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2011 Employment Statistics


UF Law reports a detailed analysis of hiring statistics at nine months after graduation. The breakdown of the most recent graduating class can be found below.

Employed at Nine Months Out Number Percent
Employed 337 83.21
Seeking 41 10.12
Not Seeking 9 2.22
Enrolled in Academic Program 18 4.44
Stats Unknown 4 Not Counted by NALP or the ABA in calculating percentages
Total Class Size 409 99.99*
*Due to rounding, percentages do not equal 100%.
Employment by Type Number Percent
Law Firm (Private Practice) 184 54.76
Solo 3 1.66**
2 to 10 67 37.02
11 to 25 29 16.02
26 to 50 17 9.39
51 to 100 18 9.94
101 to 250 25 13.81
251 to 500 6 3.31
501 + 16 8.84
Unknown size 3 .89
Judicial Clerkship 22 6.55
Business / Industry 50 14.88
Public Interest / Government 30 / 39 8.93 / 11.61
Academic 11 3.27
Law School Funded (Short - Term) 17 5.04
Other Short - Term 23 6.82
Employer Type Unknown 1 0.30
** Percentages for firm size are based on the 181 graduates who disclosed the size of their law firm employer in compliance with NALP statistical reporting
Employment Requirements Total Full-Time Part-Time
Bar Admission Required / Anticipated 282 255 27
JD Preferred 33 25 8
Professional - Other 10 7 3
Non-Professional 12 4 8
Salary by Sector 25th Median 75th Number Reporting
Law Firm
2 to 10 40,000 45,000 56,250 26
11 to 25 50,000 65,000 75,000 19
26 to 50 62,500 70,000 92,500 12
51 to 100 65,000 91,000 100,000 16
101 to 250 65,000 75,000 95,000 15
251 to 500 100,000 105,000 132,500 5
501 + 125,000 145,000 160,000 15
Academic too few reported too few reported too few reported too few reported
Judicial Clerkship 45,556 57,000 59,490 12
Business / Industry 45,000 57,000 72,750 14
Public Interest / Government 40,500 / 40,000 42,000 / 40,223 45,000 / 42,618 19 / 32

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