Graduate Placement Statistics

Class of 2010

Response Rate
202 graduates had known employment status out of 202 total graduates, a 100% response rate.

 

2010 Employment by Category

 

Private Practice	41.9%
Academic	7.3%
Business	20.1%
Public Interest	3.9%
Military	2.91%
Other Government	17.3%
Judicial Clerk	5.6%

 

2010 Employment by Geography
Graduates are employed in 22 states with the largest numbers working in the following states:

 

Ohio	62.7%
Washington, D.C.	5.6%
Illinois	4.5%
Michigan	4%
New York	3.4%
Texas	3.4%

 

Other states: AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, KY, MA, MO, NJ, PA, RI, SC, TN, UT, VA, WV, Asia/South Pacific

2010 Salary Information
Salary information was reported by 43.56% of the 2010 graduates. Salaries vary widely within the private and public sectors. Examples of some salary ranges for our recent graduates are as follows:

• Median salaries for law firms ranged from $51,000 for firms between 2-10 attorneys (24 graduates reporting) to $160,000 for firms with over 500 (14 graduates reporting).
• Median salaries in the public sector ranged from $42,000 for local government (9 graduates reporting) to $60,000 for federal government (24 graduates reporting).
• All salaries reported ranged from $53,250 in the 25th percentile to $115,000 in the 75th percentile.

For additional information on salary statistics nationally for beginning attorneys, visit http://www.nalp.org/classof2010.