acceptances
628
Full-time acceptance rate
47.2%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
147
Number of part-time program applicants
175
Number of part-time program acceptances
116
Part-time acceptance rate
66.3%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
60
Fall 2019 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.16-3.66
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
150-158
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.27-3.68
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
151-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.95-3.51
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
147-155
Careers: Hamline University
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2018 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
MN
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
92.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
91.1%
Class of 2018 Graduates
Total graduates
201
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
90.3%
Starting Salaries of 2018 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$65,000
Median private sector starting salary
$110,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
45%
Median public service starting salary
$50,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2018)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
26.6%
Percent employed in government
8.4%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
15.1%
Percent employed in law firms
40.6%
Percent employed in public interest
7.2%
Percent employed in an unknown field
1.1%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.2%
2018 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
74%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
18
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
1.8%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
11.6%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
76.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
1.8%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.6%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.2%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
6.2%
Employment location unknown
0.6%
Career Services
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
Career services operations
The Career Services Office assists students & alumni with job searches, providing informational programs, mock interview & networking opportunities, one-on-one counseling, informational interview contact referrals, job fair opportunities, on-campus interviews, & an online job bank. The staff meets with the legal community to market HUSL students & maintains a library of hard-copy & web resources.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
77.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
17.6%
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)
2.4%
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)
