The Georgia State College of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. In compliance with ABA Standard 509, the following information is provided for review.
Section 509 (b): A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in the form and manner and for the time frame designated by the Council, the following information:
- admissions data;
- tuition and fees, living costs, and financial aid;
- conditional scholarships;
- Georgia State Law may offer scholarships and/or graduate assistantships through the admissions process, which require a minimum GPA of 2.50 and minimum enrollment requirements to be renewed.
Students Matriculating in # Entering with # Reduced or Eliminated 2021-2022 Academic Year 92 6 2020-2021 Academic Year 56 2 2019-2020 Academic Year 96 0 Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools reduced/eliminated conditional scholarships for the duration of the pandemic.
- Georgia State Law may offer scholarships and/or graduate assistantships through the admissions process, which require a minimum GPA of 2.50 and minimum enrollment requirements to be renewed.
- enrollment data, including academic, transfer, and other attrition;
- numbers of full‐time and part‐time faculty, professional librarians, and administrators;
- class sizes for first‐year and upper‐class courses; number of seminar, clinical and co‐curricular offerings;
- employment outcomes
- NALP & ABA Employment Outcomes Summaries
- 2021 ABA Employment Statistics
- 2020 ABA Employment Statistics
- 2019 ABA Employment Statistics
- 2018 ABA Employment Statistics
- 2017 ABA Employment Statistics
- Information on employment outcomes for the Class of 2020 may not reflect a particular law school’s typical results in this area. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, bar admission exams were canceled or delayed in many jurisdictions, thus making it more challenging for graduates to secure employment by the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at www.abarequireddisclosures.org.
- bar passage data.
(c) A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in a readable and comprehensive manner, the following information on a current basis:
- refund policies;
- curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements; and
- policies regarding the transfer of credit
(i) Transfer student policies
(ii) The Law School does not have any articulation agreements with other schools.
Licensure
Juris Doctor Requirements
All state supreme courts recognize ABA-approved law schools as meeting the legal education requirements to qualify for the bar examination. In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
LL.M. Requirements
The LL.M. program for the Practice of Law in the United States (bar track) allows currently licensed foreign-trained lawyers who received a first professional degree in law from an approved school in a foreign-jurisdiction to sit for the Georgia bar exam under Rule 4(c) of the Rules Governing Admission. Foreign-trained lawyers not in the LL.M. Program for the Practice of Law in the United States are not eligible to sit for the Georgia Bar.
In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Completion of the LL.M. program by U.S. trained lawyers does not confer eligibility for the bar, although they may be eligible for admission based on the completion of their J.D. program.
Additional Requirements
Bar Admission
In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Safety Report
Annual Security Report
The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (also known as the Clery Act) is a federal law enacted to provide students, faculty and staff with information to make decisions that affect their personal safety. In accordance with the Clery Act, Georgia State annually compiles and publishes crime statistics for the campus and surrounding areas in an annual crime report known as the Safety Net. The Safety Net also includes Georgia State’s policy on drugs and alcohol in accordance with the Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Act.
For more information visit the Safety and You page.
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