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Employment Statistics

I am pleased to report on our significant progress in placement of students and reporting of data. As I have previously discussed, the information about the Wayne State University Law School class of 2005 and its employment was not accurate. We have made a preliminary determination that for the class of 2006, as measured 9 months after graduation, our graduates reported almost 89% employment with 97% of them completing the survey. Although the raw data have been reported to NALP already and will be reported to the ABA (which requires the same data as submitted to NALP), this analysis was performed in-house with the best information accessible at this time and it is not the official NALP conclusion that will be forthcoming in about six weeks.

As a consequence, under the formula used for US News rankings, we will show at least 86% employment. This figure is comparable with our typical rates, and it confirms that the 2005 data (used in the most recent rankings) are the result of administrative errors.

I would like to thank Ms. Krystal Gardner, Assistant Dean for Career Services, and Mr. Ricardo Villarosa, Director of Student Life, for their excellent work in analyzing the date. It remains crucial for us to maintain high rates of placement as well as reporting of data, and we ask that all recent graduates complete the survey about their employment when they are given the opportunity to do so.

Thank you.