Florida State University, College of Law Admission
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The Facts

Florida State University is a rather large, public institution located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 26,000 students. The university's College of Law, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 753 graduate law students. The average age of enrollment is around 24, and it is fairly rare for students to enter the school directly from their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its diversity of teaching styles and methods, its wonderful research resources, as well as its ties to the Florida legal community. The school offers degrees in the JD, the LLM in American law for foreign lawyers, international law certificate program, environmental natural resources, as well as a land use law certificate program. The school also offers a fairly wide range of joint degrees in the JD/MBA, JD/MS URP, JD/MS IA, JD/MS in economics, JD/MPA, MD/MS SW, as well as the JD/MS LIS. Some of the most popular programs of study include courses in the areas of business law, environmental law, as well as international law.

Admission to the College of Law is quite competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 4,225 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 828 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 243 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had an average LSAT score ranging from 156 to 161, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.4. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and there is currently no early application program in place.

Florida State University's College of Law has 200 faculty members, and students agree that they are quite dedicated and do everything they can to be accessible to their students. The school has a very manageable student to faculty ratio of 14:1, and the small classes allow for plenty of interaction between students and their professors.

Employment Facts

Students don't seem to worry very much about getting jobs after graduation. Over 99% of the most recent graduating class were able to find jobs within a few months of receiving their degrees. Some of the employers who most frequently hire students include the firms of Akerman Senterfitt, Alston and Bird LLP, Arnstein and Lehr LLP, Broad and Cassel, Carlton Fields, PA, Foley and Lardner, Gray Robinson, Greenburg Traurig, LLP, Holland and Knight, LLP, Hopping, Green, and Sams, PA, Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff, and Sitterson, PA, Steel Hector and Davis, LLP, federal and state judges, as well as federal and state agencies.

What's Good

"There is a really strong sense of community here, which is rare to find at law schools in general."

"If you are an in state student, you really get a bang for your buck."

"The administration is actually very easy to deal with, which is a rarity, trust me."

What's Bad

"There could be more internships available. They're fairly sparse at the moment."

"There really needs to me more on campus graduate housing. All the off campus stuff is too expensive."

"There are some professors who can be a bit difficult to get a hold of outside of class."

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