CLASS OF 2009 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
(as of February 15, 2010)
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| Number of Students in Class |
234 |
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| Number for whom status was known |
227 |
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| Number for whom status was unknown |
7 |
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| Number Employed |
192 |
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| Number Not Seeking |
20 |
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| Number in FT Degree Program |
5 |
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| Number Unemployed & Seeking |
10 |
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| EMPLOYED |
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| Percentage of those known to be seeking who found employment |
95% |
(192/202) |
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| Percentage of those known to be seeking still unemployed |
5% |
(10/202) |
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| TYPE OF WORK |
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| (98%, 188/192 reported) |
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| Bar Required/Anticipated Overall |
64% |
(120/188) |
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| Bar Required/Anticipated, Full-Time |
88% |
(106/120) |
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| Bar Required/Anticipated, Part-Time |
12% |
(14/120) |
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| JD Preferred Overall |
15% |
(28/188) |
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| JD Preferred, Full-Time |
82% |
(23/28) |
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| JD Preferred, Part-Time |
18% |
(5/28) |
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| Professional Other Overall |
14% |
(26/188) |
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| Professional Other, Full-Time |
96% |
(25/26) |
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| Professional Other, Part-Time |
4% |
(1/26) |
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| Nonprofessional Overall |
7% |
(14/188) |
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| Non-Prof. Other, Full-Time |
42% |
(5/12*) |
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| Non-Prof. Other, Part-Time |
58% |
(7/12*) |
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| (*2 Non-Prof. Other unknown) |
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| PT/FT Overall |
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| (97% reported - 186/192) |
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| Full-Time |
85% |
(159/186) |
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| Part-Time |
15% |
(27/186) |
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| Seeking Status from Grad Point-of-View |
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Employment Status from Employer View |
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| (98% - 188/192 reported) |
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(98% - 188/192 reported) |
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| Not Seeking a Different Job |
78% |
(146/188) |
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Permanent |
76% |
(143/188) |
| Still Seeking a Different Job |
22% |
(42/188) |
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Temporary* |
24% |
(45/188) |
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*includes judicial clerkships,
which account for 9% of employed grads
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| EMPLOYMENT SECTOR |
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| (Those who reported area of employment: 98% - 188/192) |
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| Percent in Private Practice |
38.8% |
(73/188) |
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| (79% - 58/73 reported category) |
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| Solo |
20.7% |
(12/58) |
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| 2-10 attorneys |
51.7% |
(30/58) |
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| 11-25 attorneys |
3.4% |
(2/58) |
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| 26-50 attorneys |
5.2% |
(3/58) |
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| 51-100 attorneys |
6.9% |
(4/58) |
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| 101-250 attorneys |
3.4% |
(2/58) |
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| 251-500 attorneys |
6.9% |
(4/58) |
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| 501+ attorneys |
1.7% |
(1/58) |
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| Attorney |
76.7% |
(56/73) |
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| Law Clerk |
21.9% |
(16/73) |
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| Paralegal |
1.4% |
(1/73) |
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| Percent in Business |
31.4% |
(59/188) |
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| (100% - 59/59 reported category) |
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| Association |
8.5% |
(5/59) |
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| Banking/Finance |
10.2% |
(6/59) |
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| Insurance |
5.1% |
(3/59) |
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| Management Consulting |
1.7% |
(1/59) |
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| Publishing/newspaper |
5.1% |
(3/59) |
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| Technology/E-commerce |
1.7% |
(1/59) |
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| Legal Temp Agency |
1.7% |
(1/59) |
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| Other Business |
66.1% |
(39/59) |
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| Bar Passage Required |
20.3% |
(12/59) |
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| JD Preferred |
28.8% |
(17/59) |
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| Other Professional |
25.4% |
(15/59) |
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| Non-Professional |
23.7% |
(14/59) |
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| Unknown |
1.7% |
(1/59) |
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| Percent in Judicial Clerkship |
9.0% |
(17/188) |
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| (100% - 17/17 reported category) |
