California Western School of Law Profile

Class of 2009 Employment Outcomes

These data come exclusively from U.S. News because the magazine provided the best publicly available employment information for this year. Now that schools are more transparent, and the ABA has stepped its game up, we no longer need to rely on a for-profit magazine to get prospective students the information they need to make informed decisions. Prior years of school-specific data are not directly comparable because U.S. News did not publish survey response rates.

Number% of Class
Total Graduates237100%
Unknown Status198%
Known Status21892%
FT Degree62.5%
Unemployed239.7%
Employed18979.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.17071.7%
Full Time12854%
Part Time4217.7%
J.D. Preferred135.5%
Full Time93.8%
Part Time41.7%
Professional20.8%
Full Time20.8%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional41.7%
Full Time00%
Part Time41.7%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed18979.7%
Non-Employed4820.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic41.7%
Business2510.5%
Government156.3%
Federal Clerkship00%
Other Clerkship20.8%
Law Firm13456.5%
Public Interest93.8%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed18979.7%
Non-Employed4820.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central20.8%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic41.7%
Mountain156.3%
New England00%
Pacific16469.2%
South Atlantic00%
West North Central20.8%
West South Central00%
Foreign20.8%
Unknown00%
Total Employed18979.7%
Non-Employed4820.3%
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