Where Our Graduates Go ,
Classes of 2005-2007 (interactive map)

Fall 2007 Recruiting

• More than 950 public- and private-sector law offices from 42 states, the District of Columbia, and six foreign countries

• More than 9,000 interviews with 2Ls and 3Ls; more than 8,500 with 2Ls alone

• 2Ls averaged more than 21 interviews

Virginia Law is tied for third in the number of graduates hired this year to teach law, according to the Leiter Report, with 50 percent of those seeking such positions obtaining them (a rate that places them second among law schools). More

Supporting Alumni and Building Networks

• As members of the Law Career Network, more than 1,300 alumni have volunteered to help graduates find jobs.

• Virginia is third among national law schools in the number of law firm chairpersons and managing partners, according to a 2004 survey of 850 U.S. law firms.

• A National Law Journal survey of 150 national law firms' recent hiring decisions found that Virginia graduates were the second-most-favored group, with 97 of the surveyed firms hiring Virginia students.

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