Class of 2011 Employment Statistics
(as of February 15, 2012)
2011 Employment Statistics (PDF).
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| |
Number |
Percentage |
| Graduates in class |
205 |
|
| Graduates for whom status was known |
203 |
99% |
| Graduates for whom status was unknown |
2 |
1% |
| Graduates Employed |
180 |
87.8% |
| Graduates Not Seeking |
9 |
4.4% |
| Graduates in FT Advanced Degree Program |
5 |
2.4% |
| Graduates Unemployed and Seeking |
9 |
4.4% |
Those known to be seeking who found employment: 95.2% (180/189)
| Type of Work |
|
|
| (179/180 = 99.4% Reported) |
|
|
| Bar Required/Anticipated Overall |
64.8 |
(116/179) |
| Bar Required/Anticipated, Full-Time |
89.7 |
(104/116) |
| Bar Required/Anticipated, Part-Time |
6.9 |
(8/116) |
| Bar Required/Anticipated, Unknown |
3.4 |
(4/116) |
| JD Advantage Overall |
24.6 |
(44/179) |
| JD Advantage, Full-Time |
93.2 |
(41/44) |
| JD Advantage, Part-Time |
4.5 |
(2/44) |
| JD Advantage, Unknown |
2.3 |
(1/44) |
| Professional Other Overall |
6.1 |
(11/179) |
| Professional Other, Full-Time |
63.6 |
(7/11) |
| Professional Other, Part-Time |
27.3 |
(3/11) |
| Professional Other, Unknown |
9.1 |
(1/11) |
| Nonprofessional Overall |
4.5 |
(8/179) |
| Nonprofessional, Full-Time |
25.0 |
(2/8) |
| Nonprofessional, Part-Time |
75.0 |
(6/8) |
| Employment Status from Employer View |
|
|
| (178/180 = 98.9% Reported) |
|
|
| Permanent (even if still seeking) |
97.2 |
(173/178) |
| Temporary (duration is set at less than one year) |
2.8 |
(5/178) |
| Employment Status from Graduate View |
|
|
| (167/180 = 92.8% reported) |
|
|
| Still Seeking |
31.1 |
(52/167) |
| Not Seeking |
68.9 |
(115/167) |
| Employment Sector |
|
|
| (180/180 = 100% Reported) |
|
|
| Percent in Private Practice |
38.9 |
(70/180) |
| Solo |
4.3 |
(3/70) |
| 2-10 attorneys |
78.6 |
(55/70) |
| 11-25 attorneys |
5.7 |
(4/70) |
| 26-50 attorneys |
2.9 |
(2/70) |
| 51-100 attorneys |
4.3 |
(3/70) |
| 101-250 attorneys |
1.4 |
(1/70) |
| 251-500 attorneys |
2.9 |
(2/70) |
| |
|
|
| Attorney |
85.7 |
(60/70) |
| Law Clerk |
10.0 |
(7/70) |
| Administrator |
1.4 |
(1/70) |
| Paralegal |
1.4 |
(1/70) |
| Unknown |
1.4 |
(1/70) |
| Percent in Business |
36.1 |
(65/180) |
| Banking/Financial |
15.4 |
(10/65) |
| Legal Temporary |
10.8 |
(7/65) |
| Publishing House |
9.2 |
(6/65) |
| Insurance |
9.2 |
(6/65) |
| Technology/e-commerce |
7.7 |
(5/65) |
| Management |
6.2 |
(4/65) |
| Trade Ass'n/Political Campaign |
3.1 |
(2/65) |
| Other Business |
38.5 |
(25/65) |
| |
|
|
| Bar Passage Required |
27.7 |
(18/65) |
| JD Advantage |
49.2 |
(32/65) |
| Other Professional |
10.8 |
(7/65) |
| Nonprofessional |
10.8 |
(7/65) |
| Unknown |
1.5 |
(1/65) |
| Percent in Judicial Clerkships |
8.3 |
(15/180) |
| Federal |
6.7 |
(1/15) |
| State |
6.7 |
(1/15) |
| Local |
86.7 |
(13/15) |
| Percent in Other Government |
10.0 |
(18/180) |
| Federal |
11.1 |
(2/18) |
| State |
