William and Mary 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 Graduates191100%
Unknown Status42.1%
Known Status18797.9%
FT Degree21%
Unemployed63.1%
Employed17993.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.15882.7%
Full Time15681.7%
Part Time21%
J.D. Preferred73.7%
Full Time73.7%
Part Time00%
Professional136.8%
Full Time126.3%
Part Time10.5%
Non-Professional21%
Full Time10.5%
Part Time10.5%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed17993.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic10.5%
Business136.8%
Government3216.8%
Federal Clerkship52.6%
Other Clerkship2111%
Law Firm10052.4%
Public Interest52.6%
Unknown Type10.5%
Total Employed17993.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central115.8%
East South Central21%
Mid Atlantic2111%
Mountain52.6%
New England00%
Pacific52.6%
South Atlantic11158.1%
West North Central21%
West South Central136.8%
Foreign21%
Unknown10.5%
Total Employed17993.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
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