Employment Report and Salary Survey

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For Graduates during the Academic Year 2006-2007
Includes December 2006, May 2007 and August 2007 Graduates

Performance in the Job Market

Summary

  • What percentage of the class is employed? Over 96% (124 employed of 128 known to be seeking employment.)
  • What was the median starting salary for those employed in the private sector? $80,000.
  • When were the positions found? Approximately 55% received their job offers before graduation.

Types of Employment

Private Law Firms 65 (52.4%)
  Solo Practice 3  
  2-10 Attorneys 30  
  11-50 Attorneys 16  
  51-100 Attorneys 1  
  Over 100 15  
  Judicial Clerkships 6 (4.8%)
Government/Public Service 30 (24.3%)
Military 1 ( 0.8%)
Academic 2 ( 1.6%)
Business & Industry 20 (16.1%)

Timing of Job Offers

124 employed

Offer received BEFORE graduation 68 (54.8%)
Offer received AFTER graduation but BEFORE bar exam results 29 (23.4%)
Offer received AFTER bar exam results were published 27 (21.8%)

Initial Salary Levels

Almost 60% responded: 74 of 124

  High Median Low
Private Sector
(45 of 85 reporting)
$140,000 $80,000 $24,000
Public Sector
(29 of 39 reporting)
$57,000 $37,500 $27,000

Employment, Fulbright & LLM Locations

Approximately 2/3 in Kentucky: 85 of 124

Alaska Kentucky South Carolina
California Maryland Tennessee
Delaware Michigan Texas
Florida Missouri Utah
Georgia Nevada Virginia
Illinois New York Washington
Indiana Ohio Washington D.C.
  Slovakia Wyoming
     

Data Source Summary

Total # of Graduates: 131
Total # of Respondents: 130
# Employed: 124
# Not seeking work 2
# Seeking work or studying for the bar: 4
# Employment status unknown: 1

Note: The information for this report is compiled in the February following the year of graduation.