Washington and Lee University 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 Graduates138100%
Unknown Status21.4%
Known Status13698.6%
FT Degree75.1%
Unemployed107.2%
Employed11986.2%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.10273.9%
Full Time10072.5%
Part Time21.4%
J.D. Preferred107.2%
Full Time32.2%
Part Time64.3%
Professional42.9%
Full Time42.9%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional21.4%
Full Time00%
Part Time21.4%
Unknown Cred.10.7%
Total Employed11986.2%
Non-Employed1913.8%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic10.7%
Business139.4%
Government96.5%
Federal Clerkship75.1%
Other Clerkship1611.6%
Law Firm6950%
Public Interest21.4%
Unknown Type21.4%
Total Employed11986.2%
Non-Employed1913.8%
Location#% of Class
East North Central21.4%
East South Central53.6%
Mid Atlantic1712.3%
Mountain32.2%
New England00%
Pacific32.2%
South Atlantic7252.2%
West North Central00%
West South Central64.3%
Foreign10.7%
Unknown64.3%
Total Employed11986.2%
Non-Employed1913.8%
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