Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School
Private school
Lansing, MI
ABA 509 report for Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School
2014 ABA employment report
Job type
| Employed | Long-term full-time |
Long-term part-time |
Short-term full-time |
Short-term part-time |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar passage required | 30% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 32.4% |
| J.D. advantage | 14.1% | 2% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 18.1% |
| Professional | 9% | 1% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 10.7% |
| Non-professional | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.7% |
| Unknown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Employed total | 55.2% | 6.8% | 3% | 0.9% | 65.9% |
| Non-employed | |||||
| Pursuing graduate degree full-time | 1.5% | ||||
| Unemployed - deferred start date | 0% | ||||
| Unemployed - not seeking | 1.3% | ||||
| Unemployed - seeking | 24.2% | ||||
| Employment status unknown | 7.1% | ||||
| Non-employed total | 34.1% | ||||
| Total graduates | 100% | ||||
School-funded jobs
| Long-term full-time |
Long-term part-time |
Short-term full-time |
Short-term part-time |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar passage required | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| J.D. advantage | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Professional | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Non-professional | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% |
| Total law school funded | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% |
Employer type
| Long-term full-time |
Long-term part-time |
Short-term full-time |
Short-term part-time |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Firms | |||||
| Solo | 4% | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 4.4% |
| 2-10 attorneys | 16.4% | 2.1% | 1% | 0.5% | 20% |
| 11-25 attorneys | 2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 2.2% |
| 26-50 attorneys | 1.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.4% |
| 51-100 attorneys | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% |
| 101-250 attorneys | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.3% |
| 251-500 attorneys | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% |
| 501+ attorneys | 0.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| Size unknown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Business & industry | 16.1% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 19.4% |
| Government | 8.4% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 9.6% |
| Public interest | 2.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 3.4% |
| Clerkships | |||||
| Federal | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| State & local | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% |
| Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Education | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 2% |
| Employer type unknown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Employed total | 55.2% | 6.8% | 3% | 0.9% | 65.9% |
| Non-employed | |||||
| Pursuing graduate degree full-time | 1.5% | ||||
| Unemployed - deferred start date | 0% | ||||
| Unemployed - not seeking | 1.3% | ||||
| Unemployed - seeking | 24.2% | ||||
| Employment status unknown | 7.1% | ||||
| Non-employed total | 34.1% | ||||
| Total graduates | 100% | ||||
Employment location
| State | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Most common employment destination | Michigan | 34.7% |
| Second most common employment destination | New York | 3.1% |
| Third most common employment destination | Florida | 2.4% |
| # Employed in foreign countries | 1.4% | |
| Non-employed total | 34.1% |
This page has been formatted to match the ABA's placement summaries, with minor language and stylistic tweaks for clarity. To view WMU - Cooley's ABA placement chart, please visit the ABA's website. From time to time, schools update data when they learn more. When possible, we use the most up-to-date data available.