Help Law School Transparency crowdsource 2010 job info
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:23 pm
As mentioned in my other thread on LST's data clearinghouse, http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=153751, the Class of 2009 employment information provided by U.S. News is the most up-to-date, easily comparable employment information available. Schools reported data for the Class of 2009 to U.S. News in late 2010, which appeared on the U.S. News website in March 2011.
Schools have the employment data underlying the employment information that law schools post on their websites and eventually report to U.S. News and the ABA. Schools report to NALP much sooner, by (or around) late February and early March. Almost every school reports to NALP by mid-March. This is because these data are for post-graduation outcomes as of February 15th following the most recent graduating period (9/1/2009 – 8/31/2010 for the Class of 2010).
As many of you know, very few schools have posted Class of 2010 employment information. This is problematic for those of you wanting to have a better picture of employment opportunities from different law schools. While Class of 2014 (and Class of 2015) outcomes may not resemble Class of 2010 outcomes any more than 2009, 2008, or 2007, it is useful to watch trends at schools, again, to get a picture of opportunities. After all, many 0Ls seek to find the school that has the opportunities that best match their career objectives.
LST's goal is to accelerate the process. Law schools take too long to post this information and the first step to accelerating disclosure - outside of our discussions with the ABA Section of Legal Education - is to figure out which schools have posted 2010 employment information already. This is separate from reforming the kind of disclosure, but that is at least taking care of itself a bit as pressure mounts to provide better consumer information.
This is where you all come in. We are a small staff and hope that some of you are willing to donate some time to help us with this preliminary research. If you're still with me, here's what you can do:
Instructions
(1) grab 5 or 10 schools and post that you are researching those schools before actually doing anything. This will prevent unnecessary work for the volunteers. Start from the top of the list and, if somebody has claimed the schools already (and reasonable time hasn't elapsed), move on to the next X schools you can do.
(2) visit the law school's website and look for any Class of 2010 employment information. For each page you find information on, link to it with a description of the kind of information provided.
(3) if there's no 2010 information, state the most recent class for which there is any employment information. It will likely be 2009, but some may still have only 2008 and some will not have any at all (these schools are the exceptions, not the rule).
(4) edit your post with the information you've collected.
If anybody has time to double check other people's work, that would be great. Just indicate that you have.
Thanks in advance to anybody who is able to help with this. It will be an incredible help to us at LST and, hopefully, to prospective law students across the country.
Law Schools
Albany Law School
American University (Washington)
Appalachian School of Law
Arizona State University (O'Connor)
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Ave Maria School of Law
Barry University
Baylor University
Boston College
Boston University
Brigham Young University (Clark)
Brooklyn Law School
California Western School of Law
Campbell University (Wiggins)
Capital University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University (Puerto Rico)
Catholic University of America (Columbus)
Chapman University
Charleston School of Law
Charlotte School of Law
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall)
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Columbia University
Cornell University
Creighton University
CUNY
DePaul University
Drake University
Drexel University (Mack)
Duke University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Emory University
Faulkner University (Jones)
Florida A&M University
Florida Coastal School of Law
Florida International University
Florida State University
Fordham University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Golden Gate University
Gonzaga University
Hamline University
Harvard University
Hofstra University
Howard University
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer)
Indiana University--Indianapolis
Inter-American University
John Marshall Law School
Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern)
Liberty University
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Mercer University (George)
Michigan State University
Mississippi College
New England School of Law
New York Law School
New York University
North Carolina Central University
Northeastern University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University (Chase)
Northwestern University
Nova Southeastern University (Broad)
Ohio Northern University (Pettit)
Ohio State University (Moritz)
Oklahoma City University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)
Pepperdine University
Phoenix School of Law
Quinnipiac University
Regent University
Roger Williams University
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Camden
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark
Samford University (Cumberland)
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Seton Hall University
South Texas College of Law
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Southern Methodist University (Dedman)
Southern University Law Center
Southwestern Law School
St. John's University
St. Louis University
St. Mary's University
St. Thomas University
Stanford University
Stetson University
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
Temple University (Beasley)
Texas Southern University (Marshall)
Texas Tech University
Texas Wesleyan University
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Touro College (Fuchsberg)
Tulane University
University at Buffalo--SUNY
University of Akron
University of Alabama
University of Arizona (Rogers)
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville
University of Arkansas--Little Rock (Bowen)
University of Baltimore
University of California (Hastings)
University of California--Berkeley
University of California--Davis
University of California--Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado--Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Denver (Sturm)
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Florida (Levin)
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson)
University of Houston
University of Idaho
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of La Verne
University of Louisville (Brandeis)
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Memphis (Humphreys)
University of Miami
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Missouri--Kansas City
University of Montana
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd)
University of New Hampshire School of Law
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puerto Rico
University of Richmond (Williams)
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
University of Southern California (Gould)
University of St. Thomas
University of Tennessee--Knoxville
University of Texas--Austin
University of the District of Columbia (Clarke)
University of the Pacific (McGeorge)
University of Toledo
University of Tulsa
University of Utah (Quinney)
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wyoming
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Vermont Law School
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washburn University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne State University
West Virginia University
Western New England College
Western State University
Whittier College
Widener University
Willamette University (Collins)
William Mitchell College of Law
Yale University
Yeshiva University (Cardozo)
Schools have the employment data underlying the employment information that law schools post on their websites and eventually report to U.S. News and the ABA. Schools report to NALP much sooner, by (or around) late February and early March. Almost every school reports to NALP by mid-March. This is because these data are for post-graduation outcomes as of February 15th following the most recent graduating period (9/1/2009 – 8/31/2010 for the Class of 2010).
