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31,164 31,405 31,81232,759

35,112

36,46537,123

36,497 36,046 36,043

1,821 2,1541,419 1,301 1,197 1,104

1,670 2,172 2,430 2,569

5.3%

6.1%

4.0%

3.5%

3.1%

2.7%

4.1%

5.4%

6.0%

6.2%

4.7%

5.8%

6.0%

5.5%

5.1%

4.6% 4.6%

5.8%

9.3%9.6%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

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40,000

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% U

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2001-2010

Grads Employed Grads Not Employed, Seeking a Job % Grads Not Employed, Seeking a Job U.S. National Unemployment Rate

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

55%

60%

65%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

CHART C: NALP Employment by Job Category% of Total Employed

2001-2010

Bar Passage Required JD Preferred Other Professional Non-Professional Employed, Job Details Unknown

29,97828,890

26,62525,654

7931,149

1,8451,958

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10,000

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20,000

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2007 2008 2009 2010

Gra

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CHART D: NALP Bar Passage RequiredFull-Time & Part-Time Positions 2007-2010*

Part-Time

Full-Time

*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).

97.4% 96.2%93.5% 92.9%

2.6% 3.8%6.5% 7.1%

86.5%

79.2%

72.4%75.9%

13.5% 20.8% 27.6% 24.1%

88.1%86.0%

82.8% 83.3%

11.9% 14.0% 17.2% 16.7%96.0%

94.1%

90.6% 90.2%

4.0% 5.9% 9.4% 9.8%

2007 2008 2009 20100%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

CHART E: NALP 2007-2010 Grads Employed in Professional Positions, % Full-Time and Part-Time

BP Required PT JD Preferred PT Other Professional Combined Professional PT

5.3%

6.1%

4.0%

3.5% 3.1%

2.7%

4.1%

5.4%

6.0% 6.2%

4.7%

5.8%

6.0%

5.5%5.1%

4.6% 4.6%

5.8%

9.3%9.6%

0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

4.0%

4.5%

5.0%

5.5%

6.0%

6.5%

7.0%

7.5%

8.0%

8.5%

9.0%

9.5%

10.0%

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

CHART F: NALP % Graduates Not Employed and Seeking a Job vs. National Unemployment Rate

2001-2010

% Not Employed and Seeking a Job U.S. Unemployment Rate

NALP Mean 4.6%

31,1

64

31,4

05

31,8

12

32,7

59 35,1

12

36,4

65

37,1

23

36,4

97

36,0

46

36,0

43

30,2

50

30,4

42

30,7

47

31,6

69 34,0

62 35,5

24

36,2

67

35,6

13

34,8

58

34,8

53

1,82

1

2,15

4

1,41

9

1,30

1

1,19

7

1,10

4

1,67

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2,17

2

2,43

0

2,56

9

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20,000

25,000

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35,000

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Num

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esCHART G: NALP 2001-2010

# Employed Graduates, Professionally Employed Graduates, and Grads Unemployed & Seeking Work

All Employed Grads Employed in Professional Positions Unemployed and Seeking Work

36,225 36,943 37,27938,584

40,91641,565 41,707

41,951 42,330 42,854

34,60335,295

35,78736,838

39,16940,186 40,416 40,582

40,83341,156

31,164 31,405 31,81232,759

35,11236,465 37,123 36,497 36,046 36,043

1,821 2,1541,419 1,301 1,197 1,104 1,670 2,172 2,430 2,569

837 870 964 911 860 889 931 977 1,247 1,2140

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

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Num

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esCHART H: NALP Reported Graduates 2001-2010

# Employed, # Not Employed and Seeking a Job, # Enrolled FT in Advanced Degree Program

# GradsReported toNALP

# Grads withKnownEmploymentStatus

# Employed

#Unemployedand Seekinga Job

# Enrolled FTin AdvancedDegreeProgram

Source: Longstanding Employment Patterns for Law School Graduates Interrupted, NALP Bulletin July 2011

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Mean: 9.4%

Source: Longstanding Employment Patterns for Law School Graduates Interrupted, NALP Bulletin July 2011

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86

88

90

92

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96

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CHART I: NALP 36-Year Employment Data % Employed for 1975 to 2010 Graduates

Mean: 89.1%