Employment Report and Salary Survey
For Graduates during the Academic Year 2007-2008
Includes December 2007, May 2008 and August 2008 Graduates
Performance in the Job Market
Summary
- What percentage of the class is employed? Over 96% (120 employed of 124 known to be seeking employment.)
- What was the average starting salary for those employed in the private sector? $64,364.
- When were the positions found? Approximately 68% received their job offers before graduation.
Types of Employment
| Private Law Firms | 66 | (53.2%) | |
| Solo Practice | 3 | ||
| 2-10 Attorneys | 33 | ||
| 11-50 Attorneys | 19 | ||
| 51-100 Attorneys | 2 | ||
| Over 100 | 9 | ||
| Judicial Clerkships | 6 | (4.8%) | |
| Government/Public Service | 21 | (16.9%) | |
| Military | 0 | ( 0.0%) | |
| Academic | 4 |
( 3.2%) | |
| Business & Industry | 19 | (15.3%) | |
Timing of Job Offers
116 reporting
| Offer received BEFORE graduation | 79 | (68.1%) |
| Offer received AFTER graduation but BEFORE bar exam results | 18 | (15.5%) |
| Offer received AFTER bar exam results were published | 19 | (16.3%) |
Initial Salaries
| High | Mean | Lower Quartile | |
| Private | $103,000 |
$64,364 |
$48,000 |
| Public |
$57,000 |
$40,260 |
$37,000 |
Employment, Fulbright & LLM Locations
Approximately 4/5 in Kentucky: 93 of 114
| Alaska | Kentucky | Colorado |
| California | New Jersey |
Tennessee |
| Delaware | Pennsylvania |
Ohio |
| Florida | Iowa |
Indiana |
| Georgia | North Carolina |
Illinois |
| Non-U.S. locations |
Note: The information for this report is compiled in the February following the year of graduation.