Employment Statistics
Class of 2010

Graduates of Case Western Reserve University School of Law can be found working in all sectors of the legal profession and beyond, across the United States and overseas. The Career Development Office works closely with students and graduates and is committed to helping them develop and obtain their career goals.

Total percentage of graduates employed or pursuing a graduate degree full time: 92%


All statistics are as of February 15, 2011 (9 months after graduation).

Employment Status	Full Time	Part Time	Total Number
Employed - Bar Passage Required	121	41	162
Employed – JD Preferred	18	4	22
Employed – Professional Position	4	0	4
Employed – Non-Professional Position	1	3	4
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time			4
Unemployed – Not Seeking			5
Unemployed – Seeking			13
Employment Status Unknown			9
Total Graduates			223

For graduates known to be employed, percentage working in the following types of employment:

Law Firms	43.8%
Business and Industry	22.9%
Public Interest	11.5%
Government	16.7%
Academia	0.5%
Judicial Clerkship	4.7%
Employer Type Unknown	0%

Employment Type	Number
Law Firms
Solo	2
2-10 attorneys	33
11-25 attorneys	10
26-50 attorneys	8
51-100 attorneys	2
101-250 attorneys	12
251-500 attorneys	5
501+ attorneys	10
Business & Industry	44
Government	32
Public Interest (including Public Defenders)	22
Judicial Clerkships Other	9 2
Academia	1
Total	192

Geographic Location of Employed Graduates
Regional information calculated by dividing the total number of jobs in each geographic category by the total number of employed graduates.

International	2.1%
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)	2.6%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)	14.6%
E. North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)	59.9%
W. North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)	2.1%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)	11.5%
E. South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)	0.0%
W. South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)	2.1%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)	2.1%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)	3.1%

Salary Information
Represents data for 49% of employed graduates.

Median	$65,000
75th Percentile	$100,000
25th Percentile	$45,000

Post Graduate Fellowship Program
Case Western Reserve University School of Law's Post Graduate Fellowship Program provides some funding to graduates who seek to gain experience in non-profit, government, and public interest organizations and agencies. These fellowships help our graduates secure long term employment in fields and locations that match their career goals. Graduates have secured fellowships with a variety of organizations including legal aid societies, public defender offices, city and county prosecutor offices, courts and judges, and law departments. Graduates have secured fellowships in a number of states including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, and Washington, DC.