Pennsylvania State University--Carlisle (Dickinson)

学校概况

Pennsylvania State University--Carlisle (Dickinson) is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Pennsylvania State University--Carlisle (Dickinson) confers degrees through various schools, such as: a law school.

学校专业

#60Best Law Schools (tie)
- #-Business/Corporate Law
- #-Clinical Training
- #-Constitutional Law
- #-Contracts/Commercial Law
- #-Criminal Law
- #-Dispute Resolution
- #-Environmental Law
- #-Health Care Law
- #-Intellectual Property Law
- #-International Law
- #-Legal Writing
- #-Tax Law
- #-Trial Advocacy

法学

The law school at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law has an application deadline of June 30. The full-time program application fee at the law school at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law is $0. Its tuition is full-time: $52,526 (in-state) and full-time: $52,526 (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 6:1.

法学的专业排名

Overall Ranking Scores

Score53

Peer assessment score (out of 5)2.5

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)2.8

GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.14-3.73

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants3.39

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)153-162

Median LSAT score for all program entrants160

Acceptance rate38.6%

Student-faculty ratio6:1

Employed at graduation57.9%

Employed 10 months after graduation91.2%

Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)88.5%

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the barPA

Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers)79.7%

Average indebtedness of 2020 J.D. graduates who incurred law school debt$54,503

Proportion of 2020 J.D. graduates who borrowed at least one educational loan in law school60.3%

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Part-time Law Ranking Scores

ScoreN/A

Peer assessment score (out of 5)N/A

Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrantsN/A

Median LSAT score for part-time program entrantsN/A

Admissions

Application

Director of admissionsBekah Saidman-Krauss

Application deadlineJune 30

Full-time program application fee$0

Part-time program application fee$0

Admissions phone(717) 240-5207

Admissions email

Dickinsonlaw@psu.edu: -

Application websiteHttps://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/apply-jd

Besides the fall semester, can enter inN/A

Virtual Tour URL

https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/virtualtour

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Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)

Applicants:

Acceptance rate38.6%

GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.14-3.73

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants3.39

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores88%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)153-162

Median LSAT score for all program entrants160

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores12%

Median GRE scores for all program entrants

153 verbal
146 quantitative

Median GRE analytical writing score for all program entrants5

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Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)

Applicants:

Acceptance rate38.6%

Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.14-3.73

Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants3.39

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores88%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)153-162

Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants160

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores12%

Median GRE scores for full-time program entrants

153 verbal
146 quantitative

Median GRE analytical writing score for full-time program entrants5

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Admissions & Enrollment (Part-time)

ApplicantsN/A

Acceptance rateN/A

Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile)N/A

Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrantsN/A

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scoresN/A

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)N/A

Median LSAT score for part-time program entrantsN/A

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scoresN/A

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Academics

Academic Program Details

Academic calendarSemester

Joint degrees offered:

J.D./Doctor of Public Health (DRPH)
J.D./Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
J.D./Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
J.D./Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Special programs offered to J.D. students

Certificates in Cyber, Privacy & Data, Gov't Affairs, Compliance, Entrepreneurship, Health Law, Litigation; clinics in Community Law, Children's Advocacy, Medical-Legal Partnership; Semesters in Practice in D.C., NY, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Texas, Harrisburg; Int'l Justice Program at The Hague; internships, etc. See https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/academics/experiential-learning

Programs/courses offered in:

clinical training
dispute resolution
environmental law
health care law
intellectual property law
international law
tax law
trial advocacy
business/corporate law
constitutional law
contracts/commercial law
criminal law
writing

Curricular Offerings (Overall)

Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year84

Seminars12

Positions available in seminars169

Positions available in simulation courses260

Student activities

Dickinson Law Rev., Moot Court Bd., Nat'l Trial Teams, ACS, Animal Def. Fund, APALSA, BLSA, Business Law, Christian Law, Criminal Law, Specialty Crts, Federalist Soc'y, Health Law, IP Law, LLSA, Military Law, Intramural Sports, Phi Alpha Delta, Sports & Enter. Law, Student Bar Assoc., OutLaw, Public Interest Law Fund, Women s Law Caucus. See https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/student-organizations

Number of law clinics3

Number of seats available in law clinics44

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Curricular Offerings (Full-time)

Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections)42

Is there typically a full-time "small section" of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)?Yes

Typical size of first-year "small section"7

Positions filled in full-time program seminars100

Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses184

Positions filled in field placements132

Full-time students involved in law journals42

Full-time students involved in interschool skills competitions15

Full-time students enrolled in independent study15

Number of seats filled in law clinics (full-time)41

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Curricular Offerings (Part-time)

