EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS The following…

                             EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
The following statistics are designed to provide an overview of the work our students pursue. If you
have questions about anything that follows or about your particular situation, please contact the
Office of Career Services at 802-831-1243 and we will be glad to talk with you.

Overall Employment Rate

90.8% of the Class of 2006 were employed or in a degree program within 9 months of graduation

Employment by Job Type
Most VLS students begin their careers in full-time legal or law-related positions and, as the following
chart illustrates, they are evenly spread across a range of positions, including law firm associates,
judicial law clerks, legislative aides, government specialists and environmental advocates.




                                       Academic 3%                Law Firm 33%
                    Pub. Int. 18%




             Clerkship 16%


                                Business 17%                   Government
                                                                  13%


Class of 2006 Salary Data
                                                            Average Salary           Maximum
                                                                                      Salary
Private Law Firms                                              $57,500               $125,000

Businesses                                                     $53,800                 $70,000

Government                                                     $43,000                 $60,000

Public Interest/Non-Profit                                     $42,500                 $73,000

Overall                                                        $48,900
Employment by Location
VLS students annually take the bar exam in 35 different states and, while many students begin their
careers in the East, there is considerable interest each year in the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky
Mountain states, the Bay Area, Alaska, and Chicago. Chances are quite good that wherever you are
looking there is a VLS graduate already there paving the way.

                                                                 Class of      Class of     Class of
                                                                  2006          2005         2004
New England (CT,ME,MA,NH,RI,VT)                                  40.3%         47.4%        41.9%
Mid-Atlantic (NY,NJ,PA)                                           11.1%        11.3%         7.3%
East North Central (IL,IN,MI,OH,WI)                                6.3%         3.8%         6.6%
West North Central (IA,KS,MN,MO,NE,ND,SD)                          0.7%         0.0%         0.0%
So. Atlantic (DE,DC,FL,GA,MD,NC,SC,VA,WV)                         22.3%        14.3%         19.8%
East South Central (AL,KY,MS,TN)                                   1.4%         0.8%         4.5%
West South Central (AR,LA,OK,TX)                                   0.0%         1.5%         5.1%
Mountain (AZ,CO,ID,MT,NV,NM,UT,WY)                                 3.4%        11.2%         4.5%
Pacific (AK,CA,HI,OR,WA)                                          13.8%         8.2%         8.8%
International                                                      0.7%         1.5%         1.5%


More than just a statistic....
The best way to learn about the careers of recent VLS graduates is to see what they do. Here is a
small sample of where some graduates from the past two years are working

National and    Regional Law Firms
          o      Beveridge & Diamond, DC
          o      Hartman Simons Spielman & Wood, Atlanta, GA
          o      Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL
          o      Drummond & Drummond, Portland, ME
          o      Perkins Thompson, Portland, ME
          o      LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, Boston, MA
          o      Warner Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI
          o      Blanco Tackaberry Combs & Matamoras, Winston-Salem, NC
          o      Devine Millimet, Concord, NH
          o      McLane Graf, Manchester, NH
          o      Downs Rachlin & Martin, Burlington, VT
              o Paul Frank & Collins, Burlington, VT
              o Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer, Burlington, VT
              o Jackson Kelly, Charleston, WV

Judicial Clerkships
           o Graduates are clerking in the federal courts in Arizona, DC, Maine, Pennsylvania,
               and Vermont
           o Graduates are clerking in the following state courts: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado,
               Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Vermont,
               Virginia, and West Virginia

Fellowships
              o Environmental Law and Policy Center, Chicago, IL
              o Fulbright Scholarship, Uruguay
              o Presidential Management Fellowship, Washington, DC

Public Interest / Non-Profit Organizations
           o Grameen Foundation USA, Washington, DC
           o Nantucket AIDS Network, Nantucket, MA
           o Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
           o Have Justice Will Travel, Chelsea, VT
           o Legal Aid/Legal Services ­ Recent graduates are working for legal services
                organizations in New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and
                Vermont
           o Public Defenders - Recent graduates are working in Alaska, Colorado, Florida,
                Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Government
         Federal
         o Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
         o NOAA Office of General Counsel for International Law, Washington, DC
         o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, Dallas and Washington, DC
         o U.S. Department of State, Office of Diplomatic Security, Washington, DC
         o U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Washington, DC
         State
         o Alaska Legislative Affairs Office
         o Florida Department of Environmental Protection
         o New York City Law Department
         o Vermont Attorney General's Office
         o Vermont Legislative Council
         o Virginia Department of Environmental Quality