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Recent Statistics

Our Employers*

 

[•] Private Practice
[•] Business and Industry
[•] Government
[•] Public Interest
[•] Judicial Clerkships
[•] Academia
[•] Graduate Studies

53.1%
22.9%
12.6%
6.3%
3.4%
1.2%
0.60%

Bar Passage Rate

* based on 2012 graduates' self-reported data (175 reports)

Available Salary Data

Employment Type Mean 25th percentile 75th percentile Top Percent reporting* Number reporting**
Judicial clerkships $57,500 $53,750 $60,000 $60000 100%  6
Government $52,299 $39,545 $61,250 $91,000 66.67%  14
Public Interest $49,910 $40,000 $52,450  $85,000 90.91%  11
Academic $60,000   $60,000  50% 
Business and Industry $71,083 $56,570 $75,000 $140,000 22.99% 19

 

Private Practice Mean 25th percentile 75th percentile Top Percent reporting* Number reporting**
2 to 10 attorneys $56,503 $50,000 $65,000 $104,000 64.58% 31 
11 to 25 attorneys $63,955 $56,000 $70,000 $80,000 84.62% 11 
26 to 50 attorneys $115,000 $115,000 50% 1
51 to 100 attorneys $89,000 $105,000 100%
101 to 250 attorneys $116,667
$140,000 75%
251 to 500 attorneys $132,500 $135,000 100%  2
501 or more attorneys $100,833 $50,000 $135,000 $150,000 92.31%  12

* Percent reporting denotes the percentage of surveyed graduates in each category who reported salary data.
**Number reporting denotes the number of surveyed graduates in each category who reported salary data.

 

Placements*

 

[•]J.D. Required
[•] J.D. Advantage
[•] Unemployed seeking
[•] Professional
[•] Unemployed not seeking
[•] Graduate studies
[•] Nonprofessional

68.9%
13.1%
10.6%
5.0%
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%

* based on 2012 graduates' self-reported data (175 reports)

Geographic Distribution

  • Mid-Atlantic: 2.3%
  • South Atlantic: 95.4%
  • East South Central: 1.2%
  • West South Central: 0.6%
  • Pacific: 0.6%