This article will address the generation and submission of the ABA and NALP Standard Reports.
Sections
1. ABA Report Submission
2. Auditing the ABA Report
3. NALP Report Submission
4. FAQ
ABA Report Submission
On the left hand navigation bar, navigate to Reports -> Standard Reports -> ABA Report
1. Export Employment Questionnaire Report (ABA Format). This is the button you click to export the official report that you will upload to the ABA EQ portal.
2. A pop-up "Generate and Export ABA Report" window will appear allowing you to add filters to match the graduation class, program, and survey period you want to export data for.
- When downloading the official report, remember to select No for the radio button that says "Include Student Name and ID" to ensure that student identifying data is excluded from the final report. If the names are included on the ABA submission, the file will be rejected.
3. Submit your Employment Questionnaire (EQ) in the ABA Quest System (Video Walkthrough)
Auditing the ABA Report
The reporting options below can be used to audit you overall employment data before you submit you export your ABA Report for submission in the EQ portal.
1. Export ABA Format with Student Names.
To audit the data that will be submitted to the ABA, it is recommended to generate a second report in the ABA format where "Include Student Name and ID" = Yes. This serves as a backup, so you can verify and review who is being reported as what classification and easily identify which graduates are selected for the Random Graduate Review.
2. Export Employment Summary Report. This report is a dynamic replica of the "ABA Summary" report that is downloaded from the EQ portal. It provides a summary of your ABA data by Employment Status, Law School Funded Positions, Employment Type, and Employment Location.
NALP Report Submission
The NALP Report is found in the same place as the ABA Report by selecting Reports -- Standard Reports -- NALP Report tab.
When you are ready to submit your data, you can export NALP Format Report/Submit to NALP right from the 12twenty platform or download it and submit it on your own. Whichever way you submit your data to NALP, remember to exclude student names and IDs. We also recommend that you download a copy of the NALP report "Including student names and IDs" for your records.
1. To submit directly, click on "Submit Report to NALP" to generate the properly formatted ERSS report and submit the report directly to NALP via the system.
2. Or you can submit the report on your own by exporting the ERSS report from 12twenty by clicking "Generate Report" and then email it to NALP outside of 12twenty.
To produce a report from the NALP data that provides a high level summary of all of the NALP statistics including employment stats by student background and demographic data, click "Generate and Export Complete Report". This data can be shared with admissions or other teams to highlight the diversity of a graduating class, employment type, and salary ranges.
Frequently Asked Questions
I received my ABA Random Graduate Review. Where do I find that?
You will need to download the Outcome Audit Logs. Find out how to do that here
Where do I upload the ABA Report once exported? Can I submit it directly, like NALP?
The ABA Report much be submitted into the EQ Portal to finalize the submission. The NALP Survey can be submitted directly through 12twenty or emailed to NALP.