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NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Law School:	Yale Law School
Address:	PO Box 208330

City:	New Haven
State, Zip:	CT, 06520-8330
Country:	United States
Phone:	203-432-1676

Administrator Name:	Christine Severson
Administrator Title:	Dir. of Recruitment Programs and Administration
Phone:	203-432-1692
Fax:	203-432-8423
Email:	christine.severson@yale.edu
Web:	www.law.yale.edu/cdo

Registrar's Name:	Judith Calvert
Phone No:	203-432-1680
Names & titles of key CSO staff:	Kelly Voight, Assistant Dean; Marilyn Drees, Director, Judicial Clerkships; Akua Akyea, Director, Public Interest; Uri Jurist, Associate Director, Alumni and Alternative Careers

DEGREE PROGRAMS

No. of hours required to graduate:

Comments:

Hours listed apply to JD program. Students who matriculated before 7/1/2005 must have 82 units to graduate.

No. of Full-time students

638

No. of Evening students:

No. of Part-time students:

Other:

Total:

638

COMPOSITION OF ENROLLMENT

'12-'13 Year	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	Total
Men:	108	103	112	0	323
Woman:	98	105	112	0	315
Totals:	206	208	224	0	638
Black (Men):	7	1	3	0	11
Black (Women):	6	10	11	0	27
Hispanics (Men):	9	5	12	0	26
Hispanics (Women):	8	9	8	0	25
American Indian/Alaskan (Men):	0	1	0	0	1
American Indian/Alaskan (Women):	0	0	0	0	0
Asian/Pacific Islander (Men):	7	10	11	0	28
Asian/Pacific Islander (Women):	22	20	17	0	59
Disabled (Men):	0	0	0	0	0
Disabled (Woman):	0	0	0	0	0
Openly GLBT (Men):	11	6	9	0	26
Openly GLBT (Woman):	5	4	6	0	15
Comments:

Do you offer LL.M. degrees?	Yes
Is LL.M. grading system equivalent to JD system?	Yes
Do you offer joint degree programs?	Yes
NO. of LL.M. degrees awarded in previous year:	23

FIELDS OF STUDY OFFERED > LL.M DEGREES:

Subjects	Full-time	Evening	Part-time	Other
same as JD	26

FIELDS OF STUDY OFFERED > JOINT DEGREES:

Subjects	Full-time	Evening	Part-time	Other
Master of Arts
MBA
Doctorate
Others: indiv. basis

ADMISSIONS PROFILE

Applications received:

3173

Size of entering class:

205

No. of undergraduate colleges represented:

No. of states represented:

In-state enrollment:

n/a

Out-state enrollment:

n/a

Foreign countries represented:

GRADE POINT AVERAGE / LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST

		25%	50%	75%
Grade Point Average	Full-time	3.83	3.90	3.96
	Part-time
	Overall	3.83	3.90	3.96
Law School Admission Test	Full-time	170	173	177
	Part-time
	Overall	170	173	177

In determining GPA and LSAT averages, are all students included?

If "No", what percentage is not included?

GPA - 1% GPA not based on 4.0 scale.

JD PROGRAM

Fall Semester:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

9/5/2012

1/17/2013

Spring Semester:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

1/22/2013

5/17/2013

Semester Break:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

10/4/2012

10/9/2012

Spring Break:	Begin Date:
	End Date:

3/15/2013

3/25/2013

CLINICAL COURSES/PROGRAMS OFFERED

Clinical Courses/Program	Enrollment Based on
1. Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization	8. Criminal Defense Project
(see I. Other Notes for specific clinic names)	9. Education Adequacy
2. Environmental Protection Clinic	10. Ethics Bureau
3. Lowenstein Intl. Human Rights Law Clinic	11. Ludwig Community Development Prog & Clinic
4. Nonprofit Organizations Clinic	12. Media Freedom & Information Access Practicum
5. Supreme Court Clinic	13. Prosecution Externship
6. Capital Markets and Financial	14. San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project
Instruments Regulation Clinic
7. Capital Punishment

SPECIAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

MOOT COURT PROGRAM

Is Moot Court a required activity?

Please describe program, including when students participate, how board members are selected, etc.

Students can participate anytime after their first semester. For full description, see Section H. Narrative.

