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Fall 2007 Matriculants At-A-Glance
JD Applicants/Enrollment |
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| Completed Applications | 3096 |
| Enrolled First Year Students: | 379 |
| Total J.D. Enrollment: | 1100 |
| States Represented: | 38 |
| Countries Represented: | 7 |
| Undergraduate Schools Represented: | 186 |
| Student/Faculty Ratio: | 22:1 |
Full-Time Matriculants |
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| Completed Applications: | 2531 |
| Enrolled Students/Class Size: | 255 |
| Average Age: | 24 |
| Age Range: | 20-42 |
| Women: | 62% |
| Minorities: | 13% |
| Out-of-State Percentage: | 71% |
| LSAT: | Median 151, 75th/25th percentile 153/150 |
| UGPA: | Median 3.27, 75th/25th percentile 3.52/3.02 |
Part-Time Matriculants |
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| Completed Applications: | 565 |
| Enrolled Students/Class Size: | 124 |
| Average Age: | 27 |
| Age Range: | 21-64 |
| Women: | 50% |
| Minorities: | 6% |
| Out-of-State Percentage: | 49% |
| LSAT: | Median 149, 75th/25th percentile 151/149 |
| UGPA: | Median 3.15, 75th/25th percentile 3.36/2.91 |
Tuition (2008-2009)
| Full-time Program: | $33,500 |
| Part-time Program: | $25,120 |
| Special Part-time | $1,400 per credit for 8 credits or fewer |
July 2007 Massachusetts Bar Passage Rate
85% for first-time takers
History
- Founded in 1908 as Portia Law School, the only law school established exclusively for the education of women
- Coeducational since 1938
- Renamed New England School of Law in 1969
- With three other independent law schools, New England is a founding member of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education
Accreditation/Membership
- American Bar Association
- Association of American Law Schools
Degrees Granted
- J.D. (Juris Doctor)
- LL.M. (Masters of Laws) in Advanced Legal Studies – for foreign lawyers with law degrees from institutions outside the United States who want to increase their knowledge of the American legal system
Divisions Offered
- Full-time day division – 3 years
- Part-time evening division – 4 years
- Part-time day division – 4 years
- Special part-time division – up to 6 years (strictly for parents with primary or sole child-rearing responsibilities)
Financial Aid (financial aid is awarded by the law school on an annual basis)
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Receiving Federal loans/other aid:
- Full Time Students: 88%
- Part Time Students: 90%
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Receiving Grants and Scholarships:
- Full Time Students: 37%
- Part Time Students: 17%
Academic Centers:
- The Center for International Law and Policy
- The Center for Law and Social Responsibility
- The Center for Business Law
Clinical Programs
- Administrative Law
- Business Law
- Criminal Procedure (District Attorneys Office)
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Federal Courts
- Government Lawyer (Attorney Generals Office)
- Health Law
- Immigration Law
- International Law
- Land Use Law
- Lawyering Process
- Massachusetts Practice (Clerkship)
- Mediation
- Mental Health Law
- Public Interest Law
- Tax
Advocacy Teams
- Interscholastic Competition
- Client Counseling Competition
- Environmental Moot Court
- Frederick Douglass Moot Court
- National Appellate Moot Court
- National Child Welfare Moot Court Competition
- National Tax Moot Court
- National Trial Competition
- Philip C. Jessup International Law
- In-House Competition
- Honors Moot Court
- Mock Trial
Student Organizations
- American Civil Liberties Union (chapter)
- American Constitution Society
- American-Irish Society
- Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
- Black Law Students Association
- Children's Law Society
- Due Process (student magazine)
- Entertainment and Sports Law Organization
- Environmental Law Society
- Federalist Society
- Intellectual Property Law Association
- International Law Students Association (ILSA)
- Jewish Law Students Association
- Justinian (Italian-American) Law Society
- Law Day Committee
- Legacy (yearbook)
- Minority Students Association
- Muslim Law Students Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- NESL Christian Group
- NESL Democrats
- NESL Republicans
- NESL OutLaws (GLBT group)
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
- Public Interest Law Association (PILA)
- Real Estate Development & Management Group
- Real Property, Probate, & Trust Organization
- Shelter Legal Services Foundation, Inc. (chapter)
- South Asian Law Students Association
- Student Bar Association
- Women's Law Caucus
Special Programs
- Charles Hamilton Houston Enrichment Program (CHHEP)
- Clinical Programs (see above)
Volunteer Opportunities
- New England Innocence Project (NEIP)
- Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc. (SLJ)
- Friends of CASA, Inc.
- Shelter Legal Services Foundation, Inc.
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
Law Library
- 350,000 bound volumes
- NESL has more hours of reference service than any local law school
- Approximately 50 Windows XP workstations
- 16 laptops (both PC and Mac Powerbooks) circulate for three hour periods, for in-library use
Career Services (Class of 2007)
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84% of the graduating class who sought employment have secured positions within nine months of graduation. (Based on employment statistics for graduates 1997-2007.)
- Our Class of 2007 graduates are employed in:
| Private Practice | 43.3% |
| Business/Corporations | 24.1% |
| Government | 15.2% |
| Judicial Clerkships | 12.5% |
| Public Interest | 4.9% |
- Salaries reported for the Class of 2007 are:
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Private Practice (law firms of all sizes):
$35,000 - $160,000 -
Business/Corporations:
$30,000 - $95,000 -
Government:
$25,000 - $130,000 -
Judicial Clerkships:
$33,000 - $52,000 -
Public Interest:
$29,000 - $51,400
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