Typical first-year part-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections)0

Is there typically a part-time "small section" of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)?N/A

Positions filled in part-time program seminars0

Positions filled in part-time program simulation courses0

Positions filled in field placements0

Part-time students involved in law journals0

Part-time students involved in interschool skills competitions0

Part-time students enrolled in independent study0

Number of seats filled in law clinics (part-time)0

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Faculty Profile (Fall 2020)

Student-faculty ratio6:1

Total faculty59

Faculty distribution:

Full-time39%
Part-time61%

Full-time faculty gender distribution:

Female56.5%
Male43.5%

Part-time faculty gender distribution:

Female44.4%
Male55.6%

Full-time minority faculty17.4%

Part-time minority faculty22.2%

Total faculty (men)50.8%

Total faculty (women)49.2%

Total faculty (minorities)20.3%

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Class Size

Number of upper-division course sections with an enrollment of:

Student Body

Student Body (Overall)

Total Enrolled243

Student diversity:

: RACE/ETHNICITYENROLLMENTWhite63.8%Black or African American7.4%Hispanic7.4%Asian6.6%International6.2%Two or more races4.5%Unknown3.3%Pacific Islander0.4%American Indian0%

Student Body (Full-time)

Enrollment (full-time)243

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female48.6%
Male51%

Student Body (Part-time)

Enrollment (part-time)N/A

Gender distribution (part-time)N/A

Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2019-2020)

First-year students discontinuing law school2.6%

Second-year students discontinuing law schoolN/A

Third-year students discontinuing law schoolN/A

Fourth-year students discontinuing law schoolN/A

Male students discontinuing law school0.8%

Female students discontinuing law school1%

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Cost

Financial Aid Contact Information

Financial aid directorRebecca Schreiber

Financial aid phone(717) 240-5297

Financial aid application deadlineMarch 1

Expenses

Tuition and fees:

full-time $52,526 (in-state)
full-time $52,526 (out-of-state)

Room and board$14,700

Books$2,050

Miscellaneous expenses$6,370

Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students?Yes

Does the university offer housing restricted to law students?No

Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible?No

Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students?Yes

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Grants (Full-time students)

Median grant amount$51,840

Grant range (25th-75th percentile)$46,000-$57,090

Full-time students receiving grants100%

Students receiving grants of more than full tuition46.7%

Students receiving grants of full tuition26.9%

Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full17.2%

Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition9.3%

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Grants (Part-time students)

Median grant amountN/A

Grant range (25th-75th percentile)N/A

Part-time students receiving grantsN/A

Students receiving grants of more than full tuitionN/A

Students receiving grants of full tuitionN/A

Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than fullN/A

Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuitionN/A

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Indebtedness

Average indebtedness of 2020 J.D. graduates who incurred law school debt$54,503

Proportion who borrowed60.3%

Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2020 J.D. graduates?Yes

Library

Library Information Resources

Volume equivalent microformsN/A

Information Technology

Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations

Law school information technology department, university information technology department

Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff)5

Does the school require entering students to own a computer?No

Physical Library Facilities

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposesN/A

Total seats available for library usersN/A

Details about the library and other facilities

Dickinson Law's completely renovated historic home, Lewis Katz Hall, is LEED-certified, features a courtroom, legislative hearing room, courtyard, cafe, and state-of-the-art classrooms. Our facilities include dedicated office space for journals, moot court and student orgs, a newly renovated clinic building, and a library with technology-rich study spaces and access to University libraries.

Library Seats

Carrels6

Study rooms36

Open tables72

Soft seating18

Instructional spaces, classrooms and labs0

Cafe0

Other12

Total number of seats associated with library spaces144

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Library Collections

Number of electronic databases licensed or owned by law library198

Number of licensed or owned electronic databases available to law students as members of the larger college or university1,048

Number of titles purchased, managed, and maintained by the law library that are cataloged or accessible through the discovery system370,232

Number of titles available to law students as members of the larger college or university that are cataloged or accessible through the discovery system8,407,110

Careers

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2019 administrations)

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the barPA

Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)88.5%

Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers)79.7%

Class of 2019 Graduates

Total number of graduates57

Employed at graduation:57.9%

Employed 10 months after graduation:91.2%

Employed at Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage52.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting a year or more)52.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage5.3%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting a year or more)5.3%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates that were pursuing a graduate degree full-time0%

Graduates that were unemployed and not seeking employment3.5%

Graduates that were unemployed and seeking employment35.1%

Graduates whose employment status was unknown0%

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Employed 10 Months After Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that require bar passage80.7%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting a year or more)78.9%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting less than a year)1.8%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage14%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting a year or more)12.3%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting less than a year)1.8%