School of Law Class of 2018 Summary Report

School of Law Class of 2018 Summary Report

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Note: Categories with no graduates reported are not shown. A minimum of five salaries is required for each salary analysis. Employment by sector does not include graduates for whom employer type was not reported.

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Gender

Gender Reported

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Women

89

53.6

40

61,500

80,000

100,000

90,825

Men

77

46.4

23

79,000

95,000

110,000

102,601

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Race

Race Reported

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Minority

93

57.1

36

58,500

80,000

107,500

91,719

Non-minority

70

42.9

29

66,000

80,000

105,000

97,929

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Gender and Race

Gender & Race Reported

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Minority Women

57

35.6

25

55,000

70,000

90,000

90,384

Minority Men

34

21.3

10

80,000

102,500

110,000

95,829

Non-minority Women

31

19.4

15

65,000

80,000

100,000

91,560

Non-minority Men

38

23.8

13

79,000

90,000

110,000

107,810

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Employment Status

Employment Status Known

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Bar Passage Required/Anticipated

54

33.5

43

65,000

110,000

110,000

96,265

JD Advantage

49

30.4

19

61,000

105,000

105,000

91,257

Other Professional

5

3.1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Continuing Studies Full-time

3

1.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Not Employed-Seeking

48

29.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Not Employed-Not Seeking

2

1.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Total Employed or Continuing Studies Full-Time

Total Employed of Continuing Studies Full-time

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Continuing Studies Full-time

3

1.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Employed

108

67.1

65

65,000

80,000

105,000

94,490

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Employment by Sector

Employment by Sector

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Private Sector

80

74.1

48

70,000

82,000

107,500

101,363

Public Sector

28

25.9

17

55,000

65,000

85,000

75,084

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Full-Time/Part-Time Jobs

Full-time/Part-time Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Bar Passage Req/Anticipated-Full-time

50

46.3

43

65,000

80,000

110,000

96,265

Bar Passage Req/Anticipated-Part-time

4

3.7

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

JD Advantage-Full-time

35

32.4

19

61,000

80,000

105,000

91,257

JD Advantage-Part-time

14

13.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Other Professional-Full-time

3

4.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Employment Categories

Employment Categories

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Business

18

16.7

9

80,000

88,000

105,000

106,667

Judicial Clerk

2

1.9

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

Private Practice

62

57.4

39

68,000

80,000

110,000

100,138

Government

16

14.8

8

63,000

94,268

119,000

91,479

Public Interest

10

9.3

8

51,000

55,000

73,500

61,825

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Business Jobs

Business Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Bar Passage Required/Anticipated

1

5.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

JD Advantage

14

77.8

7

80,000

88,000

105,000

110,000

Other Professional

3

16.7

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long-Term Salaries - Private Practice Jobs

Private Practice Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Bar Passage Required/Anticipated

41

66.1

33

75,000

85,000

110,000

104,133

JD Advantage

21

33.9

6

45,000

67,000

80,000

78,167

 

Government Jobs Reported

Government Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Bar Passage Required/Anticipated

4

25

JD Advantage

10

62.5

Other Professional

2

12.5

 

Judicial Clerkships Reported

Judicial Clerkships

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

State

2

100

 

Full-Time Long Term Salaries - Public Interest Jobs

Public Interest Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Bar Passage Required/Anticipated

6

60

6

52,000

55,000

65,000

60,000

JD Advantage

4

40

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A 

N/A 

 

Full-Time Long-Term Salaries - Size of Firm (by Number of Attorneys)

Size of Firm (by # of Attorney)

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

1-10

33

53.2

17

62,000

68,000

76,000

66,259

11-25

7

11.3

6

80,000

82,000

100,000

85,333

26-50

3

4.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

51-100

4

6.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

101-250

3

4.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

251-500

1

1.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

501+

10

16.1

9

180,000

180,000

190,000

165,556

Unknown Size

1

1.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long-Term Salaries - Type of Law Firm Job

Type of Law Firm Job

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

Associate

37

60.7

31

75,000

90,000

110,000

106,387

Law Clerk

19

31.1

7

45,000

66,000

80,000

75,914

Paralegal

2

3.3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Other Non-attorney Position

3

4.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long-Term Salaries - Jobs Taken by Region

Jobs Taken by Region

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

New England

1

0.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Mid-Atlantic

1

0.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

South Atlantic

1

0.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Mountain

1

0.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Pacific

101

94.4

61

68,000

80,000

108,536

96,981

US Territories

2

1.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Full-Time Long-Term Salaries - Location of Jobs

Location of Jobs

Number Reported

Percentage of Reported

Number with Salary

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Mean

In-State

101

94.4

61

68,000

80,000

108,536

96,981

Out of State

6

5.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Number of States and Territories w/Employed Grads: 7

 

Source of Reported Jobs

Source of Job

Number Reported

% of Reported

Fall OCI

7

7.6

Job fair/consortia

1

1.1

Job posting in CSO

8

8.7

Job posted online or in print

10

10.9

Return to prior job

7

7.6

Referral

27

29.3

Start own practice of business

1

1.1

Self-initiated/letter

15

16.3

Temp agency

3

3.3

Other

13

14.1

Subtotal

92

100

 

Timing of Job Offers Reported

Timing of Job Offer

Number Reported

% of Reported

Before graduation

45

44.6

After graduation

56

55.4

Subtotal

101

100

 

Search Status of Employed Graduates Reported

Search Status of Employed Grads

Number Reported

% of Reported

Seeking a different job

25

26

Not seeking a different job

71

74

Subtotal

96

100

Note: Figures are based on jobs for which the item was reported, and thus may not add to the total number of jobs.

Timing of job offer figures exclude any graduates starting their own practice.

Tables prepared by NALP, August 2019
NALP Summary Report data may vary slightly from the school-specific data published by the ABA because of definitional differences between the two organizations and because NALP's quality control process can result in changes which may not be reflected in ABA data. For more on this, see www.nalp.org/erssinfo.