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Annual Placement Reports

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NALP

2011 NALP Data was submitted March 15, 2012. The report will be made available on this page in June, 2012.
Careers

Report on Recent Graduates

The Office of Career Planning (OCP) assists the students and alumni of Temple Law School with all aspects of career strategy and development. We meet with students for resume review, interview preparation, networking tips and general career path advice. Alumni are afforded similar services at any time. The counselors in the Office of Career Planning look forward to connecting you with professional career success.

The OCP presents programming throughout the year on practice areas and career skills. We have an intense, full-service program for post graduate judicial clerkships. Our commitment to programming, services and counseling of law students led to great results in our most recent Law School Engagement Survey.

Temple graduates are well placed in firms around the country. In February 2012, Temple was ranked as a "Go-To Law School" by the National Law Journal in its annual Law Schools Report, (Feb. 28, 2012). In fact, Temple ranks 26th in the nation in the production of large law firm partners.

No matter what your career path, the Office of Career Planning is here to help.

Class of 2011 Placement Report

92.14% of the members of the class of 2011 were employed 9 months after graduation.
Formula: Number of Employed Graduates / Number of Graduates with Known Status. Why 9 Months?

319 Total Graduates
293 Employed
3 Seeking Advanced Degrees
18 Unemployed
4 Not Seeking Employment
1 Unknown
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293 Employed Graduates

262 Employed Full-Time
30 Employed Part-Time
1 Unknown
235 Long-Term Positions
49 Short-Term Positions
10 Unknown

227 graduates are employed in positions that require Bar admission.
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23 of 30 graduates employed in positions funded by the law school are with public interest or public service entities.

'11 Employment By Sector

Employment Sector Grads
Law Firms 119
Business & Industry 44
Government 35
Public Interest 38
Judicial Clerkships 35
Academia 17
Unknown 5

'11 Private Practice Employment by Firm Size

Firm Size Grads
Solo 6
2-10 46
11 - 25 17
26 - 50 8
51 - 100 8
101 - 250 13
251 - 500 5
501+ 14
Unknown 2

'11 Salaries By Sector

Sector Name Average 25% Median 75%
Law Firms 89622 56250 85000 127500
Bus. & Ind. 83150 60000 70000 107500
Gov. 62152 49000 50300 62850
Pub. Int. 45644 40000 45000 51400
Jud. Clerk. 47703 40000 44000 57000
Academ. 59333 60000
51% of employed graduates reported salary data

PA Bar Passage Rate

Year Temple Law (%) Statewide (PA %)
2009 95.09 85.69
2010 92.05 83.07
2011 89.62 83.26
Passage rate for first time test takers
February and July combined

The Temple Law Alumni Network

State Number of Graduates
Alabama 17
Alaska 12
Arizona 61
Arkansas 3
California 368
Colorado 58
Connecticut 161
US-DC 129
Delaware 203
Florida 425
Georgia 92
Hawaii 23
Idaho 5
Illinois 83
Indianna 19
Iowa 8
Kansas 9
Kentucky 14
Louisiana 20
Maine 30
Maryland 302
Massachusetts 136
Michigan 36
Minnisota 28
Mississippi 1
Missouri 19
Montana 7
Nebraska 0
Nevada 27
New Hampshire 22
New Jersey 1655
New Mexico 24
New York 678
North Carolina 81
North Dakota 1
Ohio 89
Oklahoma 10
Oregon 23
Pennsylvania 8855
Rhode Island 25
South Carolina 31
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 31
Texas 107
Utah 11
Vermont 33
Virginia 318
Washington 65
West Virginia 10
Wisconsin 23
Wyoming 6