Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityEmployment Statistics
Princeton Review has ranked Northwestern Law as the best law school in the country for job prospects number for three of the past four years.
JD and JD-MBA Class of 2007
Employment by Type
Employment by Geography
Geographic Distribution of Recruiters
Fall 2008 Recruitment Volume
|
Total Number of Employers |
820 |
Fall 2008 On-Campus Interviewing
| Total Number of Interviews | 6181 |
| Number of Interviews per 2L Student | 21 (median); 22 (mean) |
Median Salaries - Class of 2007
| Median Salary | $160,000 |
| Salary Range | $49,000-$165,000 |
Bar Passage Rates
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Bar passage | 93% |
98% |
97% |
95% |
96% |
96% |
Employment Rate* - Class of 2007
| 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 - 2007
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Law Firm | 81% |
77% |
77% |
78% |
70% |
75% |
79% |
| Public Interest/Government | 5% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
5% |
| Business/Industry | 4% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
| Judicial Clerkships | 9% |
13% |
14% |
11% |
14% |
11% |
9% |
| Academic | 1% |
1% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
Employment by Geography, 2001 - 2007
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Midwest | 50% |
49% |
49% |
53% |
48% |
54% |
49% |
| Northeast | 30% |
27% |
28% |
28% |
27% |
24% |
28% |
| West | 14% |
18% |
12% |
13% |
16% |
14% |
16% |
| South | 5% |
6% |
9% |
5% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
| International | 1% |
0% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
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 - 2007
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
|
| Employed at Graduation | 96% |
97% |
98% |
97% |
97% |
98% |
98% |
| Employed at nine months out | 99% |
99% |
100% |
99% |
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 January 5, 2009
