Number of Graduates
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
0 Grads Reporting FT/PT Status: 34,902
Grads Employed: 36,043
Grads with Known Employment Status: 41,156
30,000
Grads Enrolled FT in Adv. Degree Program: 1,214
Grads Unemployed but Not Seeking Work: 1,330
Grads with Unknown Employment Status: 1,698
Grads Unemployed and Seeking Work: 2,569
5,000 Grads Reported to NALP: 42,854
CHART A: NALP 2010 Employment Status
45,000
40,000
35,000
Chart B: NALP Unemployment Rate vs. National Unemployment Rate 2001-2010 40,000
12.0% 37,123
36,465
36,497
36,046
36,043
35,112 35,000 32,759 31,812
31,405
31,164
9.3%
9.6%
10.0%
30,000
8.0%
6.1% 20,000 5.3%
6.2%
6.0% 5.8%
5.5%
5.8%
5.1%
6.0%
5.4% 4.6%
15,000
6.0%
4.7% 4.0%
4.6% 4.0%
4.1% 3.5% 3.1%
10,000
2.7% 2.0% 5,000 1,821
2,154
1,419
1,301
1,197
1,104
1,670
2,172
2,430
2,569
0.0%
0 2001 Grads Employed
2002
2003
2004
Grads Not Employed, Seeking a Job
2005
2006
2007
% Grads Not Employed, Seeking a Job
2008
2009
2010
U.S. National Unemployment Rate
% Unemployed
# of Graduates
25,000
CHART C: NALP Employment by Job Category % of Total Employed 2001-2010 100% 95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2001
2002
Bar Passage Required
2003
JD Preferred
2004
2005
Other Professional
2006
2007
Non-Professional
2008
2009
2010
Employed, Job Details Unknown
CHART D: NALP Bar Passage Required Full-Time & Part-Time Positions 2007-2010* 30,000
793 29,978
1,149 28,890
26,625
25,000
Grads with Known Employment Status
1,845 1,958 25,654
Part-Time
20,000 Full-Time
15,000
10,000
5,000
0 2007
2008
2009
2010
*NALP did not report FT/PT figures in Jobs & JDs until 2007. Employed in Bar Pass Required position but unknown FT or PT for each year: 2007 (315), 2008 (295), 2009 (431), 2010 (555).
CHART E: NALP 2007-2010 Grads Employed in Professional Positions, % Full-Time and Part-Time 100%
2.6% 97.4%
13.5% 11.9% 4.0% 96.0%
3.8%
20.8% 14.0% 5.9%
96.2%
94.1%
90%
6.5% 27.6% 17.2% 9.4%
7.1%
93.5%
92.9%
90.6%
86.5%
88.1%
24.1% 16.7% 9.8%
90.2%
86.0% 83.3%
82.8%
80%
79.2% 75.9% 70%
72.4%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% 2007
BP Required PT
2008
JD Preferred PT
2009
Other Professional
2010
Combined Professional PT
CHART F: NALP % Graduates Not Employed and Seeking a Job vs. National Unemployment Rate 2001-2010 10.0% 9.5%
9.6%
9.3%
9.0% 8.5% 8.0% 7.5% 7.0% 6.5%
6.1%
5.0%
5.1%
5.3%
6.2%
5.8%
5.5%
5.8%
5.5%
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
4.7%
5.4% 4.6%
4.6%
NALP Mean 4.6%
4.5%
4.1%
4.0%
4.0%
3.5%
3.5%
3.0%
3.1% 2.7%
2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
% Not Employed and Seeking a Job
2006
2007
2008
2009
U.S. Unemployment Rate
2010
34,853
36,043
34,858
36,046
35,613
36,497
36,267
35,524
36,465
34,062
35,112 31,669
32,759
30,747
31,812
30,442
31,405
30,250
35,000
31,164
40,000
37,123
CHART G: NALP 2001-2010 # Employed Graduates, Professionally Employed Graduates, and Grads Unemployed & Seeking Work
25,000
20,000
15,000
2,569
2,430
2,172
1,670
1,104
1,197
1,301
1,419
5,000
2,154
10,000
1,821
Number of Graduates
30,000
0 2001
2002
All Employed Grads
2003
2004
2005
2006
Employed in Professional Positions
2007
2008
2009
Unemployed and Seeking Work
2010
CHART H: NALP Reported Graduates 2001-2010 # Employed, # Not Employed and Seeking a Job, # Enrolled FT in Advanced Degree Program 45,000
40,916 40,000
38,584 36,225
35,000
34,603
Number of Graduates
30,000
31,164
36,943 35,295 31,405
39,169
37,279 35,787
31,812
36,838
41,565 40,186 36,465
41,707 40,416 37,123
41,951
42,330
42,854 41,156
40,582 36,497
35,112
40,833
36,046
# Grads Reported to NALP
36,043 # Grads with Known Employment Status
32,759
25,000
# Employed
20,000
# Unemployed and Seeking a Job
15,000
10,000
5,000
1,821 0
837 2001
2,154 870 2002
1,419 964 2003
1,301 911 2004
1,197 860 2005
1,104 889 2006
1,670 931 2007
2,172 977 2008
2,430 1,247 2009
2,569 1,214 2010
# Enrolled FT in Advanced Degree Program
Chart J: NALP % Not Working 1975-2010 (includes job seekers and non-seekers) 16 15 14 13 12 11
Percent Not Working
10 9
Mean: 9.4%
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Source: Longstanding Employment Patterns for Law School Graduates Interrupted, NALP Bulletin July 2011
100
CHART I: NALP 36-Year Employment Data % Employed for 1975 to 2010 Graduates
98
96
Percent Employed
94
92
90 Mean: 89.1% 88
86
84
82
80
Source: Longstanding Employment Patterns for Law School Graduates Interrupted, NALP Bulletin July 2011