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I started this blog as a way of building an online community of current and past Ivy Tech paralegal students, as well as letting people interested in our program know what we're up to. This blog is not sponsored by Ivy Tech. No way, no how.

My name is Linda Kampe, and I'm the program chair of Paralegal Studies in Lafayette, Indiana. My office is in Ivy Hall 1166. Stop by and chat. For best results, make an appointment, so I know to expect you. And if you bring your own cup, I'll make you tea. Because hey, we're not animals.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Thinking of Going to Law School?

Employment data for 2015 law school grads released by ABA Legal Ed Section

Posted May 03, 2016 05:48 pm CDT
By Stephanie Francis Ward
ABA
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Out of the 39,984 graduates of the 205 ABA-accredited law schools in 2015, 70 percent have full-time, long-term employment in positions that require or prefer a JD, according to data (PDF) released Tuesday by the ABA’s Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Individual schools’ data can be searched online.
Among the class of 2015, 1.7 percent had solo practices, 40.7 percent worked for law firms and 14.6 percent had “business & industry” positions, 11.6 percent worked in government, 4.7 percent had public interest jobs, 8.4 percent were doing clerkships and 1.6 percent reported education positions. Almost 9.7 percent—3,871 graduates—were unemployed and seeking employment.
“The council is pleased to release data on law school employment outcomes for the class of 2015. We offer a summary of those outcomes, which shows that the employment market remains challenging for recent graduates even as law schools are substantially reducing enrollments,” Barry Currier, the ABA’s managing director of accreditation and legal education, told the ABA Journal.
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