Placement Data for School of Law Graduates

By February 2009, all 276 members of the Class of 2008 reported their employment status to the Office of Career Services.  The following data was compiled from the graduates’ responses:

  • Placement Rate: 96 percent nine months after graduation
  • Median starting salary for year 2008 graduates employed full-time in the private sector: $147,500
  • Seventy-fifth percentile salary for year 2008 graduates employed full-time in private sector jobs: $160,000
  • Twenty-fifth percentile salary for year 2008 graduates employed full-time in private sector jobs: $70,000


Types of Employment
For graduates known to be employed, the percentages employed in such areas are:

  • Law Firms: 58.1%
  • Government: 16.6%
  • Military: 0.0%
  • Business and Industry: 14.9%
  • Judicial Clerkships: 4.1%
  • Public Interest: 3.3%
  • Academic: 2.9%


Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firms:

  • Self Employed: .7%
  • Two to 10 Attorneys: 29.9%
  • 11 to 25 Attorneys: 9.5%
  • 26 to 50 Attorneys: 11.0%
  • 51 to 100 Attorneys: 8.8%
  • 101 to 250 Attorneys: 8.0%
  • 251 to 500 Attorneys: 6.6%
  • 501+ Attorneys: 25.6%