Urges Law Schools to Report Employment Data
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to report employment data that identifies whether graduates have obtained full-time or part-time employment within the legal profession, whether in the private or public sector, or whether in alternative professions and whether such employment is permanent or temporary.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to include the above-referenced employment data, data on the actual cost of law school education on a per credit basis, and data on the average cost of living expenditures incurred while attending law school on their websites, in their catalogues, and in their acceptance notices sent to applicants for admission; alternatively, to include in each of these locations a prominently displayed notice of where one can obtain such data.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to display data regarding graduates’ salaries on their websites that includes the median salaries for the state and region for graduates of all law schools, in a manner which protects the privacy of the graduates.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to consider revising the Standards for Approval of Law Schools to require law schools to provide on their websites, and in other reasonable methods of communication, more data on employment and placement of graduates.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to consider incorporation of the various provisions of this resolution in the Section’s Annual Questionnaires currently distributed to all ABA-Approved Law Schools.
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RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to report employment data that identifies whether graduates have obtained full-time or part-time employment within the legal profession, whether in the private or public sector, or whether in alternative professions and whether such employment is permanent or temporary.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to include the above-referenced employment data, data on the actual cost of law school education on a per credit basis, and data on the average cost of living expenditures incurred while attending law school on their websites, in their catalogues, and in their acceptance notices sent to applicants for admission; alternatively, to include in each of these locations a prominently displayed notice of where one can obtain such data.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges all ABA-Approved Law Schools to display data regarding graduates’ salaries on their websites that includes the median salaries for the state and region for graduates of all law schools, in a manner which protects the privacy of the graduates.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to consider revising the Standards for Approval of Law Schools to require law schools to provide on their websites, and in other reasonable methods of communication, more data on employment and placement of graduates.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to consider incorporation of the various provisions of this resolution in the Section’s Annual Questionnaires currently distributed to all ABA-Approved Law Schools.
