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: 88.5%*
*Calculated using the NALP methodology and includes 165 employed graduates and four graduates enrolled in a full time degree program.

All statistics are as of February 15, 2012 (9 months after graduation).

Employment Status	Full Time Long Term	Full Time Short Term	Part Time Long Term	Part Time Short Term	Total Number
Employed - Bar Passage Required	94	7	5	29	135
Employed – JD Advantage	17	3	3	1	24
Employed – Professional Position	2	0	0	2	4
Employed – Non-Professional Position	0	1	1	0	2
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time					4
Unemployed – Not Seeking					2
Unemployed – Seeking					20
Employment Status Unknown					10
Total Graduates					201

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

Law Firms	46.7%
Business and Industry	20.0%
Public Interest	11.5%
Government	15.8%
Academia	3.0%
Judicial Clerkship	3.0%
Employer Type Unknown	0%

Employment Type	Number
Law Firms
Solo	1
2-10 attorneys	32
11-25 attorneys	6
26-50 attorneys	5
51-100 attorneys	6
101-250 attorneys	13
251-500 attorneys	6
501+ attorneys	8
Business & Industry	33
Government	26
Public Interest (including Public Defenders)	19
Federal Judicial Clerkships	1
State & Local Judicial Clerkships	2
Other	2
Academia	5
Total	165

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	3.6%
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)	3.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)	11.5%
E. North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)	57.6%
W. North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)	1.8%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)	11.5%
E. South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)	1.8%
W. South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)	3.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)	0.6%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)	5.5%

Salary Information
Represents data for 49% of employed graduates.

Median	$72,000
75th Percentile	$92,000
25th Percentile	$50,000

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.