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The Office of Career Planning & Professional Development provides the resources necessary to enable you while a student to realize your dreams. Offering a wide variety of programs and job fairs to provide opportunities to our diverse student body, Career Service's staff of seven includes five attorneys with over seventy years of legal, non-legal, governmental and public service experience. We are here to assist you in finding your path through one on one counseling, career and professional development programming, career fairs, on campus and off campus interview programs and our Alumni-Student Career Conference.

 




Facts & Stats

As of nine months past graduation, 98% of those members of the Class of 2006 seeking employment were employed.

The starting salary range was $60,000 to $135,000. 90.2% of the class passed the Bar Exam on their first attempt. The State of Illinois' passing rate was 86%.

Positions by Geographic Location

New England 2.1%
Mid-Atlantic 2.1%
East North Central 72.3%
West North Central 3.6%
South Atlantic 8.7%
East South Central .5%
West South Central 3.1%
Mountain 3.1%
Pacific 2.1%
Foreign Countries 2.1%

Nature of Employment

Private practice 65%
Business 13%
Government and public interest 12%
Judicial clerkships 7%
Academic 3%