The University of ChicagoThe Law School

Profile 2015-2016

Student Body at a Glance

Total J.D. Student Body, 2014-15 604Men 57%Women 43%African American (33) 6%Asian American (65) 11%Latino/a (53) 9%Two or More Ethnicities Reported (16) 3%Foreign National (35) 6%

Class of 2018 183LSAT 75th Percentile 172LSAT Median 170LSAT 25th Percentile 166LSAT Range 155–180

GPA 75th Percentile 3.97GPA Median 3.90GPA 25th Percentile 3.69GPA Range 3.23–4.18States Represented 34Undergraduate Institutions Represented 100

Average age at matriculation 24

2015 Term Judicial Clerkships 552014 Employment Rate 98.1%

Employment by Geography - Class of 2014East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 32.0%East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.0%Foreign Countries 1.5% Mid-Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) 19.9%Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 1.9%Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 2.4% Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 17.0% South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 17.5%West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 3.4%West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 4.4%

Employment by Type - Class of 2014Private Law Firms 65.0%Judicial Clerkships (immediately after graduation) 17.0%Government/Public Interest 11.2%Business/Corporate/Finance 6.3%Academia 0.5%

Postgraduate Opportunities

• The University of Chicago Law Review• Chicago Journal of International Law • The University of Chicago Legal Forum

• Abrams Environmental Law Clinic• Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project• Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project• Corporate Lab• Employment Discrimination Project• Exoneration Project• Federal Criminal Justice Project• Gendered Violence and the Law Clinic• Housing Initiative• Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship• International Human Rights Clinic • Mental Health Advocacy Project• Poverty and Housing Law Clinic • Prosecution and Defense Clinic• Social Service Project• Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights

Over 65 organizations and student groups

• J.D./M.B.A.• J.D./Ph.D. – Business• J.D./M.Div. – Masters of Divinity• J.D./M.P.P. – Masters of Public PolicyDual degrees available with any graduate and professional division, such as economics, medicine, social service, and international relations

Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)• Benefits available to alumni who work in qualify-

ing public interest, judicial clerkships or govern-ment jobs and earn up to $80,000 a year

• Provides assistance equal to required Income-Based Repayment (IBR) payments each year for a maximum of 10 years after graduation

• Each year’s LRAP loan is fully forgiven one year after it is made

• Participation in LRAP for 10 years can potentially result in having all of your Law School eligible federal loans forgiven

Summer Public Interest FundingBoth 1L and 2L students who work in eligible summer nonprofit or government law positions are guaranteed an award of $5,000.

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Student-edited Journals

Law School Clinics

Joint and Dual Degrees Offered

Student Groups

Public Interest Careers and Funding

Additional Information

Data as of 8/31/15