JOURNALS/ACTIVITIES

JOURNALS

Journals	No. of Students	Grades	Write-on	Intv.	Other
Yale L. & Pol'y Rev.
Yale J. of Law & Technology
Yale J. of Law & Feminism
Yale J. of Law & the Humanities
Yale J. of International Law
The Yale J. on Regulation
Yale Hum. Rts. & Dev. L.J.
Yale J. of Health Policy, Law, Ethics
Yale Law Journal

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

More than 50 student organizations-

see www.law.yale.edu/studentlife

GRADING SYSTEM

EXPLANATION OF GRADING SYSTEMS

Letter Grades	Other Grade System?	Numerical Equivalents
A+	Credit	n/a
A	Honors	n/a
A-	Pass	n/a
B+	Low Pass	n/a
B	Failure	n/a
B-	RC	n/a
C+
C
C-
D
F

Comments:

There is no required or indicative "curve" for grades in Law School classes. Individual rank is not computed.
RC (requirement completed) indicates J.D. preparticipation in Moot Court or Barristers' Union.

MINIMUM GRADE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN (Based on May 2012 graduation class)

Top 10%:

n/a

Top 25%:

n/a

Top 33%:

n/a

Top 50%:

n/a

Top 75%:

n/a

Median GPA:

Minimum grade required for graduation:

n/a

Do you have a pass/fail option?

Yes

If "Yes", please describe:

Are students ranked in their class?

If so, how often?

Will the school verify student grades?

Yes

Please describe policy:

With student authorization, the registrar will provide an official transcript.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Name of Award	No. Awarded	Selection Process
Prizes and their descriptions are
listed in the YLS Bulletin
at www.law.yale.edu/bulletin

GRADUATION HONORS

	% of Class Receiving	GPA Required	# of Students
Order of the Coif:	n/a	n/a	n/a
Summa cum laude:	n/a	n/a	n/a
Magna cum laude:	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cum laude:	n/a	n/a	n/a
Other:	n/a	n/a	n/a

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Areas of practice (Include both legal and non-legal positions)	% of employed students with jobs in area	Employment locations	% of students with known location who are in region
Private practice:	36	New England:	9.2
Business and industry:	3.5	Middle Atlantic:	31.6
Government:	5.6	East North Central:	2.5
Judicial clerkship:	39	West North Central:	3.1
Military:	0.5	South Atlantic:	22.5
Public interest organization:	12	East South Central:	2.5
Academic:	3.5	West South Central:	6.1
Job category not identified:	0	Mountain:	4.1
		Pacific:	12.2
		Non-US:	6.1

Jurisdictions: (states and/or metropolitan areas)
with the highest % of graduates from the most recent graduating class

States employing the highest % of graduates: New York, DC, California, Connecticut

ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS

Week invitations are sent to employers:

February 20, 2012

OCI requests accepted by:

Mail Beginning Date:
Phone beginning date:
Email beginning date:		To Email:
Online beginning date:	02/20/2012	URL:	see below

Please specify any changes in OCI procedures or policies that will be in effect for the first time during Fall 2013 :

OCI date assignment procedure:
	First come first served	Random
	Early/Late Rotation	Out of state employer by geographic location

Comments:

Returning employers will automatically be assigned the next consecutive day of the week from the prior year. New employers will be assigned a date based on availability.

OCI Fee?

$100 registration fee and a service fee for private employers

OCI date confirmation will be sent to employers:

April

if requested our school will coordinate with:

Describe required employer forms:

We strongly encourage employers to put their NALP Workplace Questionnaire online.

OCI DATES

OCI dates for August:

OCI dates for Fall:

08/13/2012 - 08/17/2012

OCI dates for Spring:

02/06/2013 -

Flyback dates:

See comments below.

Is video conferencing available? Yes

Comments:

We invite employers to conduct callbacks with Yale students prior to the start of classes on September 5, 2012, on Fridays in September, and at other times mutually convenient to students and employers.

Are employers permitted to prescreen? No

If "No", explain:

Yale utilizes a lottery system to assign interviews.

OCI drop date:

07/30/2012

Date student materials sent to employer:

08/03/2012

Date interview schedule sent to employer:

08/03/2012

Postage/express mail fee?

Comments:

Employers will utilize an online system to retrieve schedules and resumes. The URL is https://law-yale-csm.symplicity.com/employers.

