National Jurist - January 2008 - (Page 33) How does your school compare? The resulting salary differences between large law firm associates and new lawyers at other employers are essentially creating two classes of recent law graduates: The haves and the have-nots. Find out how your school compares for starting salaries. Source: The Princeton Review Best 170 Law Schools 2008 Edition. Schools Average starting salary $145,000 $135,000 $135,000 $135,000 $135,000 $135,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $115,000 $110,000 $105,058 $105,000 $103,311 $102,190 $101,111 $100,000 $100,000 $96,956 $95,891 $93,759 $91,864 $89,505 $89,063 $88,500 $87,700 $87,405 $86,971 $86,451 $85,215 $85,000 $83,871 $83,000 $82,673 $82,500 $81,782 $81,371 $81,000 $80,786 $80,709 $80,709 $80,500 $80,000 $78,500 $78,000 $77,608 $76,761 $76,431 $76,000 $75,300 $75,072 $75,000 Schools Average starting salary $74,600 $74,247 $73,283 $72,465 $72,146 $72,105 $71,663 $71,362 $71,000 $71,000 $70,808 $69,068 $68,800 $68,353 $68,000 $67,935 $67,634 $67,584 $67,517 $67,049 $65,657 $65,431 $65,424 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 $64,495 $64,260 $64,067 $64,025 $64,000 $63,831 $63,778 $63,634 $63,167 $63,074 $63,000 $62,889 $62,163 $62,000 $61,500 $61,498 $61,000 $60,719 $60,052 $60,000 $60,000 $59,849 $58,921 $58,875 $58,738 $58,701 $58,135 $57,603 $57,497 Columbia University School of Law, NY Duke University School of Law, NC University of Michigan Law School, MI Northwestern University School of Law, IL University of Chicago Law School, IL Boston University School of Law, MA New York University School of Law, NY University of Pennsylvania Law School, PA University of California—Berkeley, CA University of Southern California Law School, CA University of Virginia School of Law, VA Cornell Law School, NY Vanderbuilt University Law School, TN Harvard Law School, MA Georgetown University Law Center, DC Notre Dame Law School, IN Fordham University School of Law, NY UCLA, CA University of Texas School of Law, TX University of North Carolina School of Law, NC Boston College Law School, MA Santa Clara University School of Law, CA University of California—Hastings, CA George Washington University Law School, DC University of California—Davis, CA Washington University School of Law, MO Emory University School of Law, GA Tulane University Law School, LA SMU Dedman School of Law, TX Brooklyn Law School, NY Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, NY Loyola Marymount Law School, CA University of Houston Law Center, TX University of Washington School of Law, WA George Mason University School of Law, VA University of San Francisco School of Law, CA Loyola University Chicago School of Law, IL Southwestern University School of Law, CA Brigham Young University, UT University of Wisconsin Law School, WI University of Miami School of Law, FL Villanova University School of Law, PA Columbus School of Law, DC Connecticut School of Law, CT American University, DC Pepperdine University School of Law, CA New York Law School, NY South Texas College of Law, TX Chicago-Kent College of Law Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, OH Washington and Lee University School of Law, VA Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, NJ Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, IN University of Illinois, College of Law, IL Case Western Reserve, OH University of San Diego School of Law, CA Baylor University School of Law, TX Temple University School of Law, PA Howard University School of Law, DC Chapman University School of Law, CA Cincinnati College of Law, OH Suffolk University Law School, MA Pace University School of Law, NY Arkansas School of Law, AR Arizona State College of Law, AZ Wayne State University Law School, MI University of Iowa College of Law, IA Texas Tech University School of Law, TX Alabama School of Law, AL University of Pittsburgh School of Law, PA University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, CA DePaul University College of Law, IL Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, OH Akron School of Law, OH Georgia State University College of Law, GA Arizona College of Law, AZ St. Mary’s University School of Law, TX Mississippi College School of Law, MS Michigan State University College of Law, MI Whittier Law School, CA Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis, IN The John Marshall Law School, IL University of Tennessee College of Law, TN Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, NJ University of Mississippi School of Law, MS University of Nevada School of Law, NV Wake Forest University School of Law, NC Colorado School of Law, CO William Mitchell College of Law, MN Mercer University School of Law, GA University of Toledo College of Law, OH University of South Carolina School of Law, SC University of Utah College of Law, UT University of Oklahoma College of Law, OK Seton Hall University School of Law, NJ University of Kentucky College of Law, KY University of Maryland School of Law, MD Northeastern University School of Law, MA University of Richmond School of Law, VA Samford University School of Law, AL St. Thomas University School of Law, FL Seattle University School of Law, WA Capital University Law School, OH University of Florida College of Law, FL Touro College Law Center, NY University of Oregon School of Law, OR Louisiana State University, LA University of Buffalo Law School, NY Lewis & Clark Law School, OR Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, TX $ $ continued on next page January 2008 THE NATIONAL JURIST 33
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