Graduate Survey Form

NALP Employment Report and Salary Survey

General Information:
* Denotes required fields Name:

E-mail:

I. Demographic Information:

A. Program Type at Time of Graduation
One Required

Full-time/3-Year
Part-time/Evening

B. Age (Complete either B1 or B2)

B1. Age at Graduation
B2. Birth Date

C. Gender

Male
Female

II. Employment Status:
* Denotes required fields

Complete either A, B, C, D, or E - If you are employed and also studying for the bar, check the appropriate box under A1. At least one is Required

A. Employed (also complete A1 and A2 below)

A1. Type of job (check only one) * Required

	Bar Admission required/anticipated (includes judicial clerks)
	JD preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., accounting firm, management consulting firm, law school or law firm administration)
	Professional Other (describe)
	Non-professional other (describe)

A2. Job is (check only one) * Required
Full-time
Part-time

A3. Bar Exam (one is required)

Did you sit for a bar exam?
Yes
No

If yes: what state:

Did you pass?
Yes
No

If you are employed, skip to Part III

B. Enrolled in a full-time degree program
C. Seeking Work
D. Studying for the bar full-time
E. NOT seeking work

If you checked C, D, or E above, the rest of this form is not applicable.

III. Job-1 Information:
* Denotes required fields

A. Special Funding

This job or degree program is funded in whole or in part by a fellowship or grant

If you are enrolled in a full-time advanced degree program, the remaining items relating to Job-1 are not applicable. A job held concurrent with your degree program may be reported under Job-2 on this form.

B. Timing of Offer (check one) * Required

Before Graduation
After Graduation

C. Source of Job * Required

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 resume referral service
	Referral by business colleague, friend, relative, alumni, or school personnel
	Commercial (non-school) Internet job site
	Initiated contact by means of 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 (please 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. One of these fields is required.

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 described here

Name and Location of Employer
Name:

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.

F1. Type of Law Firm Office (Mark only one)

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 employees)

Solo (you are self-employed as a solo practioner)
2-10 Attorneys
11-25 Attorneys
26-50 Attorneys
51-100 Attorneys
101-250 Attorneys
250-500 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 practioner)
2-10 Attorneys
11-25 Attorneys
26-50 Attorneys
51-100 Attorneys
101-250 Attorneys
250-500 Attorneys
501+ Attorneys

F4. Type of Law Firm Job

Attorney
Law Clerk
Paralegal
Administrator

If your 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 or political campaign
Other (please describe)

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 (please describe)

If your job is in GOVERNMENT, complete BOTH H1 and H2.

H1. Level of Government
Federal
State
Local (City/Municipal/County)
Other (please describe)

H2. Type of job
Judicial Clerkship
Military Position
Prosecution
Other (please describe)

I. 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)

Community education and organization
Direct legal services
Policy/Advocacy
Public Defender
Other (please describe)

J. If job is ACADEMIC (Mark one item to indicate the type of job)

Law school administration
Other higher education
Other (please describe)

K. Starting Salary

L. Salary Negotiation

L1. Who made the first salary offer?
Me
Employer

L2. If YOU made the first offer:
L2a. Did the employer accept it? Yes No

L2b. If the employer negotiated the salary down, by how much from the original figure?

L3. If the EMPLOYER made the first offer:
L3a. Did you accept the first offer? Yes No

L3b. If you negotiated for a higher salary than what was offered, how much more than the initial offer did you receive?