Employment Statistics

UF Law reports a detailed analysis of hiring statistics at nine months after graduation. The breakdown of the most recent class data is available below.

Here you may download the original 2011 NALP Summary Report [PDF] (partially redacted for privacy), 2010 NALP Summary Report [PDF] (partially redacted for privacy), and 2009 NALP Summary Report [PDF] (partially redacted for privacy).

Here you may download the full ABA Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates [PDF], or ABA Employment Summary for 2011 Graduates [PDF].

Employed at Nine Months Out Number Percent
Employed 264 80.73%
Unemployed – Start Date Deferred 3 0.92%
Unemployed – Seeking 29 8.87%
Unemployed – Not Seeking 12 3.67%
Enrolled in Academic Program 19 5.81%
Employment Status Unknown 6 Not Counted by NALP in calculating percentages
Total Class Size 333 100%

 

Employment by Type Number Percent
Law Firm (Private Practice) 131 49.62%
Solo 5 3.82%
2 to 10 53 40.46%
11 to 25 19 14.50%
26 to 50 6 4.58%
51 to 100 15 11.45%
101 to 250 16 12.21%
251 to 500 3 2.29%
501 + 14 10.69%
Unknown size 1 0.38%
Judicial Clerkship 16 6.06%
Business / Industry 34 12.88%
Public Interest / Government 23 / 44 8.71% / 16.67%
Academia 7 2.14%
Law School Funded (Full Time – Long Term) 2 0.61%
Law School Funded (Part Time – Long Term) 0 0.00%
Law School Funded (Part Time – Short Term) 13 3.98%
Other Short – Term data not yet available data not yet available
Employer Type Unknown 2 0.61%

 

Employment Requirements Total Full-Time Part-Time
Bar Admission Required / Anticipated 196 191 5
JD Preferred 49 23 26
Professional – Other 12 10 2
Non-Professional 7 4 3

 

Salary by Sector 25th Median 75th Number Reporting
Law Firm
2 to 10 40,000 56,000 66,250 53
11 to 25 52,500 65,000 72,500 19
26 to 50 too few reported 60,000 too few reported 6
51 to 100 50,000 65,000 90,000 15
101 to 250 71,500 100,000 113,750 16
251 to 500 too few reported too few reported too few reported 3
501 + 97,500 111,000 147,500 14
Academic too few reported too few reported too few reported too few reported
Judicial Clerkship 53,644 57,408 58,704 16
Business / Industry 47,000 57,000 76,000 34
Public Interest / Government 40,000 / 40,000 43,000 / 42,500 45,000 / 46,580 23 / 44

 

Employment Location State Number
State – Largest Employment Florida 222
State – 2nd Largest Employment District of Columbia 6
State – 3rd Largest Employment Georgia 4
Employed in Foreign Countries n/a 2