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| Federal |
0% |
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| State |
29% |
(5/17) |
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| Local |
71% |
(12/17) |
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| Percent in Other Government |
14.4% |
(27/188) |
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| (100% - 27/27 reported category) |
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| Federal Other |
25.9% |
(7/27) |
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| State Other |
22.2% |
(6/27) |
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| Local Prosecutor/District Attorney |
29.6% |
(8/27) |
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| Local Other |
22.2% |
(6/27) |
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| Percent in Public Interest |
3.2% |
(6/188) |
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| (100% - 6/6 reported category |
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| Community Education/Organization |
16.7% |
(1/6) |
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| Public Defender |
33.3% |
(2/6) |
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| Other Public Interest |
50.0% |
(3/6) |
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| Percent in Academia |
3.2% |
(6/182) |
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| (100% - 6/6 reported category) |
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| Other Higher Education |
50.0% |
(3/6) |
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| Law School Administration |
33.3% |
(2/6) |
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| Other |
16.7% |
(1/6) |
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| GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION |
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| (89% - 17/192 reported) |
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| Employed in Minnesota |
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81.3% |
(139/171) |
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| Employed out of state |
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18.7% |
(32/171) |
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| States where employed: |
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15 + 2 foreign countries: |
AZ, CA, CO, IA, IL, IN, KY, MN, ND, NM, NV, NY, TX, WA, WI |
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| New England |
0 |
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| Mid-Atlantic |
2 |
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| East North Central |
13 |
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| West North Central |
143 |
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| South Atlantic |
0 |
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| West South Central |
2 |
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| East South Central |
1 |
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| Mountain |
5 |
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| Pacific |
3 |
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| Foreign |
2 |
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| FULL-TIME SALARIES |
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| (38.9% - 61/157 full-time reported) |
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25th |
Median |
75th |
Average |
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| Overall (61/192 31.8% reported) |
$47,000 |
$59,000 |
$74,000 |
$65,716 |
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| Private Sector (39/132 29.5% reported) |
$48,000 |
$70,000 |
$95,000 |
$74,146 |
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| Public Sector (22/56 39.3% reported) |
$44,500 |
$50,000 |
$56,000 |
$50,771 |
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| Bar Required (40/120 33.3% reported) |
$47,000 |
$58,750 |
$82,500 |
$68,265 |
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| JD Preferred (10/28 35.7% reported) |
$47,856 |
$57,500 |
$67,000 |
$56,886 |
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| Other Professional (11/26 42.3% reported) |
$40,000 |
$70,200 |
$75,000 |
$64,473 |
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| Private Practice (22/73 30.1% reported) |
$50,000 |
$70,000 |
$117,500 |
$77,523 |
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| 2-10 atty (8/30 26.7% reported) |
$41,000 |
$46,000 |
$60,000 |
$48,625 |
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| 11-25 atty |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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| 26-50 atty |
* |
$59,500 |
* |
$63,833 |
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| 51-100 atty |
* |
$117,500 |
* |
$111,667 |
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| 101-250 atty |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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| 251-500 atty |
* |
$107,500 |
* |
$105,000 |
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| 501+ atty |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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| Business (17/59 28.8% reported) |
$48,000 |
$70,000 |
$75,000 |
$69,776 |
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| Bar Required (5/12 41.7% reported) |
$47,000 |
$65,000 |
$70,000 |
$74,800 |
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| JD Preferred (5/17 29.4% reported) |
$67,000 |
$67,000 |
$70,000 |
$65,200 |
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| Other Prof. (7/15 46.7% reported) |
$38,000 |
$75,000 |
$92,000 |
$69,457 |
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| Government (10/27 37% reported) |
$47,856 |
$55,500 |
$59,000 |
$54,246 |
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| Public Interest |
* |
$44,500 |
* |
* |
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| Judicial Clerkship (8/17 47.1% reported) |
$45,250 |
$50,000 |
$51,000 |
$49,313 |
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| Job Offer Sources |
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| (65% - 124/192 reported) |
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| Prior Non-Summer Job |
19% |
23/124 |
| Referral by Friend/Relative |
13% |
16/124 |
| Job Posting |
28% |
35/124 |
| Self-Initiated Contact |
16% |
20/124 |
| Fall OCI Interview |
7% |
9/124 |
| Spring OCI |
2% |
2/124 |
| Started Own Practice |
14% |
17/124 |
| Temp Agency |
2% |
2/124 |