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Employment Statistics

The employment statistics below offer a snapshot of the Classes of 2011, 2010, and 2009. This information reflects employment status nine months after graduation and includes full-time, part-time, temporary, legal and non-legal positions.  

View our ABA Class of 2012 Employment Summary for more information. Our NALP Class of 2012 Employment Summary Form will be posted when it becomes available.

View our NALP Class of 2011 Employment Summary Form and the ABA Class of 2011 Employment Summary for more information.


Class of 2011 nine-month employment survey:

91.5% employed:

  • 73.7% full-time
  • 17.4% part-time
  • 51.5% in positions that require bar admission
  • 27.3% in positions that are JD advantage
  • 9.6% in other professional positions
  • 2.4% pursuing another degree full-time
  • 2.4% in non-professional positions

By practice setting:

  • 37.3% in law firms
  • 20.1% in judicial clerkships
  • 16.4% in government
  • 3.7% in public interest
  • 3.4% in academic
  • 18.3% in business or industry

View our NALP Class of 2010 Employment Summary Form and the ABA Class of 2010 Employment Summary for more information.

Class of 2010 nine-month employment survey:

93.2% employed:

  • 72.4% full-time
  • 18.9% part-time
  • 59.2% in positions that require bar admission
  • 29.4% in positions that are JD advantage
  • 10.7% in other professional positions
  • 0.67% in non-professional positions

By practice setting:

  • 42.7% in law firms
  • 16.6% in judicial clerkships
  • 15.2% in government
  • 3.3% in public interest
  • 4.6% in academic
  • 15.2% in business or industry

View our NALP Class of 2009 Employment Summary Form for more information.

Class of 2009 nine-month employment survey:

93.4% employed:

  • 79.9% full-time
  • 17.1% part-time
  • 66.5% in positions that require bar admission
  • 24.8% in positions that are JD advantage
  • 5.4% in other professional positions
  • 3.2% in non-professional positions

By practice setting:

  • 36.7% in law firms
  • 22.5% in judicial clerkships
  • 18.9% in government
  • 4.0% in public interest
  • 3.6% in academic
  • 13.0% in business or industry

*Please note that the employment information presented is self-reported by UB Law graduates. We regularly collect employment information from our most recent graduating class, following guidelines established by the National Association of Legal Career Professionals (NALP) and the American Bar Association (ABA).  Based on the changing economic climate in the legal industry combined with the self-reported nature of the employment data, we cannot be certain that the resulting data is factually accurate, or that it has not changed since we collected and published it. As such, readers should not assume that their employment prospects are guaranteed to be consistent with the employment data presented here.