Employment Statistics

2012 ABA Employment Summary

Employment Summary for 2011 Graduates

The following information reflects the Class of 2011′s employment status as of February 15, 2012 as reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) and National Association for Law Placement (NALP).

Class of 2011 Employment Status Full Time
Long Term		 Full Time
Short Term		 Part Time
Long Term		 Part Time
Short Term
 Number
Employed-Bar Passage Required 76 7  1  1 85
Employed-JD Advantage  13 6 0  4  23
Employed-Professional Position 6  0  0  1 7
Employed-Non-Professional Position 3  0  2  3 8
Employed-Undeterminable*  0  0  0  0 2
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time  9
Unemployed-Start Date Deferred  0
Unemployed-Not Seeking  5
Unemployed-Seeking 32
Employment Status Unknown 10
Total Graduates  181
* A graduate in undeterminable category may or may not have a term defined.
 Law School/University Funded Position  Full Time
Long Term		  Full Time
Short Term		  Part Time
Long Term		  Part Time
Short Term		  Number
 Of Employed-Law School/University Funded Short Term  0  0  0  0  0
 Employment Type  Full Time
Long Term		  Full Time
Short Term		  Part Time
Long Term		  Part Time
Short Term		  Number
Law Firms
     Solo  5  0  0  0 5
     2-10  45  1  0  2  49
     11-25 6  0  0  0 6
     26-50  1 0  0  0  1
     51-100  1 0  0  0  1
     101-250  2  0  0  0  2
     251-500  1  0  0  0  1
     501+  0  0 0  0  0
     Unknown  0  0  0  0  1
Business & industry 17  5  2  5 29
Government  11  2  0  2  15
Public Interest (including Public Defenders)  2  0 0 0 2
 Clerkships-Federal  1  1  0  0  2
 Clerkships-State & local  4 3 1  0  8
 Clerkships-Other  1  0  0  0  1
 Academia  1  1  0  0  2
 Employer type unknown  0  0  0  0  0
Total 98 13 3  9  125

 

Employment Location                                                                                               State Number
State#–largest employment Indiana 49
State#-second largest employment Illinois 36
State#-third largest employment Wisconsin 6
# employed in foreign countries 0

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