Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School
Private school
Lansing, MI
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ABA 509 report for Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School
2022 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 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
J.D. advantage | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Professional | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
Non-professional | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
School funded | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Employed total | 208 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 223 |
Non-employed | |||||
Pursuing graduate degree full-time | 4 | ||||
Unemployed - deferred start date | 3 | ||||
Unemployed - not seeking | 8 | ||||
Unemployed - seeking | 28 | ||||
Employment status unknown | 11 | ||||
Non-employed total | 54 | ||||
Total graduates | 277 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total law school funded | 0 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2-10 attorneys | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
11-25 attorneys | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
26-50 attorneys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
51-100 attorneys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
101-250 attorneys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
251-500 attorneys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
501+ attorneys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Size unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business & industry | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
Government | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Public interest | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Clerkships | |||||
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
State & local | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Tribal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Employer type unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Employed total | 208 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 223 |
Non-employed | |||||
Pursuing graduate degree full-time | 4 | ||||
Unemployed - deferred start date | 3 | ||||
Unemployed - not seeking | 8 | ||||
Unemployed - seeking | 28 | ||||
Employment status unknown | 11 | ||||
Non-employed total | 54 | ||||
Total graduates | 277 |
Employment location
State | Total | |
---|---|---|
Most common employment destination | Michigan | 87 |
Second most common employment destination | Florida | 66 |
Third most common employment destination | New York | 9 |
# Employed in foreign countries | 2 | |
Non-employed total | 54 |
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