Appalachian School of Law - Profile

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According to the Law School Admissions Council's 2005 profile, ASL's student body demographic was as follows: 88.5% Caucasian, 2.5% African American, 2.5% Asian American, 0.3% Mexican American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Puerto Rican, and 0.5% Hispanic with 4.9% not reporting. 67.6% of the student body is male, while 32.4% of the student body is female. The student to faculty ratio in 2005 was 19.3 to 1 and typical first year class size is 140. For the fall 2005 entering class, 1,302 applied for admission, of which 527 were granted admission and 149 matriculated into the first year class. The 25-75 percentile range for LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA is 147-152 and 2.64-3.33. 70% of graduates are employed nine months after graduation and 70% passed the Tennessee bar exam in 2005. In 2008, 92% passed the Tennessee bar exam, with 82% passing Virginia's bar exam. (A plurality of ASL graduates choose to take the Tennessee bar exam. Other graduates choose other states including Virginia.) ASL was ranked "fourth tier" in the U.S. News and World Report law school listings, its first appearance since becoming fully accredited.

Appalachian School of Law was granted full accreditation by the American Bar Association on June 12, 2006. The school had been provisionally accredited by the ABA since February 2001. Students who complete their course of legal study at this approved law school are eligible to take the bar examination in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Prior to February 2001, graduates of the school were allowed to sit for the bar examination in Virginia and West Virginia.