The availability of legal jobs for new law graduates fell last year but pay generally held steady, according to the latest salary analysis from NALP, formerly the National Association for Law Placement.

The national median starting salary for full-time law jobs in 2009 was $72,000 and the average was $93,454, virtually identical to 2008 salary figures, according to a report released on Thursday.

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