GRADUATE SURVEY FORM - WVU COLLEGE OF LAW
CLASS OF 2007
NALP EMPLOYMENT REPORT AND SALARY SURVEY

Name and address after the bar: Telephone Number:
Personal Email: Business Phone:
Business Email: Business Fax:
Law School Registration Name, If different:
1. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

A. PROGRAM TYPE AT TIME OF GRADUATION
Full-Time/3 Year Part-Time/Evening

B. AGE (Complete either C1 or C2)
C1. Age at Graduation: C2. Birth Date:

C. GENDER:
Male Female

D. RACE/ETHNICITY (Mark one only)
Latino (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban) Other Hispanic (Describe):
Black/African American Asian/Pacific Islander (Describe):
East Indian/Pakistani Am. Indian/Native Am. (Describe):
White/Caucasian

E. DISABILITY STATUS
Not disabled Visual Impairment Hearing Impairment
Molbility Impairment Learning Disabled

Speech Impairment

Other (describe)

 

11. EMPLOYMENT STATUS
A. Employed (also complete A1 and A2 below)

A1. Type of job (check only one):
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):
Full-Time Part-Time
If you are employed, please skip to Part III

B. Enrolled in a full-time degree program (Complete item A in Part II if applicable)
C. Seeking work
D . NOT seeking work

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

III. JOB-1 INFORMATION
A. SPECIAL FUNDING
  This job or degree program is funded in whole or in part by the following fellowship or grant (describe)
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 the back of this form.

B. TIMING OF OFFER (Mark one):
Before graduation After graduation but before bar results
After bar results  

C. SOURCE OF JOB 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 when 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/On Point/binder/resume mailing/direct contact listing or utilized it's resume referral service.
Referred by business colleague, friend, relative, alumni or school personnel.
Commercial (non-school) internet job site.
Initiated contact by means of a targeted mailing, or informational interview, or as a result of networking.
Used a temporary placement agency or legal search consultant.
Started own practice or business.
Other (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.
Hired on a short-term basis (e.g., contract attorney, judicial clerk).
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 that described here.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER
Name of Employer:
Street:
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 one only):
Employed at main (or only) office/firm headquarters

Employed in branch office of firm

Firm is a Public Interest Firm


F2. TOTAL SIZE OF LAW FIRM (Mark only one for size of entire firm by total number of attorneys).
Solo (you are self-employed as a solo practitioner  2 - 10 Attorneys
 11 - 25 Attorneys  26 - 50 Attorneys
51 - 100 Attorneys 101 - 250 Attorneys
251 - 500 Attorneys 501+ Attorneys

F3. SIZE OF LAW OFFICE (Mark only one to indicate size of office where you are/will be working.
Solo (you are self-employed as a solo practitioner 2 - 10 Attorneys
 11 - 25 Attorneys  26 - 50 Attorneys
51 - 100 Attorneys 101 - 250 Attorneys
251 - 500 Attorneys 501+ Attorneys


F4. TYPE OF LAW FIRM JOB (Mark one only).

Attorney
Law clerk
Paralegal
Administrator


IF JOB IS IN BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, COMPLETE BOTH G-1 AND G-2.

G-1. TYPE OF EMPLOYER

Legal temporary agency Accounting Firm  Investment Banking or Finiancial Institution
Entertainment/sports management company.   Insurance Company Management consulting firm
Publishing house Technology/e-commerce company Trade association, or political campaign  
Other business or industry (describe):    

G-2. 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 (describe):

IF JOB-1 IS IN GOVERNMENT, COMPLETE BOTH H1 AND H2

H1. LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
Federal Local (City/Municipal/County
State Other (describe)

H2. TYPE OF JOB
Judicial Clerkship Military Position
Prosecution  
Other (describe)

I. IF JOB IS IN A PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION OR OTHER NONPROFIT (mark one item that best describes the primary type of work or job you will be handling):
Community education and organization

Civil Legal Services
Public Defender or Appellate defender

Policy/Advocacy Other (describe):

J. IF JOB IS ACADEMIC (mark 1 item to indicate the type of job):
Law School Administration Other Higher Education
Other academic job(describe):

K. JOB-1 STARTING SALARY (Complete for job described above)
Salary:

IV. JOB-2 INFORMATION - Complete only if you have a job concurrent with that reported as Job-1.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER:
Name
Address
;City, State & Zip

A.1 Type of Job Basic Job Type (Check one only)
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 one only): Full-time Part-time

EMPLOYER TYPE (Check one only)
Law Firm Private Practice Business/Industry
Government Judicial Clerkship
Public Interest Academic
Other remarks:

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