5th Year Career Development Survey

Employment Five Years After Yale Law School

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Each spring the Career Development Office collects information about our graduates five years after their law school graduation through our 5th Year Career Development Report. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the career experiences in their first five years since graduating YLS.

 

Employment Type	Class of 2005	Class of 2006	Class of 2007	Class of 2008	Class of 2009
Law Firm	52%	48%	40%	45%	46%
Public Interest Total	29%	29%	33%	32%	31%
Academic Employment	12%	14%	15%	9%	9%
Business	5%	9%	12%	14%	12%
Other	2%	0%	0%	0%	2%

Based on responses to CDO’s annual 5th Year Career Development Survey. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.