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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW / HOUSTON EMPLOYMENT DATA MEASURED 9 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION

2009 (Dec. 2008 and May 2009 Classes)  

 

2010 (Dec. 2009 and May 2010 Classes)

 

Number

Percent

 

Number

Percent

Status of Graduates

       

Total Graduates:

376

--

 

381

--

Responses to employment survey:

338

89.89%
(of 376 graduates)

 

353

92.65%
(of 381 graduates)

Employed:

299

88.46%
(of 338 respondents)

 

324

91.78%
(of 353 respondents)

Unemployed and
seeking work:

17

5.03%
(of 338 respondents)

 

16

4.53%
(of 353 respondents)

Unemployed and not seeking work:

16

4.73%
(of 338 respondents)

 

9

2.55%
(of 353 respondents)

Enrolled in full-time
degree program:

6

1.78%
(of 338 respondents)

 

4

1.13%
(of 353 respondents)

         

Salary Information

       

Employed graduates reporting salary:

77

25.75%
(of 299 employed)

 

85

26.23%
(of 324 employed)

75th percentile salary:

$120,000
(based on 77 responses)

--

 

$100,000
(based on 85 responses)

--

Median salary:

$71,000
(based on 77 responses)

--

 

$70,000
(based on 85 responses)

--

25th percentile salary:

$52,000
(based on 77 responses)

--

 

$55,000
(based on 85 responses)

--

         

Bar Admission Information

       

Bar admission
required for job:

233

77.93%
(of 299 employed respondents)

 

271

83.64%
(of 324 employed respondents)

JD preferred for job:

39

13.04%
(of 299 employed respondents)

 

36

11.11%
(of 324 employed respondents)

Professional other:

24

8.03%
(of 299 employed respondents)

 

16

4.94%
(of 324 employed respondents)

Non-Professional other:

2

.67%
(of 299 employed respondents)

 

0

--

Unknown:

1

.33%
(of 299 employed respondents)

 

1

.31%
(of 324 employed respondents)

         

2009 (Dec. 2008 and May 2009 Classes)  

 

2010 (Dec. 2009 and May 2010 Classes)

 

Number

Percent

 

Number

Percent

Terms of Employment

         

Employed full-time:

276

92.31%
(of 299 employed)

 

264

81.48%
(of 324 employed)

Employed part-time:

6

2.01%
(of 299 employed)

 

6

1.85%
(of 324 employed)

Did not indicate FT/PT:

17

5.69%
(of 299 employed)

 

54

16.67%
(of 324 employed)

Permanent employment:

269

89.97%
(of 299 employed)

 

268

82.72%
(of 324 employed)

Short-term employment:

29

9.70%
(of 299 employed)

 

37

11.42%
(of 324 employed)

Did not indicate permanent/short-term: 

1

.33%
(of 299 employed)

 

19

5.86%
(of 324 employed)

   
     

Type of Employment

 
     

Law firm:

184

61.54%
(of 299 employed)

 

203

62.65%
(of 324 employed)

Business or industry:

58

19.40%
(of 299 employed)

 

67

20.68%
(of 324 employed)

Government:

32

10.70%
(of 299 employed)

 

31

9.57%
(of 324 employed)

Public interest:

2

.67%
(of 299 employed)

 

10

3.09%
(of 324 employed)

Judicial clerkship:

10

3.34%
(of 299 employed)

 

7

2.16%
(of 324 employed)

Academic:

7

2.34%
(of 299 employed)

 

3

.93%
(of 324 employed)

Military:

5

1.67%
(of 299 employed)

 

3

.93%
(of 324 employed)

Unknown:

1

.33%
(of 299 employed)

 

0

--

   
     

Law Firm Employment

 
     

Solo practice:

33

17.93%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

41

20.20%
(of 203 in law firms)

2 to 10 attorneys:

86

46.74%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

99

48.77%
(of 203 in law firms)

11 to 25 attorneys:

30

16.30%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

24

11.82%
(of 203 in law firms)

26 to 50 attorneys:

13

7.06%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

14

6.90%
(of 203 in law firms)

51 to 100 attorneys:

4

2.17%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

8

3.94%
(of 203 in law firms)

101 to 250 attorneys:

4

2.17%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

3

1.48%
(of 203 in law firms)

251 to 500 attorneys:

8

4.35%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

3

1.48%
(of 203 in law firms)

501 or more attorneys:

3

1.63%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

5

2.46%
(of 203 in law firms)

Firm Size Unknown

3

1.63%
(of 184 in law firms)

 

6

2.96%
(of 203 in law firms)

 

 

 



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