Class of 2009 Employment Data: Jobs Down, Salaries Flat

The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) yesterday released employment data on the law school class of 2009:

• Press Release
• Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Law Graduates — Class of 2009
• Employment for the Class of 2009 — Selected Findings
• Salary Distribution Curve for the Class of 2009 Shows Relatively Few Salaries Were Close to the Mean
• William D. Henderson (Indiana-Bloomington), The Class of 2009: Recession or Restructuring?

 

• ABA Journal, 25% of 2009 Grads in Temp Jobs; Few Actually Earn $72K Pay Median, NALP Says
• Above the Law, NALP Gives More Information on Expected Lawyer Salary
• American Lawyer, More NALP Numbers Show a Frozen Legal Market
• JD Journal, Employment Down, Salaries Hold for Law Grads
• National Law Journal, NALP: Fewer Legal Jobs, But Pay Holding Steady
• Wall Street Journal Law Blog, NALP: Law Graduate Salaries Steady. . . But There Are Caveats