First Job Choices

Graduating Class	2006	2005	2004
Law Firm	36.6%	44.6%	46.8%
Clerkship	51%	42.9%	42%
Public Interest	5.7%	4.5%	4.9%
Government	2.6%	3.4%	2.4%
Business	2.6%	2.3%	2.4%
Academia	1.5%	2.3%	1.5%

5th Year Career Development Survey
Class of 2001

Given that so many of our graduates clerk after graduation, it is also relevant to describe our graduates' first non-clerkship job choices.

First Non-Clerkship Job Choices


Public Service Employment
Of those 29% who enter public service in their first non-clerkship job, the chart below shows the distribution of employment choices:


Job Choices 5 Years After Graduation




Median Salary by Employment Type

Graduating Class	2004	2005	2006
Public	$51,635	$52,803	$54,521
Private	$125,000	$125,000	$145,000

Destinations

The geographic destinations of Yale Law School graduates.

Graduating Class	2004	2005	2006
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)	13.1%	10.8%	12%
Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)	36.6%	32%	35.2%
North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, ND)	5.7%	5.1%	5.7%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)	19.4%	20.6%	19.7%
South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, LA, OK, TX)	3.5%	6.7%	6.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)	4.0%	2.6%	2%
Pacific (AK, CA, WA, HI, OR)	15.4%	19.1%	16.1%
Foreign	2.3%	3.1%	2.6%

For more information on YLS graduates' career choices, please look at our 5th Year Career Development Survey.  Please also visit the Career Development Office's Frequently Asked Questions page.