44.4 |
(8/18) |
| Local |
44.4 |
(8/18) |
| |
|
|
| Military |
22.2 |
(4/18) |
| Percent in Public Interest |
4.4 |
(8/180) |
| Public Defender |
37.5 |
(3/8) |
| Civil Legal Services |
25.0 |
(2/8) |
| Community Ed. & Org. |
25.0 |
(2/8) |
| Other |
12.5 |
(1/8) |
| Percent in Academia |
2.2 |
(4/180) |
|
| Law School |
25.0 |
(1/4) |
|
| College or University |
50.0 |
(2/4) |
|
| Elementary |
25.0 |
(1/4) |
(Number of Hamline-funded fellowships = 0) |
| Geographic Location |
|
|
| Employed in MN |
74.4 |
(134/180) |
| Employed out of state |
24.4 |
(44/180) |
| Unknown |
1.1 |
(2/180) |
| States where employed |
19 + 1 foreign country
|
AZ, CA, FL, GA (2), IL, KS, MA, MN (134), NM, NY (3), NC,
ND (3), OR, SD, UT (2), VA, WA (4), WI (17), WY, China |
| Full-Time Salaries |
|
|
|
|
| |
25th |
Median |
75th |
Average |
| Overall (98/180 54.4% reported) |
43,000 |
50,000 |
57,500 |
55,592 |
| Private Sector (71/135 52.6% reported) |
45,000 |
50,000 |
62,000 |
59,452 |
| Public Sector (27/45 60% reported) |
42,000 |
44,033 |
50,000 |
45,439 |
| Bar Required (63/116 54.3% reported) |
41,600 |
48,000 |
55,500 |
51,166 |
| JD Advantage (28/44 63.6% reported) |
47,250 |
52,788 |
62,000 |
66,196 |
| Other Professional (6/11 54.5% reported) |
46,000 |
50,000 |
70,000 |
57,833 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Private Practice (37/70 52.9% reported) |
40,000 |
50,000 |
60,000 |
51,800 |
| 2-10 Attorney (28/55 50.9% reported) |
38,750 |
50,000 |
55,000 |
47,254 |
| Other categories |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Business (34/65 52.3% reported) |
48,400 |
56,000 |
70,000 |
67,780 |
| Bar Passage Required (9/18 50% reported) |
45,000 |
48,400 |
80,000 |
58,489 |
| JD Advantage (20/32 62.5% reported) |
50,000 |
57,250 |
69,000 |
74,806 |
| Other Professional |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Nonprofessional |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Government (9/18 50% reported) |
43,000 |
47,000 |
48,000 |
46,786 |
| Public Interest |
* |
45,000 |
* |
40,613 |
| Judicial Clerkship (12/15 80% reported) |
42,500 |
44,000 |
44,517 |
45,336 |
| Academic |
* |
* |
* |
49,650 |
* = not enough salaries to report
while maintaining anonymity |
|
|
|
|
| Source of Job |
|
|
| (148/180 = 82.2% reported) |
|
|
| Referral |
23.0 |
(34/148) |
| Returned to/continued with pre-law-school employer |
18.9 |
(28/148) |
| Responded to posting in Career Services |
15.5 |
(23/148) |
| Self-initiated contact, networking |
14.9 |
(22/148) |
| Responded to posting on commercial site |
9.5 |
(14/148) |
| Temporary Agency |
4.1 |
(6/148) |
| Started Own Business |
3.4 |
(5/148) |
| On-Campus Interview; Recruiting |
2.0 |
(3/148) |
| Job Fair or Consortia |
2.0 |
(3/148) |
| Other |
6.8 |
(10/148) |
If a student receives an offer from an employer for whom s/he worked during school, the student is asked to report how s/he initially made contact with that employer.