Law School Employment Trends Post-Recession
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Monday, April 14, 2008
employment trends for law school grads
Where the class of 2005 found work. The top 100 out of 194 ABA-approved schools ranked by percentage of graduates at NLJ 250 firms.
u of chicago
columbia
NLJ 250
firms
u of pennsylvania
duke
Nyu
harvard
u of virginia
other
firms
stanford
cornell
Northwestern
u of michigan
judicial
clerkship
georgetown
u of calif., berkeley
vanderbilt
yale
fordham
government
boston college
boston u
Notre dame
u of calif. at La
washington u (st. L.)
public
interest
u of texas
u of illinois
george washington
u of North carolina
business
emory
william & mary
u of southern calif.
southern methodist
u of georgia
Graduate
school
washington & Lee
ohio state
u of calif., hastings
u of calif., davis
u of wisconsin
academia
howard
u of washington
u of iowa
u of houston
unemployed
villanova
rutgers-Newark
indiana-bloomington
u of cincinnati
case western
unknown
temple
u of minnesota
brigham young
george mason
tulane
1L academic
attrition
yeshiva cardozo
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Sources: American Bar Association-Law School Admission Council Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (2008 ed.), ALM Research
90%
100%
The National Law Journal/www.nlj.com
Monday, April 14, 2008
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employment trends for law school grads
Where the class of 2005 found work. The top 100 out of 194 ABA-approved schools ranked by percentage of graduates at NLJ 250 firms.
u of pittsburgh
Loyola (chicago)
NLJ 250
firms
u of tennessee
u of colorado
u of alabama
u of richmond
u of florida
other
firms
brooklyn
american
u of miami
saint Louis u
judicial
clerkship
wake forest
u of missouri-columbia
st. John's
seton hall
u of Louisville
government
u of arizona
u of mississippi
rutgers-camden
u of kansas
indiana-indianapolis
public
interest
u of connecticut
Northeastern
u of maryland
suNy-buffalo
business
georgia state
u of kentucky
catholic
santa clara u
west virginia
Graduate
school
u of missouri-kc
marquette
mercer
franklin pierce
u of san francisco
academia
u of dayton
penn state
baylor
Loyola (Los angeles)
unemployed
Louisana state
syracuse
u of south carolina
hofstra
arizona state
unknown
u of san diego
New york
cleveland state
samford
duquesne
1L academic
attrition
Loyola (New orleans)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Sources: American Bar Association-Law School Admission Council Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (2008 ed.), ALM Research
80%
90%
100%
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Monday, April 14, 2008
employment trends for law school grads
Where the class of 2005 found work. The top 100 out of 194 ABA-approved schools ranked by percentage of graduates at NLJ 250 firms.
u of chicago
columbia
NLJ 250
firms
u of pennsylvania
duke
Nyu
harvard
u of virginia
other
firms
stanford
cornell
Northwestern
u of michigan
judicial
clerkship
georgetown
u of calif., berkeley
vanderbilt
yale
fordham
government
boston college
boston u
Notre dame
u of calif. at La
washington u (st. L.)
public
interest
u of texas
u of illinois
george washington
u of North carolina
business
emory
william & mary
u of southern calif.
southern methodist
u of georgia
Graduate
school
washington & Lee
ohio state
u of calif., hastings
u of calif., davis
u of wisconsin
academia
howard
u of washington
u of iowa
u of houston
unemployed
villanova
rutgers-Newark
indiana-bloomington
u of cincinnati
case western
unknown
temple
u of minnesota
brigham young
george mason
tulane
1L academic
attrition
yeshiva cardozo
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Sources: American Bar Association-Law School Admission Council Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (2008 ed.), ALM Research
90%
100%
The National Law Journal/www.nlj.com
Monday, April 14, 2008
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employment trends for law school grads
Where the class of 2005 found work. The top 100 out of 194 ABA-approved schools ranked by percentage of graduates at NLJ 250 firms.
u of pittsburgh
Loyola (chicago)
NLJ 250
firms
u of tennessee
u of colorado
u of alabama
u of richmond
u of florida
other
firms
brooklyn
american
u of miami
saint Louis u
judicial
clerkship
wake forest
u of missouri-columbia
st. John's
seton hall
u of Louisville
government
u of arizona
u of mississippi
rutgers-camden
u of kansas
indiana-indianapolis
public
interest
u of connecticut
Northeastern
u of maryland
suNy-buffalo
business
georgia state
u of kentucky
catholic
santa clara u
west virginia
Graduate
school
u of missouri-kc
marquette
mercer
franklin pierce
u of san francisco
academia
u of dayton
penn state
baylor
Loyola (Los angeles)
unemployed
Louisana state
syracuse
u of south carolina
hofstra
arizona state
unknown
u of san diego
New york
cleveland state
samford
duquesne
1L academic
attrition
Loyola (New orleans)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Sources: American Bar Association-Law School Admission Council Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools (2008 ed.), ALM Research
80%
90%
100%
