Graduate Employment Data
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is one of 50 top law schools having the highest percentages of graduates hired by "NLJ 250" law firms. Despite the challenging economy and its impact on legal hiring, 94% of the Class of 2011 secured employment by nine months after graduation. With our commitment to practice-based learning as well as our internship/externship opportunities, students are well-prepared to consider a variety of career paths upon graduation.
We discuss employment facts and trends during our open houses, orientation sessions, and in communications to admitted and current students. We encourage those who have questions regarding law student or graduate employment to attend our career events or contact the Career Development Office at 410-706-2080 or .*Employment information is based on data from surveys received for every graduate and from follow-up contact conducted by the Career Development Office from graduation through the following February. Every graduate is required to fill out a survey as a condition of graduation. UM Carey Law provides employment data to organizations including National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP), the American Bar Association, and U.S.News. Employment categories and geographic regions are defined by NALP (see http://www.nalp.org/uploads/NationalSummaryChartforSchools2010.pdf). For a review of national law graduate employment data, visit http://www.nalp.org/research.
**The percentage employed is derived from the number of employed graduates (275) divided by the number of graduates whose status is Known at the time of reporting (294) out of a total of 297 graduates in the class.
***The law firm and judicial clerkship categories are broken down to reflect the percentage of graduates within those categories who are in a particular type of firm or clerkship. Judicial clerkships counted in the clerkship category figure reflect clerkships beginning in the nine months following graduation. Increasing numbers of graduates apply for clerkships in the first one to three years following graduation. For more information about UM Carey Law judicial programs, visit http://www.law.umaryland.edu/employers/services.html.
****Reportable salary information does not include bonuses, part-time salaries, or other non-traditional compensation packages, and some graduate choose not to disclose their salaries. The Career Development Office does not collect information pertaining to bonuses, part-time and hourly wages, and benefit packages. For questions regarding law graduate salaries, please call 410-706-2080 or see NALP Salaries & Compensation data at: http://www.nalp.org/recentgraduates.
