Career Prospects
For 2010 Tulane Law graduates, Tulane Law School's website reports the following starting salary ranges: 33% between $0 and $55,000; 33% between $56,000 and $90,000; and 33% between $92,000 and $160,000.
Average starting salaries for 2010 Tulane Law graduates were: private sector, $101,474; government, $48,133; public service or academia, $32,674; judicial clerkship, $45,364; and overall, $80,977.
The employment rate for 2010 Tulane Law graduates, 9 months after graduation, according to Tulane Law's website, was 85%. The most current edition of Law School Admissions Council's Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, using ABA data, gives a rate of 92.2%. The copyright date on LSAC's document is 2011 and does not specify a graduation year.
In 2005, Tulane reported to U.S. News & World Report that the median starting salary for its class of 2005 was $135,000. In 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that the 2005 figure had been based on a student survey that only 24% of the class of 2005 had submitted. In 2007, Tulane reported on its website that the average starting salary for graduates in private practice was $96,356.
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