University of Notre Dame 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 Graduates198100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status198100%
FT Degree42%
Unemployed94.5%
Employed18593.4%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.16985.4%
Full Time16884.8%
Part Time10.5%
J.D. Preferred94.5%
Full Time94.5%
Part Time00%
Professional63%
Full Time63%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.10.5%
Total Employed18593.4%
Non-Employed136.6%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic73.5%
Business178.6%
Government2110.6%
Federal Clerkship147.1%
Other Clerkship147.1%
Law Firm9749%
Public Interest147.1%
Unknown Type10.5%
Total Employed18593.4%
Non-Employed136.6%
Location#% of Class
East North Central6633.3%
East South Central10.5%
Mid Atlantic2110.6%
Mountain94.5%
New England00%
Pacific3316.7%
South Atlantic2713.6%
West North Central73.5%
West South Central157.6%
Foreign00%
Unknown00%
Total Employed18593.4%
Non-Employed136.6%
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