Three-Year Employment Summary

ABA Employment Summary for Vanderbilt 2012 Graduates

ABA Employment Summary for Vanderbilt 2011 Graduates

ABA Employment Summary for Vanderbilt 2010 Graduates

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Employment Summary Prior to 2011

 

Recent Graduate Employment Summaries, Nine Months After Graduation

 

Vanderbilt University Law School Employment 9 Months after Graduation
  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010
Total Graduates 196 198 202
Employed 182 189 185
Bar Passage Required 171 178 169
JD Preferred 8 5 13
Other Professional 1 3 2
Non-Professional 1 2 1
Unknown 1 1 0
Pursuing Graduate Degree 4 5 10
Unemployed - start date deferred 1 0 --
Unemployed - not seeking 1 0 5
Unemployed - seeking 5 1 3
Employment status unknown 3 3 3
       
       
       
Employment Types
  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010
Law Firms      
Solo 1 1 0
2-10 14 12 10
11-25 8 10 10
26-50 9 3 6
51-100 5 4 8
101-250 13 11 13
251-500 8 20 14
500+ 35 29 33
unknown 3 0 1
Business and Industry 13 18 12
Government 26 22 27
Public Interest 13 25 16
Clerkship      
Federal 23 21 25
State and Local 9 8 9
Other 0 1 1
Academia 0 3 1
Other/unknown 2 1 0
       
       
       
Geographic Destinations of Vanderbilt Law School Graduates (9 Months Out)
  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 2.25% 2.0% 1.6%
Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 18.25% 10.0% 12.1%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 7.5% 9.0% 8.2%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, ND) 1.0% 3.0% 3.8%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 23.0% 29.0% 29.1%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 26.5% 28.0% 24.7%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 7.5% 8.0% 6.6%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 3.5% 4.0% 3.3%
Pacific (AK, CA, WA, HI, OR) 8.5% 6.0% 8.8%
Foreign 2.0% 1.0% 1.6%
       
       
       
Most Popular Employment Locations
  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010
Tennessee 23.0% 21.7% 19.0%
New York 14.3% 9.0% 10.2%
Washington, DC 7.1% 9.0% 9.7%
Georgia 8.8% 6.3% 4.3%
Texas 5.5% 6.3% 3.2%
       
       
       
Full-time Salaries of Employed Graduates
  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010
Total Employed Graduates 182 189 185
Judicial Clerk , salaries reported 61.3% (19 of 31 responded) 73.3% (22 of 30 responded) 52.9% (18 of 34 responded)
75th Percentile $57,699 $59,500 $52,000
Median $57,000 $56,000 $55,000
25th Percentile $50,000 $50,000 $60,000
Mean $54,889 $54,109 $54,803
Private Practice, salaries reported 88.5% (85 of 96 responded) 78.8% (71 of 90 responded) 78.7% 74 of 94 responded)
75th Percentile $160,000 $160,000 $160,000
Median $130,000 $125,000 $137,500
25th Percentile $100,000 $105,000 $109,000
Mean $123,947 $127,553 $130,451
Government, salaries reported 41.6% (10 of 24 responded) fewer than 5 rptd. 40.7% (11 of 27 responded)
75th Percentile $68,000 fewer than 5 rptd. $50,000
Median $57,950 fewer than 5 rptd. $62,000
25th Percentile $48,000 fewer than 5 rptd. $70,000
Mean $59,972 fewer than 5 rptd. $59,791
Public Interest fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd.
75th Percentile fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd.
Median fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd.
25th Percentile fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd.
Mean fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd. fewer than 5 rptd.
 
       
       
       
Public Servic Initiative Law School Funded Part-time Positions (% of all employed)
       
Class of 2012 13.7%
Class of 2011 15.6%
Class of 2010 12.4%

 

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