As many of you know, very few schools have posted Class of 2010 employment information. This is problematic for those of you wanting to have a better picture of employment opportunities from different law schools. While Class of 2014 (and Class of 2015) outcomes may not resemble Class of 2010 outcomes any more than 2009, 2008, or 2007, it is useful to watch trends at schools, again, to get a picture of opportunities. After all, many 0Ls seek to find the school that has the opportunities that best match their career objectives.
LST's goal is to accelerate the process. Law schools take too long to post this information and the first step to accelerating disclosure - outside of our discussions with the ABA Section of Legal Education - is to figure out which schools have posted 2010 employment information already. This is separate from reforming the kind of disclosure, but that is at least taking care of itself a bit as pressure mounts to provide better consumer information.
This is where you all come in. We are a small staff and hope that some of you are willing to donate some time to help us with this preliminary research. If you're still with me, here's what you can do:
Instructions
(1) grab 5 or 10 schools and post that you are researching those schools before actually doing anything. This will prevent unnecessary work for the volunteers. Start from the top of the list and, if somebody has claimed the schools already (and reasonable time hasn't elapsed), move on to the next X schools you can do.
(2) visit the law school's website and look for any Class of 2010 employment information. For each page you find information on, link to it with a description of the kind of information provided.
(3) if there's no 2010 information, state the most recent class for which there is any employment information. It will likely be 2009, but some may still have only 2008 and some will not have any at all (these schools are the exceptions, not the rule).
(4) edit your post with the information you've collected.
If anybody has time to double check other people's work, that would be great. Just indicate that you have.
Thanks in advance to anybody who is able to help with this. It will be an incredible help to us at LST and, hopefully, to prospective law students across the country.
Law Schools
Albany Law School
American University (Washington)
Appalachian School of Law
Arizona State University (O'Connor)
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Ave Maria School of Law
Barry University
Baylor University
Boston College
Boston University
Brigham Young University (Clark)
Brooklyn Law School
California Western School of Law
Campbell University (Wiggins)
Capital University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University (Puerto Rico)
Catholic University of America (Columbus)
Chapman University
Charleston School of Law
Charlotte School of Law
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall)
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Columbia University
Cornell University
Creighton University
CUNY
DePaul University
Drake University
Drexel University (Mack)
Duke University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Emory University
Faulkner University (Jones)
Florida A&M University
Florida Coastal School of Law
Florida International University
Florida State University
Fordham University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Golden Gate University
Gonzaga University
Hamline University
Harvard University
Hofstra University
Howard University
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer)
Indiana University--Indianapolis
Inter-American University
John Marshall Law School
Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern)
Liberty University
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Mercer University (George)
Michigan State University
Mississippi College
New England School of Law
New York Law School
New York University
North Carolina Central University
Northeastern University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Kentucky University (Chase)
Northwestern University
Nova Southeastern University (Broad)
Ohio Northern University (Pettit)
Ohio State University (Moritz)
Oklahoma City University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)
Pepperdine University
Phoenix School of Law
Quinnipiac University
Regent University
Roger Williams University
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Camden
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark
Samford University (Cumberland)
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Seton Hall University
South Texas College of Law
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Southern Methodist University (Dedman)
Southern University Law Center
Southwestern Law School
St. John's University
St. Louis University
St. Mary's University
St. Thomas University
Stanford University
Stetson University
Suffolk University
Syracuse University
Temple University (Beasley)
Texas Southern University (Marshall)
Texas Tech University
Texas Wesleyan University
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Touro College (Fuchsberg)
Tulane University
University at Buffalo--SUNY
University of Akron
University of Alabama
University of Arizona (Rogers)
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville
University of Arkansas--Little Rock (Bowen)
University of Baltimore
University of California (Hastings)
University of California--Berkeley
University of California--Davis
University of California--Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado--Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Denver (Sturm)
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Florida (Levin)
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson)
University of Houston
University of Idaho
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of La Verne
University of Louisville (Brandeis)
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Memphis (Humphreys)
University of Miami
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Missouri--Kansas City
University of Montana
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd)
University of New Hampshire School of Law
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puerto Rico
University of Richmond (Williams)
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
University of Southern California (Gould)
University of St. Thomas
University of Tennessee--Knoxville
University of Texas--Austin
University of the District of Columbia (Clarke)
University of the Pacific (McGeorge)
University of Toledo
University of Tulsa
University of Utah (Quinney)
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wyoming
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Vermont Law School
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washburn University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne State University
West Virginia University
Western New England College
Western State University
Whittier College
Widener University
Willamette University (Collins)
William Mitchell College of Law
Yale University
Yeshiva University (Cardozo)
