Thomas M Cooley Law School 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 Graduates958100%
Unknown Status15115.8%
Known Status80784.2%
FT Degree202.1%
Unemployed15916.6%
Employed62865.6%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.44045.9%
Full Time40442.2%
Part Time353.7%
J.D. Preferred636.6%
Full Time464.8%
Part Time171.8%
Professional444.6%
Full Time353.7%
Part Time90.9%
Non-Professional313.2%
Full Time151.6%
Part Time161.7%
Unknown Cred.505.2%
Total Employed62865.6%
Non-Employed33034.4%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic181.9%
Business10310.8%
Government879.1%
Federal Clerkship00%
Other Clerkship303.1%
Law Firm35336.8%
Public Interest232.4%
Unknown Type131.4%
Total Employed62865.6%
Non-Employed33034.4%
Location#% of Class
East North Central30031.3%
East South Central161.7%
Mid Atlantic697.2%
Mountain343.5%
New England00%
Pacific272.8%
South Atlantic828.6%
West North Central242.5%
West South Central242.5%
Foreign60.6%
Unknown333.4%
Total Employed62865.6%
Non-Employed33034.4%
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