Employment Statistics

Class of 2010

Class of 2011

Employed At Nine Months After Graduation Number Percent Number Percent

Employed

277

93.58

290

94.16

Seeking Work

11

3.72

7

2.27

NOT seeking work at this time

6

2.02

7

2.27

UNKNOWN

0

0.00

2

0.65

Enrolled in Full-Time Degree Program

2

0.68

4

1.30

Total Graduates (100% of graduates are accounted for)

296

310

Job Type

Law Firm

182

65.70

154

53.10

Judicial Clerkship

26

9.39

37

12.76

Government

24

8.66

30

10.34

Public Interest

34

12.27

45

15.52

Academic

6

2.18

6

2.07

Business

5

1.80

18

6.21

Employment Requirements/Full-Time vs. Part-Time

Bar admission required/Full-time

259

93.84

263

90.69

Bar admission required/Part-time

7

2.54

4

1.38

JD preferred/Full-time

6

2.17

8

2.76

JD preferred/Part-time

3

1.09

4

1.38

Professional other/Full-time

1

0.36

7

2.41

Professional other/Part-time

1

0.36

4

1.38

Terms of Hire

Permanent

263

273

Short-term Law School Funded

1

11

Other Short-Term

13

6

Jobs By Region

277

100

290

100

New England

4

1.44

4

1.38

Mid-Atlantic

37

13.36

17

5.86

East North Central

9

3.25

7

2.41

West North Central

2

0.72

2

0.69

South Atlantic

36

13.00

32

11.03

East South Central

1

0.36

0

0.00

West South Central

5

1.81

5

1.72

Mountain

7

2.53

14

4.83

Pacific

171

61.73

202

69.66

INTERNATIONAL

5

1.81

7

2.41

Breakdown of Law Firm Jobs By Firm Size

182

65.70

154

53.1

2 to 10 attorneys

13

7.14

13

8.44

11 to 25 attorneys

4

2.20

5

3.25

26 to 50 attorneys

4

2.20

5

3.25

51 to 100 attorneys

2

1.10

1

0.65

101 to 250 attorneys

12

6.59

11

7.14

251 to 500 attorneys

19

10.44

27

17.53

501 or more attorneys

122

67.03

92

59.74

Solo Practice

6

3.30

0

0.00

Breakdown of Government Jobs By Government Level

24

8.66

30

10.34

Federal

17

70.83

16

53.33

Local

4

16.67

8

26.67

Other

1

4.17

0

0.00

State

2

8.33

6

20.00

Breakdown of Judicial Clerkships By Type of Court

Students (30)*

Alums (28)**

Students (45)***

Alums (22)****

US Supreme Court

0

1

0

0

U.S. Circuit Courts

13

12

15

10

U.S. District Courts

8

12

21

10

Other Federal (incl. Bankruptcy, Tax, Armed Forces)

3

2

2

0

State Supreme Courts

3

1

5

2

Other State Courts

3

0

2

0

*Includes student clerkship placements for the 2011-12 term

**28 alums obtained clerkships in the 2009-10 hiring season

***Includes student clerkship placements for the 2012-13 term

****22 alums obtained clerkships in 2010-11 hiring season

Salaries

Percent

Percent

Number of Salaries Reported

231

83%

229

79%

25th Percentile

$63,000

$62,000

Median

$160,000

$145,000

75th Percentile

$160,000

$160,000

Average

$123,421

$115,638

Salaries in Selected Job Types

Private Practice

(165 salaries reported out of 182 total)

(142 salaries reported out of 154 total)

25th Percentile

$160,000

$145,000

Median

$160,000

$160,000

75th Percentile

$160,000

$160,000

Average

$149,370

$148,718

Judicial Clerk

(26 salaries reported out of 26 total)

(37 salaries reported out of 37 total)

25th Percentile

$55,000

$50,000

Median

$60,000

$55,000

75th Percentile

$60,247

$62,000

Average

$57,288

$57,170

Government

(17 salaries reported out of 24 total)

(21 salaries reported out of 30 total)

25th Percentile

$60,900

$62,000

Median

$62,467

$67,000

75th Percentile

$68,000

$74,936

Average

$64,825

$65,924

Public Interest

(18 salaries reported out of 34 total)

(23 salaries reported out of 45 total)

25th Percentile

$35,000

$40,068

Median

$41,000

$46,000

75th Percentile

$46,000

$50,000

Average

$42,325

$46,805