1) What percentage of first-year law associates become partner,
nationwide?

2) What's the average time it takes to become partner?

3) What percentage of first-year law associates become partner in NYC?

4) What's the average time it takes to become partner in NYC?

5) Name, approximately, the top 5 professions that associates move
into after they leave a firm before they become partner.

Dear Tom,

I searched around a little and couldn't find all of the info that you
are seeking. I have, though, seen this information, and more than
once. Of course, when you're looking for it you can't find it.

Seems to me that one of those law student magazines that are handed
out at law schools (without charge) have contained such surveys.

Another idea is the career services office at your law school (or alma
mater).

One thought is that the data may be becoming more difficult to pin
down with the tremendous changes that have occurred with associate
lateral hiring that has marked the past few years.

Sorry I couldn't be of help.

Good luck,

Tom

Thank you.  However, I'm not in law school or working in the
profession.  These questions came up in the course of other work I'm
doing.

Any help anyone can provide I would be most grateful for.

Hi weisstho-ga,

The best I found was an article on the NALP site (The National
Association for Law Placement -  Association for Law Career Research
and Education.
http://nalp.org/refdesk/salwars.htm

The site itself is a great resource, but having read through about 30
research reports, I still did not find the kind of accurate
information you are looking for. It does say that in a law firm of 500
in New York, there are 2 associates to every partner. In another
article, I found that it takes 7-8 years to become a partner.

Google search words, "law schools" : 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=law+schools
From there I went to Baylor and to Student Information, which led me
to the above site.

While trying to find the answer to your question I came across this
source of salary and benefits statistics that I thought may be of
interest.

Findlaw.com at http://findlaw.com is the main site but the following
provides very specific salary information.
http://www.infirmation.com/shared/insider/payscale.tcl?state=NY

Unfortunately I have not been able to find the answers to your
questions.