Class of 2012 Graduate Statistics

Although statistics do not tell the full story, we know many prospective students are anxious to know if they will be able to find employment upon graduation from law school.

2012

2011

2010

Please see the complete NALP and ABA Reports, attached as PDFs above, for complete details on employment hires. The charts below are intended as an overview of Willamette University College of Law employment statistics only.

Class Employment Status Comparisons

	2011		2010
BASIC CLASS STATISTICS	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Class Size	129		135
Status Known	129	100%	133	98.5%
Status Unknown	0		2	1.48%
Employed	98	75.97%	113	84.9%
Unemployed-Seeking Work	11	11.2%	2	1.50%
Not Seeking Work **	16	16.3%	16	12.03%
Pursuing Degree Full-time	4	4.1%	2	1.50%

	2011				2010
TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT *	Type Reported	% of Employed	Full Time/ Long Term	% FT/LT	Type Reported	% of Employed	Full Time/ Long Term	% FT/LT
Total Reported Employment	98		73	74.48%	113		93	82.3%
Bar Passage Required	74	75.50%	61	82.43%	86	76.10%	39	45.34%
JD Advantage/Preferred	5	5.10%	2	40.00%	10	8.84%	8	80.00%
Professional Position	8	8.16%	5	62.50%	10	8.84%	4	40.00%
Non-Professional	11	11.22%	5	45.45%	7	6.19%	0

	2011		2010
LAW SCHOOL FUNDED *	Funded Number	%	Funded Number	%
Total Law School Funded	7		4
Total Term Known	7	100%	4	100%
Full Time, Long Term	0		1	25.00%
Full Time, Short Term	0
Part Time, Long Term	0
Part Time, Short Term	7	100.00%	3	75.00%

Class Terms of Hire Comparisons ***

2011
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	Term Reported	Full Time/ Long Term	%	Full Time/ Short Term	%	Part Time/ Long Term	%	Part Time/ Short Term	%
Total Reported	98	73	74.48%	5	5.10%	5	5.10%	15	1.02%
Academic Employment	1							1	100%
Business & Industry	17	11	64.70%	2	11.76%	2	11.76%	2	11.76%
Government	15	10	66.66%	2	13.33%	1	6.66%	2	13.33%
Judicial Clerk	4	4	100.00%
Private Practice	55	42	76.36%	1	1.81%	2	3.63%	10	18.18%
Solo	14	14
2-10	29	20	68.96%			1	3.44%	8	27.58%
11-25	6	6	100.00%
26-50	1	1	100.00%
51-100	0
101-250	1	1	100.00%
Firm Size Unknown	4	0		1	25.00%	1	25.00%	2	50.00%
Public Interest	6	6	100.00%
Employer Type Unknown	0

2010
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	Term Reported	Long Term	%	Short Term	%
Total Reported	113	93	82.30%	20	17.69%
Academic Employment	2	1	50.00%	1	50.00%
Business & Industry	17	11	64.70%	6	35.29%
Government	12	12	100.00%
Judicial Clerk	5	5	100.00%
Private Practice	73	61	83.56%	12	16.43%
Solo	15	15	100.00%
2-10	41	35	85.36%	6	14.63%
11-25	4	4	100.00%
26-50	3	3	100.00%
51-100	1	1	100.00%
101-250	1	1	100.00%
Firm Size Unknown	8	2	25.00%	6	75.00%
Public Interest	4	3	75.00%	1	25.00%
Employer Type Unknown	0

* Data for long term and short terms hires was not collected in 2010 by the ABA or NALP and is not available on the 2010 ABA and NALP PDF reports.

** Reasons for graduates not seeking work include health, stay-at-home parents, studying for a bar exam or taking a gap year before looking for employment.

*** The numbers above for the Class Terms of Hire Comparisons are from the ABA 2010 and 2011 Annual Reports. The numbers for the Class Salary Comparisons are from the NALP 2010 and 2011 Annual Reports. Although both organizations are given the same raw data, each processes the information differently resulting in different emphases on data reported and in some cases, different numbers.

Class Employment Reported by State

2011
Alaska	4	4%
California	2	2%
Colorado	2	2%
Idaho	3	3%
Montana	2	2%
Nevada	2	2%
Oregon	68	69%
Washington	12	12%
All Other	3	3%
Illinois	1
Minnesota	1
Pennsylvania	1

2011 Graph

2010
California	5	5%
Hawaii	2	2%
Oregon	73	68%
Texas	4	4%
Utah	3	3%
Washington	12	11%
All Other	6	7%
Alaska	1
Arizona	1
Idaho	1
Nevada	1
North Carolina	1
Wisconsin	1