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Statistics

Graduate Employment: At Graduation
Class of 2009

Graduate Employment: Nine Months after Graduation
Classes of 2005-2008

Student Employment: Second Summer (Class of 2009)

Practice Settings

  • Private practice: 89%
  • Public Interest: 5%
  • Government: 4%
  • Other: 2%

Student Employment: First Summer (Class of 2010)

Practice Settings

  • Government/Public Interest: 32%
  • Private Practice: 20%
  • Judges' Chambers: 15%
  • Research for Faculty: 14%
  • Study Abroad: 12%
  • Other: 5%
  • University: 2%

Admissions Statistics

Entering data for Cornell Law School's Class of 2011

Number of applicants: 3923
Enrolled students: 198

Median undergraduate GPA: 3.65
Median LSAT score: 167 (97th percentile)

Percentage of students who identified themselves as a member of a minority group: 40%

Number of undergraduate institutions at which they studied: 116
Number of different undergraduate majors: 45

Number of states from which they came: 36
Number of foreign countries from which they came: 8