Microsoft Word - gradsurvey

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(status as of March 15, 2024)

I. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

A. PROGRAM TYPE AT TIME OF GRADUATION

Full-time/3-Year Part-time/Evening

B. ID

B1. R #

B2. Birth Date

Day Yr

II. POST GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS

A1. Select only one of the following to describe your post-

graduate status as of March 15, 2024:

 Employed in a position for which you receive a salary or a stipend or

are being paid on a contract or retainer basis (also complete the

items in sections A3 and B)

 Enrolled in Graduate Studies

 Employed – start date deferred (also complete items A2

and 7; the rest of the form is not applicable)

 Not employed and seeking work/paid position

 Not employed and not seeking work/paid position

A2. Job Information

1. Type of Job (choose one)

 Bar admission required/anticipated (includes judicial clerks)

 JD Advantage

 Other professional position (describe)

______________________________________________

 Other position (describe)

______________________________________________

2. Job is: (check one)

 Full-time

 Part-time

per year

(choose one)

3. Job Pays:

A salary of $

A stipend of $

 per week

 per month

 per project

4. Indicate whether the employer hired you on a short-term or long-term

basis. Note that a long-term 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.

 Job is long-term (1 year or more)

 Job is short-term (duration is less than a year)

Also indicate if the job is funded by your law school.

 Job is funded in whole or in part by my law school. (Check if

applicable. Excludes jobs that are “permanent” in nature such as

long-term jobs in career services, admissions, development, or

general counsel offices.)

6a. Timing of job offer (mark one)

 Before graduation

 After graduation (if after graduation, also complete 6b below)

6b. Post-graduation offer was received

 Before bar results/bar exam not yet taken

 After bar results

 Timing relative to bar results not applicable; bar exam/passage

not required for the job

7. Date on which you started or will start the job reported on this survey

Day

8. 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 whom you worked

during law school, indicate how you initially made contact with that

employer.

 Interviewed at an OCI program

 Returned to or continued with pre-law school employer

 Interviewed at job fair or consortia

 Responded to career services’ job posting

 Referral by business colleague, friend, relative, alumni, or school

personnel

 Responded to non-CSO job posting, either in print or online (e.g.,

classified

ad, Indeed.com)

 Used school’s judicial clerkship process or OSCAR

 Self-initiated contact, e.g. a targeted mailing, an

informational interview, or the result of networking

 Used a temporary placement agency or legal search consultant

 Started own practice or business

 Other (describe) _______________________________________

ABA2 GRADUATE SURVEY FORM — CLASS OF 2023

TEXAS TECH LAW EMPLOYMENT REPORT AND SALARY SURVEY

Name Phone

Permanent Address

E-mail



Indicate whether you are seeking a job other than the one

described here

I continue to seek a job other than that described here

I am not seeking a job other than that described here

Please complete back page.

_____________________________

EMPLOYER INFORMATION

Name Phone

Address

Website

COMPLETE B1, B2, AND B3 ONLY IF YOUR PRIMARY JOB IS IN

LAW FIRM PRIVATE PRACTICE. IF NOT, SKIP TO B4/B5, B6/B7,

B8 or B9/B10 AS APPROPRIATE. IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY A

LEGAL T

EMPORARY AGENCY, SKIP TO B4 AND B5 (BUSINESS

OR INDUSTRY)

REGARDLESS OF THE EMPLOYER AT WHICH

THE AGENCY HAS PLACED YOU.

B1. TOTAL SIZE OF LAW FIRM (Mark only one for size of entire firm by

total number of attorneys)

 Solo (you have started your own law firm as a solo practitioner)

 1-10 attorneys

 11-25 attorneys

 26-50 attorneys

 51-100 attorneys

 101-250 attorneys

 251-500 attorneys

 501+ attorneys

B2.  Firm is a public interest law firm (check if applicable)

B3. TYPE OF LAW FIRM JOB (mark one only.)

 Entry-level attorney or associate (includes solo practitioners)

 Law clerk

 Paralegal

 Staff attorney (non-partnership track)

 Manager/Administrator (includes recruiting, professional

development and marketing)

 Patent agent

 Other non-attorney position

IF JOB IS IN BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, COMPLETE BOTH B4 AND B5

B4. TYPE OF EMPLOYER

 Legal temporary agency

 Accounting firm

 Investment banking or financial institution

 Entertainment/sports management company

 Healthca

 Insurance company

 Real estate

 Retail trade or hospitality sector

 Management consulting firm

 Publishing house

 Legal process outsourcer (LPO)

 Legal/law-related technology company

 Other technology/e-commerce company

 Trade association or political campaign

 Other business or industry (describe)

IF JOB IS IN GOVERNMENT, COMPLETE BOTH B6 AND B7

B6. LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT

 Federal

 State

 Local (city/municipal/county)

 Tribal

 International

 Other (describe) ______________________________________

B7. TYPE OF JOB

Judicial Clerkship

Judge ___________________________________

Court ____________________________________

Judicial - other (non-clerkship, e.g., staff attorney)

Military JAG Corps (any service)

Other military position (uniformed or civilian)

Prosecutor

Agency Honors program

Other agency position (including law enforcement)

Legislative (e.g., legislative

assistant)

Other (describe)___________________________

IF JOB IS IN A PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION OR OTHER

NONPROFIT

B8. (Mark one item that best describes the primary type of work or

job you will be handling)

 Co

mmunity e

ducation and organization

 Civil legal services

 Policy/advocacy

 Public defender or appellate defender

 Other (describe)

IF JOB IS IN EDUCATION COMPLETE BOTH B9 AND B10

B9. Type of Employer

 Law School

 College or university

 Elementary or secondary school

 Other (describe) ________________________________

B10. Type of Job

 Faculty/teacher

 Administrator

 Research assistant/fellow or other temporary position

 Other (describe, e.g., Title 9 compliance)

__________________________________________

B5. TYPE OF JOB

 Temporary attorney work

 Law clerk or paralegal

 Compliance

 In-house lawyer

 Management

 Business development/Sales/Marketing

 Consulting

 Tax associate (with an accounting firm)

 E-discovery attorney (with an LPO)

 Landman (with an energy company)

 Privacy/Cybersecurity analyst or officer

 Contract manager/analyst

 Self-employed

 Other (describe)

OTHER REMARKS

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