Employment Statistics

For the third consecutive year, the Princeton Review ranked Northwestern Law as the best law school in the country for job prospects.

 

JD and JD-MBA Class of 2006

Employment by Type

Employment by Geography

Geographic Distribution of Recruiters

Fall 2007 Recruitment Volume

Total Number of Employers (by offices)

831

Fall 2007 On-Campus Interviewing

Total Number of Interviews	6158
Number of Interviews per Student	21 (median); 19.34 (mean)

Median Salaries - Class of 2006

Median Salary	$135,000
Salary Range	$49,000-$153,000

Bar Passage Rates

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Bar passage	93%	98%	97%	95%	96%

Employment Rate* - Class of 2006

Employed at Graduation	98%
Employed at nine months out	99%

*Students who are not actively seeking
employment are not included in the percentages.

Judicial Clerkships, 2008-09 Term (YTD)- 31 Students, 16 Alumni*

Three Northwestern Law graduates secured Supreme Court clerkships during the 2007-08 Supreme Court term. Only Harvard and Yale provided more new clerks to the high court for the current term. During the past decade, Northwestern Law ranks 6th on a per capita basis in placing graduates into Supreme Court clerkships.

U.S. Supreme Court	3
Circuit Court of Appeals	17
Federal District Court	21
State Supreme Court	5
International (Supreme Court of India)	1

*47 Total; Represents 18% of a typical graduating class.

View list of judges (pdf) for whom Northwestern Law graduates have clerked.

Employment by Type, 2001 - 2006

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Law Firm	81%	77%	77%	78%	70%	75%
Public Interest/Government	5%	5%	4%	5%	6%	4%
Business/Industry	4%	4%	5%	4%	8%	9%
Judicial Clerkships	9%	13%	14%	11%	14%	11%
Academic	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%	1%

Employment by Geography, 2001 - 2006

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Midwest	50%	49%	49%	53%	48%	54%
Northeast	30%	27%	28%	28%	27%	24%
West	14%	18%	12%	13%	16%	14%
South	5%	6%	9%	5%	8%	6%
International	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%

Graduates Employed in Major Markets, 2003 - 2007

	Number
Chicago	528
New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia	319
Los Angeles, San Francisco (Bay Area), Seattle, Denver	143
Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami	58
International	14

Employment Rate*, 2001 - 2006

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Employed at Graduation	96%	97%	98%	97%	97%	98%
Employed at nine months out	99%	99%	100%	99%	99%	99%

*Students who are not actively seeking
employment are not included in the percentages.

View list of AmLaw 100 law firms (pdf) with whom Northwestern Law graduates have secured employment during the past five years (2003 - 2007).

2007 AmLaw Employment

AmLaw 100	146 students (57%)
AmLaw 101-200	15 Students (6%)
Total	161 Students (63%)

2006 AmLaw Employment

AmLaw 100	133 students (51%)
AmLaw 101-200	25 Students (10%)
Total	158 Students (60%)

 

Statistics updated March 3, 2008