University of Chicago 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 Graduates206100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status206100%
FT Degree10.5%
Unemployed10.5%
Employed20499%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.19494.2%
Full Time19293.2%
Part Time21%
J.D. Preferred41.9%
Full Time41.9%
Part Time00%
Professional21%
Full Time21%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional21%
Full Time21%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.21%
Total Employed20499%
Non-Employed21%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic31.5%
Business62.9%
Government52.4%
Federal Clerkship188.7%
Other Clerkship00%
Law Firm16479.6%
Public Interest73.4%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed20499%
Non-Employed21%
Location#% of Class
East North Central7235%
East South Central21%
Mid Atlantic4421.4%
Mountain52.4%
New England00%
Pacific3718%
South Atlantic178.3%
West North Central52.4%
West South Central146.8%
Foreign41.9%
Unknown00%
Total Employed20499%
Non-Employed21%
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