NALP's annual survey of each law school's graduating class is known as the ERSS, or Employment Report and Salary Survey.

ERSS Data Collection: Class of 2021 (all documents posted as PDF)

• Cover Letter from NALP for the Class of 2021 Data Collection
• What's New for the Class of 2021 ERSS?
• Guidelines for Surveying Your Graduates and Compiling Your Data…Tips from the Trenches
• ERSS Instructions for Compiling and Reporting Booklet
• Data Submission Information Sheet
• Graduates: We Need Your Help!
• Graduate Survey Form — Class of 2021
• 2021 Graduate Survey — fillable
• Class of 2021 FAQs for Students
• ASCII specifications (This document is only applicable to non-Symplicity/12Twenty schools. If your school prefers to use an Excel template created by NALP please contact dtaylor@nalp.org for further assistance.)

Other Useful Resources

• 2015 NALP Best Practices Guide for Managing Law School Employment Outcomes
• ERSS Regions (PDF) 
• Methodology for Calculating Graduate Employment Data (PDF)
• Background on Changes in Demographic Questions for Class of 2014: NALP Bulletin article by Mark Goldfarb (February 2014) on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Additions to the ERSS Survey (PDF)
• NALP vs ABA Data: Why Do They Vary?
• Help NALP Capture New Data on First-Generation College Students (NALP Bulletin article, November 2020)

Graduate Survey: Class of 2022

• Class of 2022 FAQs
• 2022 Graduate Survey - fillable