Student Services

Career Development & Planning

Each year, the Office of Career Services sends more than 3,000 on-campus interview invitations to employers nationwide and more than 700 surveys to judges and lawyers across Georgia. Employers participating in on-campus interviews also receive access to our online student directory. And since our community of students, faculty, and administrators is so small, we are able to understand your needs on a much more personal level and connect you with the most fulfilling and relevant experience possible.

Employment Statistics—Class of 2010

Approximately 91.17 percent of Mercer law graduates from the Class of 2010 were employed or enrolled in full-time degree programs within nine months of graduation.

Practice Areas
Private Practice: 61.21%
Government: 11.21%
Judicial Clerkships: 12.93%
Business: 6.03%
Public Interest: 6.90%
Academic: 0.0%
Military: 1.72%

Geographic Areas
Georgia: 82.76%
Other States: 17.24%

Salary Information
Average Salary For All Graduates: $58,863
Average Salary For Private Practice: $65,536
Average Salary For Government Practice: $48,310
Average Salary For Judicial Clerkships: $47,300
Average Salary for Business: $65,667
Average Salary For Public Interest: $42,167

Bar Pass Rates

Mercer graduates consistently pass the Georgia Bar Exam at rates higher than the state average.

Mercer Law School First Time Test Takers
July 2000 – 89%
July 2001 – 92%
July 2002 – 85%
July 2003 – 84.5%
July 2004 – 94.2%
July 2005 – 91.1%
July 2006 – 90.6%
July 2007 – 89.9%
July 2008 - 95.8%
July 2009 - 87.3%
July 2010 - 92.7%

Total First Time Test Takers
July 2000 – 87.3%
July 2001 – 92.4%
July 2002 – 84%
July 2003 – 85.1%
July 2004 – 87.4%
July 2005 – 85.7%
July 2006 – 87.1%
July 2007 – 87.1%
July 2008 - 90.9%
July 2009 - 82.6%
July 2010 - 84.7%

Job Listings

The Career Services Office is pleased to introduce Symplicity, a web-based interface that will greatly enhance the resources available through the Career Services Office: https://law-mercer-csm.symplicity.com/students/.  For job fair information and to submit applications for the job fairs, please see the separate Symplicity site at https://law-glsc-csm.symplicity.com/.

Among other things, we will use Symplicity to schedule and manage our on-campus interview programs and to post job openings. If you are using your Mercer provided email address (access id @lawmail.mercer.edu), you will have already received an email advising you of your user id and password to access Symplicity. If you did not receive an email from Symplicity, please contact the Career Services Office to obtain your user id and password.

In order to ensure that you receive emails from Symplicity, it will be necessary for you to activate and use your Mercer provided email address (access id @lawmail.mercer.edu).

Students will be trained by the Career Services Office on all aspects of Symplicity, including On-Campus Interviews (OCI) and the Jobs & Resume Collection Bank.

Career Service job search/bar exam documents for students on the portal.  (Requires Login)