University of Virginia 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 Graduates405100%
Unknown Status41%
Known Status40199%
FT Degree10.2%
Unemployed41%
Employed39697.8%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.38895.8%
Full Time38895.8%
Part Time00%
J.D. Preferred82%
Full Time82%
Part Time00%
Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed39697.8%
Non-Employed92.2%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic41%
Business123%
Government286.9%
Federal Clerkship4410.9%
Other Clerkship82%
Law Firm28570.4%
Public Interest164%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed39697.8%
Non-Employed92.2%
Location#% of Class
East North Central204.9%
East South Central82%
Mid Atlantic10325.4%
Mountain41%
New England00%
Pacific245.9%
South Atlantic18244.9%
West North Central41%
West South Central245.9%
Foreign41%
Unknown41%
Total Employed39697.8%
Non-Employed92.2%
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