Do you provide resume collection or direct mail option for employers not participating in OCI? No

Are all OCI conducted in campus buildings? No

If "No", describe alternatives and reservation procedure:

Interviews take place at a hotel within walking distance of the school. Reservation information can be found at www.law.yale.edu/cdo, under Employers then Fall Interview Program.

OTHER INTERVIEW PROGRAMS

Cooperative/Consortia:

YLS participates in the Equal Justice Works (EJW) annual Job Fair held in October in Washington, DC. Information on the fair can be found at www.equaljusticeworks.org.

YLS co-sponsors the Overseas-trained LL.M. Student Interview Program in January where more than 100 employers interview LL.M. students for positions in the U.S. and abroad. Columbia Law School organizes this event. Information can be found at www.law.columbia.edu/careers/career_services.

YLS co-sponsors the annual Public Interest and Public Service Legal Career Symposium held at New York University Law School in February. Information can be found at http://its.law.nyu.edu/pilc/lcfs.

YLS participates in the Loyola Patent Law Interview Program, a two-day interview program held in Chicago each summer that brings together patent law employers and law students from across the country to interview for summer associate positions and post-graduate employment. For more information, please visit http://www.luc.edu/law/career/patent.html.

Diversity Interview Programs:

YLS participates in the IMPACT Career Fair for Law Students and Attorneys with Disabilities held each year in August. This career fair brings together law students and graduates from throughout the country with private and public sector employers, largely based in the DC area. For more information, please visit http://www.law.arizona.edu/Career/Impact/welcome.cfm.

YLS participates in the National LGBT Bar Association's Lavendar Law Conference and Career Fair each summer. The conference brings together legal practitioners, judges, scholars, and law students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (�LGBT�) legal community. For more information, please visit http://www.lgbtbar.org/annual/.

JOB POSTING

Will you send, upon request, one package containing resumes/transcripts? No

Will you post a notice directing students to apply directly to employer? No

If you provide job listings for graduates, describe how to send notice, when employers can expect responses, length of time notice is posted (whether in print or online), etc.;

Employers can post job openings at no charge for current students and graduates using our online system found at https://law-yale-csm.symplicity.com/employers.

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

Describe any special regulations pertaining to the recruitment of first year students that are in addition to the NALP guidelines. For example, are first year students eligible for spring OCI? When are job notices posted during second semester?

There is a mailing to employers in November inviting them to interview first-years (and other class years) in February at our Spring Interview Program. Jobs for first-years may be posted on our online system after December 1.

DIVERSITY PROGRAMS

Individual counseling by attorney counselors is our primary approach in assisting all students in the employment process.

In addition, CDO arranges approximately 60 programs a year, from general introductory meetings to educational and specialized topical panels and informal discussions.

PRO BONO PROGRAM

The Pro Bono Network provides an opportunity for law students to volunteer for research and writing projects with a variety of regional and national non profit organizations. The network provides these nonprofits with YLS students who can assist their organization, while also allowing the students to gain experience working in the public interest community.

The Lowenstein Human Rights Project is a similar program that provides opportunities for law students to volunteer with outside non profits on projects involving international human rights.

Many student organizations, such as the Temporary Restraining Order Project and the Capital Assistance Project, are also involved in pro bono work.

For a full discussion of these efforts go to http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/publicinterestlaw.htm.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Non-discrimination Policy:

Yale Law School is committed to a policy against discrimination based upon age, color, handicap or disability, ethnic or national origin, race, religion, religious creed, gender (including discrimination taking the form of sexual harassment), marital, parental, or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or the prejudice of clients.

All employers using the school's placement services are required to abide by this policy.

NARRATIVES/OTHER NOTES

NARRATIVES

Moot Court Program:
Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals is a competition managed by student directors who have previously participated in a moot court competition. Participating students write an appellate brief and present an appellate oral argument on an upcoming Supreme Court case. Another case is selected for briefing and argument in the prize finals which are held at the close of each term.

OTHER NOTES

Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO) clinics include: Sol and Lillian Goldman Family, Advocacy for Children and Youth; Immigration Legal Services; Innovations in Policing; Landlord-Tenant; Lawyering Ethics; Legal Assistance; Legal Services for Immigrant Communities; Legislative Advocacy; Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic; Transnational Development; Veterans Legal Services, Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic

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