
Career Services
This report summarizes the employment status of UC Davis Law School’s Class of 2010 as of February 2011. Member schools of the National Association for Law Placement (virtually all ABA accredited law schools) report on the employment of their recent graduates at that time each year. Percentages in the statistics below are rounded up, which may result in totals that do not equal 100%.
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Of the 194 students in the class, information was available on the employment status of 193 students. Ninety-two percent of the graduating class was employed nine months after graduation. Another three percent were enrolled in an advanced degree program.
EMPLOYMENT SETTINGS
Private Practice: |
81 / 45% | |
| Self Employed | 3 / 4% | |
| 2-10 Attorneys | 19 / 23% | |
| 11-25 Attorneys | 3 / 4% | |
| 26-50 Attorneys | 9 / 11% | |
| 51-100 Attorneys | 4 / 5% | |
| 101-250 Attorneys | 5 / 6% | |
| 251-500 Attorneys | 3 / 4% | |
| 501+ Attorneys | 17 / 21% | |
| Unknown Size | 18 / 22% | |
Judicial Clerkships: |
10 / 6% | |
Government: |
17 / 9% | |
Military: |
2 / 1% | |
Public Interest/Legal Services: |
21 / 12% | |
Business/Industry: |
14 /8% | |
Academic: |
16 / 9% | |
Job Type Unknown: |
18 / 10% | |
SALARY RANGES
Salaries are reported only for those graduates with full-time employment. Not all students reported salaries.
All reporting: |
25%-75%: $61,000 – $160,000; Median: $92,000 | |
Private Practice (firms): |
25%-75%: $85,000 – $160,000; Median: $145,000 | |
Government (including judicial clerkships): |
25%-75%: $45,000 – $85,000; Median: $80,000 | |
Public Interest: |
25%-75%: $41,000-$41,000; Median: $41,000 | |
Business & Industry: |
No salary information reported | |
LOCATION
Pacific: |
159 / 88% | AK, CA, HI, WA | |
Mountain: |
3 / 2% | AZ, NV, NM | |
Middle Atlantic: |
1 / 1% | NY | |
South Atlantic: |
5 / 3% | DC, FL, GA | |
East North Central: |
1 / 1% | IL | |
West South Central: |
1 / 1% | TX | |
U.S. Territories |
2 / 1% | PR, VI | |
Foreign |
6 / 3% | ||














