Graduate Survey Form

NALP EMPLOYMENT REPORT AND SALARY SURVEY

PLEASE REPORT ANY JOB, WHETHER LEGAL OR NON-LEGAL, WHETHER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

Please refer to the instruction sheet as you are completing this survey.
Graduation Date 
Name 

Phone 

Permanent Address 

City 

State 

Country
Zip Code 

Email Address 



I. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
A. PROGRAM TYPE AT TIME OF GRADUATION

Full-time/3-Year
Part-time/Evening
B. AGE (Complete either B1 or B2)
B1. Age at Graduation

B2. Birth Date

Mo  Day  Yr

C. GENDER

Male
Female
D. RACE/ETHNCITY
(You may check up to two)

Latino
Other Hispanic (describe)

Black/African American
Asian Am./Pacific Islander (describe)

East Indian/Pakistani
Am. Indian/Native Am. (describe)

Caucasian
E. DISABILITY STATUS

Not Disabled
Visual impairment
Hearing impairment
Mobility impairment
Speech impairment
Learning disability
Other (describe)


II. EMPLOYMENT STATUS (Complete either item A, B, C or D)
A. Employed (also complete A1 and A2 below)
  A1. Type of Job (check only one)
Bar admission required/anticipated (includes judicial clerks)
JD preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., articling, accounting firm, management consulting firm, law school or law firm administration)
Professional other (describe)
Non-professional other (describe)
A2. Job is: (check only one)
Full-time Part-time
If you are employed, please skip to Part III and do not check B, C or D.

If you are not employed, check only ONE of the following boxes below.
B. Enrolled in a full-time degree program
(Complete Item A in Part III if applicable)
C. Seeking work
D. NOT seeking work
If you checked Item C or D above, the rest of this form is not applicable.


III. JOB INFORMATION

A. SPECIAL FUNDING
 This job or degree program is funded in whole or in part by a fellowship or grant (describe)


If you are enrolled in a full-time advanced degree program, the remaining items are not applicable.


B. TIMING OF OFFER (Mark one)
 Before graduation
After graduation but before bar results
After bar results
C. SOURCE OF JOB
Mark the one choice that best describes how you learned of and made initial contact with the employer. If you received an offer from your summer employer, or the employer for whom you worked during law school, indicate how you initially made contact with that employer.
 Interviewed during fall OCI program organized by the career services office
Interviewed during spring OCI program organized by the career services office
Returned to or continued with pre-law school employer
Interviewed at job fair or consortia
Responded to job described in career services' posting/bulletin/ jobline/ binder/direct contact listing or utilized its résumé referral service
Referral by business colleague, friend, relative, alumni, or school personnel
Commercial Internet job site
Initiated contact by means of a targeted mailing or informational interviewing, or as a result of networking
Used a temporary placement agency or legal search consultant
Started own practice or business
Other (describe)

D. INDICATE WHETHER THE EMPLOYER HIRED YOU ON A SHORT-TERM OR PERMANENT BASIS. Note that a permanent job from the employer's perspective may be one that you consider short-term, while, for example, you continue to seek a different job. Please indicate the type of job from the employer's perspective.
Hired on a short-term basis (e.g., contract attorney)
Hired on a permanent basis (e.g., associate, job held prior to/during law school)
E. SEARCH STATUS (Mark only if you are employed)
 I continue to seek a job other than that described here
I am not seeking a job other than that described here


NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER
Name 

Street 

City 

State 

Zip 



COMPLETE F1, F2, AND F3 ONLY IF YOUR PRIMARY JOB IS IN LAW FIRM PRIVATE PRACTICE. IF NOT, SKIP TO G, H, I, OR J.
IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY A LEGAL TEMPORARY AGENCY, SKIP TO G (BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY) REGARDLESS OF THE EMPLOYER AT WHICH THE AGENCY HAS PLACED YOU.
F1. TYPE OF LAW FIRM OFFICE (Mark one only)
 Employed at main (or only) office/firm headquarters
Employed in branch office of firm
Firm is a public interest law firm
F2. TOTAL SIZE OF LAW FIRM (Mark only one for size of entire firm by total number of attorneys)
 Solo (you are self-employed as a solo practitioner)
2-10 attorneys
11-25 attorneys
26-50 attorneys
51-100 attorneys
101-250 attorneys
251-500 attorneys
501+ attorneys
F3. SIZE OF LAW OFFICE (Mark only one to indicate size of office where you are/will be working. Note: office size may not exceed firm size.)
 Solo (you are self-employed as a solo practitioner)
2-10 attorneys
11-25 attorneys
26-50 attorneys
51-100 attorneys
101-250 attorneys
251-500 attorneys
501+ attorneys

F4. TYPE OF LAW FIRM JOB (Mark one only)
Attorney
Law Clerk / Articling
Paralegal
Administrator


IF JOB IS IN BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, COMPLETE BOTH G1 AND G2.
G1. TYPE OF EMPLOYER
Legal temporary agency
Accounting firm
Investment banking institution
Entertainment/sports management company
Insurance company
Management consulting firm
Publishing house
Technology/e-commerce company
Trade association, union, or political campaign
Other Business or Industry
G2. TYPE OF JOB
Temporary attorney work
Temporary law clerk or paralegal work
In-house legal
Management
Business development/Sales/Marketing
Human resources
Consulting
Self-employed
Other Job (describe)


IF JOB IS IN GOVERNMENT, COMPLETE BOTH C1 AND C2.
H1. LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT

Federal
State
Local (City/Municipal/County)
Other (describe)

H2. TYPE OF JOB

Judicial Clerkship
Military Position
Prosecution
Public Defender
Other (describe)



IF JOB IS IN A PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION OR OTHER NONPROFIT (Mark one item to indicate the primary type of work you will be handling)
I. TYPE OF JOB

Community education and organization
Direct legal services
Civil Legal Services
Policy/Advocacy
Public Interest
Other (describe)



IF JOB IS ACADEMIC (Mark one item to indicate the type of job)
J. TYPE OF JOB

Law school administration
Law school faculty
Other higher education
Other academic job (describe)



K. STARTING SALARY

PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US WILL BE USED IN THE AGGREGATE. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE EITHER YOUR JOB STATUS OR SALARY LEVEL. YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BY CAREER SERVICES AND IS NOT SHARED WITH ANY OTHER PERSON OR DEPARTMENT.