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The guide identifies resources for evaluating base salary reasonableness using national and geographically focused salary data, employer directories, and employment survey sources. 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(NALP) 1220 19th Street NW, Suite 401 Washington, DC 20036-2405 Phone: (202) 835-1001  \n[www. nalp.org](www. nalp.org)  \nCONTENTS  \n3 INTRODUCTION  \n3 RESOURCES PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON BASE SALARY NALP’s Jobs & JDs  \nNational-Level Salary Information  \nGeographically-focused Salary Information  \nNALP Directory of Legal Employers  \nPrior Years of Graduate Employment Surveys at Your School  \nTrusted Alumni  \nOnline Legal Salary Databases  \n6 COMPARING SALARIES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS  \n7 COMPENSATION VARIABLES Monetary Benefits  \nInsurance Benefits and Wellness  \nMembership Dues, Professional Development and Marketing Budgets  \nReimbursement for Expenses Prior to Employment  \n9 STUDENT MEETING TIPS Student Meeting Steps  \n11 FINAL THOUGHTS: THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY  \nINTRODUCTION  \nOne challenge that arises in a Career Services Office is working with a student or recent graduate who is negotiating a salary and benefits package with a post-graduate employer. Although larger law firms and government agencies typically have established (and inflexible) entry-level or junior-level compensation packages, smaller employers or those that only infrequently hire entry-level attorneys may be amenable to negotiation or may even ask the candidate to express their expectations to open the process.  \nStudents and alumni in this situation may need assistance not only in figuring out whether an offered salary is reasonable based on the nature of the employer and its market, but also in identifying points for negotiation and in going through the negotiation process.  \nTo aid CSOs in this situation, the JD Counseling Work Group of the JD Career Advisors Section has prepared this resource to:  \n• Identify resources that CSOs can consult to provide guidance on reasonable expectations for a base salary,  \n• Outline potential additional elements of compensation, both monetary and non-monetary, that the prospective employee can consider or negotiate for as part of the overall compensation package, and  \n• Offer guidelines for helping the student through the negotiation process.  \nAdvising our students and graduates on negotiating the terms of their offers can make a difference felt throughout their careers. Even when the negotiation provides little immediate result, new attorneys will benefit from taking the initiative to advocate for themselves and employers will appreciate seeing the advocacy skills they expect to see utilized on behalf of clients.  \nRESOURCES PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON BASE SALARY  \nSalary Resources Specific To Legal Jobs  \nNALP’s Jobs & JDs  \nJobs & JDs is published annually in the late fall based on employment and salary data reported by law schools in March. It is available from NALP online bookstore, $95 per copy for members.  \nThis resource contains a great variety of salary information for entry-level legal jobs across the spectrum of employer types and geographic markets, and it can provide both background and localized salary information that will be helpful in counseling students and graduates. The salary information also includes the number of reported salaries the statistics are based on, which allows you to give your advisee a sense of how robust the data is. If you have Jobs & JDs dating back several years, you can look at that older information in order to evaluate trends.  \nBecause Jobs & JDs is such a comprehensive and helpful resource, it’s worth discussing its contents in some depth:  \nNational-Level Salary Information  \nJobs & JDs’ national benchmark information includes national summary data for salaries across each major legal industry segment: business, education, government, judicial clerkships, private practice, and public interest. This information can help advisors put pot","cbCaisA5jeSJJ6RM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisA5jeSJJ6RM","pdf",206883,"English","# Introduction\n## Resources providing guidance on base salary\n### Salary resources specific to legal jobs\n## Comparing salaries across geographic markets\n## Compensation variables\n## Student meeting tips\n## Final thoughts: This is a professional growth opportunity","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this compensation negotiation guide for law students?\",\"answer\":\"It helps career services advise students and graduates on whether an offered salary is reasonable, where to find reliable salary information, and what negotiation points to consider during the offer process.\"},{\"question\":\"Which resources does the guide recommend for assessing a reasonable base salary?\",\"answer\":\"It directs readers to NALP Jobs \\u0026 JDs for national and geographically focused salary information and to the NALP Directory of Legal Employers for employer-by-employer entry-level salary and benefits comparisons, along with other referenced survey and database sources.\"},{\"question\":\"What compensation elements besides base salary should be considered or negotiated?\",\"answer\":\"The guide covers monetary and non-monetary variables, including insurance benefits and wellness, membership dues and professional development and marketing budgets, and reimbursement for certain expenses prior to employment.\"}]","Negotiating Compensation: A Guide to Assisting Law Students and Graduates | PDF"]