Facts & Stats

Class of 2011 Employment Data

EMPLOYMENT STATUS	NUMBER	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM
Employed – Bar Passage Required	108	89	18	0	1
Employed – JD Advantage	20	14	6	0	0
Employed – Professional Position	6	6	0	0	0
Employed – Non-Professional Position	1	1	0	0	0
Employed – Undeterminable *	2	0	0	0	0
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time	3
Unemployed – Start Date Deferred	0
Unemployed – Not Seeking	0
Unemployed – Seeking	9
Employment Status Unknown	9
Total graduates	158

* A graduate in undeterminable category may or may not have a term defined

LAW SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY FUNDED POSITION	NUMBER
Of Employed – Law School/University Funded Short Term	9

EMPLOYMENT TYPE	NUMBER
Law Firms
Solo	7
2 – 10	20
11 – 25	8
26 – 50	4
51 – 100	2
101 – 250	4
251 – 500	5
501 +	10
Unknown	6
Business & industry	26
Government	22
Pub. Int. (inc. Pub. Def.)	8
Federal	4
State & local	6
Other	0
Academia	3
Employer type unknown	2
Total	137

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	STATE	NUMBER
State# – largest employment	North Carolina	60
State# – 2nd largest employment	Virginia	11
State# – 3rd largest employment	New York	8

# employed in foreign countries

Graduate Employment Information (Class of 2010)

Of the 161 members of Class of 2010, 134 reported employment as of February 15, 2011. Of those, 119 took legal jobs that required bar passage, 12 took a job where a law degree was preferred, two took a professional job not in the legal profession and one held a non-legal job. (See chart below.)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS	NUMBER	LONG TERM	SHORT TERM
Employed	134	102	30
Pursuing graduate degree FT	13
Unemployed – not seeking	0
Unemployed – seeking	6
Employment status unknown	8
Total graduates	161

EMPLOYMENT BY LAW SCHOOLS	Number	LONG TERM	SHORT TERM
Of employed – # law school funded	11	0	11

EMPLOYMENT TYPE	NUMBER	LONG TERM	SHORT TERM
Law Firms
Solo	1	1	0
2 – 10	23	23	0
11 – 25	10	10	0
26 – 50	4	4	0
51 – 100	5	5	0
101 – 250	6	5	1
251 – 500	6	5	1
501 +	6	6	0
Unknown	1	1	0
Business & industry	24	8	15
Government	17	12	4
Pub. Int. (inc. Pub. Def.)	13	6	7
Federal	7	7	0
State & local	7	6	1
Academia	4	3	1
Employer type unknown	0
Total	134	102	30

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	STATE	NUMBER
State# – largest employment	North Carolina	68
State# – 2nd largest employment	New York	7
State# – 3rd largest employment	Texas	7

# employed in foreign countries

SALARY INFORMATION

62% of the graduates known to be employed full time in the private sector reported salary data to us. The overall median starting salary for the Class of 2010 for those employed full-time in the private sector (law firms, business, industry, or other private sector) was $84,000. The 75^th percentile salary for graduates employed in full time private sector jobs was $115,000. The 25^th percentile salary for graduates employed full time in private sector jobs was $60,000.

The median starting salary for the Class of 2010 for those employed full time in public service employment (any branch of government, judicial clerkships, academic posts, or any position with a non-profit advocacy or cause-oriented organization) was $45,000.

For graduates known to be employed, below are the numbers employed in the following geographical regions:

International	1
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)	2
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)	14
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)	5
West North Central IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)	1
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, A, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)	88
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)	7
West South Central (A, LA, OK, TX)	8
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)	4
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)	3
Location unknown	1

Graduates took jobs in 24 states outside of North Carolina. 50.7% were employed in state and 49.3% were employed out of state. Those states are: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.

If you have any questions, about the above information, please feel free to contact Kim Fields, Director of the Office of Career & Professional Development at either fieldskm@wfu.edu or 336-758-5058.

Geographic Distribution (2005-2009)

Key Number of Graduates*
1 – 5
6 – 10
11 – 15
16 – 20
21+
* This information represents where graduates were for their first job after law school