NALP Salary Data for 2012 Law Grads
The Bell Curve and The Spike First, forgive the look of this blog posting. I have reproduced the chart from the NALP website , and this blogging platform makes me keep the original formatting (in this instance). Now, I saw this chart for the first time at the conference of the Midwest Association of Pre-Law Advisors (MAPLA). LSAC General Counsel, Joan Van Tol, included it in her slides along with data on applications to law school. She explained that the chart showed two salary patterns. The bell curve on the left hand side of the chart shows the starting salary for most (reportng) law school graduates 9-months after graduation. Most of the jobs held by new grads pay $40,000 to $65,000. The second pattern appears on the right side of the chart and reflects starting salaries of graduates who land jobs with BigLaw. Van Toll called this part of the chart "the spike." The spike moved away...