First-Year Student Job Statistics, Summer 2007

More than 98 percent of the Class of 2009 found law-related summer jobs following their first year.

1L JOBS BY TYPE	Total			First Half	Second Half*
Firm Jobs	176	39%		154	22
Academic Jobs	81	18%		71	10
Federal Government Jobs	37	8%		35	2
Judicial Jobs	61	14%		51	10
Public Interest Jobs	53	12%		45	8
State-Local Government Jobs	19	4%		18	1
Corporate	17	4%		12	5
Other Jobs	7	2%		5	2
TOTAL JOBS	451	100%		391	60

• See where PILA Grantees worked, for examples of public-sector jobs
* Some students work for more than one employer during the summer.

 
2006 1L FIRM jOBS BY LOCATION

City	State/Country	Number
Washington	DC	33
Atlanta	GA	14
New York	NY	9
Birmingham	AL	8
Charlotte	NC	8
Dallas	TX	6
Norfolk	VA	6
Chicago	IL	5
Richmond	VA	5
Charlottesville	VA	4
Greensboro	NC	4
Houston	TX	4
Philadelphia	PA	4
Boston	MA	3
Charleston	SC	3
Jackson	MS	3
Pittsburgh	PA	3
Baltimore	MD	2
Baton Rouge	LA	2
Cleveland	OH	2
Indianapolis	IN	2
Knoxville	TN	2
Los Angeles	CA	2
Minneapolis	MN	2
Newark	NJ	2
Roanoke	VA	2
Virginia Beach	VA	2
Wilmington	DE	2
Armonk	NY	1
Austin	TX	1
Bakersfield	CA	1
Boulder	CO	1
Buenos Aires	Argentina	1
Chatham	NY	1
Chattanooga	TN	1
Chesapeake	VA	1
Denver	CO	1
Des Moines	IA	1
Fort Worth	TX	1
Greenville	SC	1
Honolulu	HI	1
Huntington	WV	1
Lahore	Pakistan	1
Lexington	VA	1
London	England	1
Louisa	VA	1
Manchester	NH	1
McLean	VA	1
Menlo Park	CA	1
Moyock	NC	1
Nashville	TN	1
New Haven	CT	1
Newport Beach	CA	1
Newport News	VA	1
Parkersburg	WV	1
Portland	ME	1
Raleigh	NC	1
Salt Lake City	UT	1
San Francisco	CA	1
Santa Ana	CA	1
Southfield	MI	1
St. Louis	MO	1
Stanford	CT	1
Sylva	NC	1
Tampa	FL	1
Tulsa	OK	1
Tysons Corner	VA	1
Vienna	VA	1
	TOTAL	184

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