Temple University, James E. Beasley Law

Student Rating^? A- Alumni Rating^? A ATL Top 50 Rank #27	Tuition $23,336 / $36,336 Total Investment ^? $167,751 / $213,508	Enrollment 534	Student/Faculty Ratio 9/1
LSAT (25/75) 157/163 GPA (25/75) 3.31/3.7	Region M State P	Dean JoAnne A. Epps
Applicants who are accepted 35.9 / 100 Admitted students who enroll 1.80 / 10	Top Biglaw Employers ^?	Talking Points Well known for its intensive Trial Advocacy Program. Notable Alumni include: Barbara Adams (General Counsel of Pennsylvania), Amy Banse (president of Comcast Interactive Media), John F. Street (former mayor of Philadelphia).

Ratings & Rankings

Colored bars represent the range of average school ratings. Black line is this school's rating.

Academics

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.25
Mean: 3.55
Maximum: 4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.4
Mean: 3.56
Maximum: 4

Practical/Clinical Training

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.14
Mean: 3.65
Maximum: 3.83

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.86
Mean: 3.44
Maximum: 3.8

Career Counseling

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.29
Mean: 2.55
Maximum: 3.56

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.17
Mean: 2.31
Maximum: 3.25

Financial Aid Advising

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.5
Mean: 2.90
Maximum: 3.29

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.25
Mean: 2.81
Maximum: 3.5

Social Life

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum: 1.8
Mean: 3.40
Maximum: 3.67

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum: 2.4
Mean: 3.36
Maximum: 3.86

More Ratings*

	Student	Alumni
	A-	A-
	A+	A
	B-	B+
	A-	A
	A	A-

US News Rank

#48 - Tie

What do these ratings mean?

from Brian Dalton, Breaking Media Director of Research

The ATL School and Firm Insiders Survey asks self-identified current students, alumni, and practicing lawyers to rate major aspects of life at their law school (academics, social life, clinical training, career services, financial aid advising) and/or law firm (compensation, hours, morale, culture, training). We then translate these ratings into letter grades, where the mean score for each particular ratings category is the equivalent of a “B.”

We require a minimum threshold of responses for each institution before we publish any survey-based ratings content. Using a standard formula for statistical validity, we adhere to a threshold that gives us an 85% confidence level and a 10% margin of error. The precise threshold number will of course vary depending on the size of the individual institution. For example, for a law firm of 1,000 attorneys, we would require 50 responses in order to publish ratings for the firm.

Sector	Anticipated	Actual
Source: ATL Insider Survey and the American Bar Association
Work for a firm	72%	35%
Work for government	11%	11%
Work in non-profit/public interest	6%	12%
Go solo	0%	2%

Insider Reviews

from students and alumni of Temple University, James E. Beasley Law

Alumni

Great school for placement in the Philadelphia, South Jersey, or Delaware markets.
Alumni

Produces some of the most diverse and down-to-earth attorneys I have ever met. The staff is knowledgeable and as diverse and the student population. Most of the staff are welcoming and eager to help you with your education and your job search. But if you want career services – you’d better get used to googling.
Alumni

Don’t go there if you aren’t planning to stay in Philadelphia. If you are planning to stay, do well. You’ll be SOL if you aren’t at the top of the class. You’ll also be disappointed if you don’t have Philadelphia roots. You might make law review and be in the top 10-15% but the person next to you who went to Penn for undergrad and has family in the area is going to land the job over you.
Alumni

With all the talk of the expense of a legal education, Temple has a reasonable tuition.
Alumni

Students

Can’t beat the price. Strong presence at Philly firms relative to similarly situated schools (Villanova, Rutgers-Camden).
2L

Great regional school with deep connections to Philadelphia law firms. They are increasingly focused on practical training. On the downside, the campus and the library aren’t much to speak of and the class discussions can lag.
1L

I’m in the part time evening program, and have had a great experience so far. The atmostphere of the evening division has the same academic rigor as the day division, without the inevitable 1L high school drama. In addition there is no bias towards the evening students – we are ranked with our entering class 1L year, and can transfer between the divisions at any point after the first year. Im in the middle of Spring OCI right now, and I’ve personally heard from employers that students who can hold down a job and get good grades at the same time are very impressive candidates. Others have heard the same thing. In short, Temple has a very solid part time program.
1L

Pros: value, value, value (especially if in-state); excellent clinical programs and in-school job opportunities, in large part because of the school’s urban location; advocacy programs are both highly rated and highly practical; professors are largely excellent and include a number of district and circuit court judges; and for all the crap it gets for being in North Philly, the location honestly is not only safe, but right next to the subway – this means, in addition to making it easier to find a part-time job (which, in turn, makes it easier to find a full-time job) it seriously bolsters students’ social life by allowing them to live (at a pretty reasonable price) in Center City (and nearly everyone does). / / Cons: the facilities are OLD; the career planning office is trying, but sometimes seems overworked and understaffed; cutting through the red tape can be tough; my location comment above comes with a disclaimer: although Temple itself is nice (and getting nicer) I wouldn’t wander too far off campus.
3L

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* Of course there’s a gender pay gap in Biglaw, but none of the firms are going to tell you about it. We’ll be discussing the results of the annual National Association of Women Lawyers survey later today. [ABA Journal]

* In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Texas struck down its ban on gay marriage, but stayed the ruling pending appeal. Seriously, of all places, this happened in Texas. Yeehaw! Ride ‘em, cowboys! [New York Times]

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