Southwestern 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 Graduates289100%
Unknown Status124.2%
Known Status27795.8%
FT Degree31%
Unemployed165.5%
Employed25889.3%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.20169.6%
Full Time19968.9%
Part Time20.7%
J.D. Preferred3913.5%
Full Time3612.5%
Part Time31%
Professional134.5%
Full Time124.2%
Part Time10.3%
Non-Professional51.7%
Full Time51.7%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed25889.3%
Non-Employed3110.7%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic51.7%
Business7024.2%
Government217.3%
Federal Clerkship10.3%
Other Clerkship20.7%
Law Firm14750.9%
Public Interest134.5%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed25889.3%
Non-Employed3110.7%
Location#% of Class
East North Central20.7%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic10.3%
Mountain10.3%
New England00%
Pacific23079.6%
South Atlantic82.8%
West North Central00%
West South Central00%
Foreign31%
Unknown134.5%
Total Employed25889.3%
Non-Employed3110.7%
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