Please click on the following links to view the ABA’s Employment Summary for graduates (click years to view PDFs):
2020 · 2021 · 2022
In addition, we have compiled the following complementary statistics below that may be useful.
| Employment | CLASS OF 2022 | CLASS OF 2021 | CLASS OF 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed At Nine Months After Graduation | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| Employed | 346 | 96.38 | 313 | 95.72 | 315 | 95.17 |
| Seeking Work | 6 | 1.68 | 5 | 1.53 | 8 | 2.42 |
| NOT seeking work at this time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.28 | 1 | 1.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrolled in Full-Time Degree Program | 2 | 0.56 | 7 | 2.14 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Not working – start date deferred | 4 | 1.12 | 1 | 1.31 | 4 | 1.21 |
| Total Graduates | 359 | 327 | 331 | |||
| JOB TYPE | ||||||
| Law Firm | 232 | 67.05 | 222 | 70.93 | 201 | 63.81 |
| Judicial Clerkship (Click here for more detailed statistics) | 36 | 10.40 | 36 | 11.50 | 49 | 15.56 |
| Government | 20 | 5.78 | 13 | 4.15 | 16 | 5.08 |
| Public Interest | 55 | 15.90 | 35 | 11.18 | 40 | 12.7 |
| Academic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.95 |
| Education | 1 | 0.29 | – | – | – | – |
| Business | 2 | 0.58 | 5 | 1.60 | 4 | 1.27 |
| Military | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.64 | 2 | 0.63 |
| EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS/FULL-TIME VS. PART-TIME | ||||||
| Bar admission required/Full-time | 342 | 98.84 | 305 | 97.44 | 310 | 98.41 |
| Bar admission required/Part-time | 1 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JD preferred/Full-time | 3 | 0.87 | 6 | 1.92 | 5 | 1.59 |
| JD preferred/Part-time | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional other/Full-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional other/Part-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Professional other/Full-time | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Professional other/Part-time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TERMS OF HIRE | ||||||
| Permanent (and not law school funded) | 326 | 296 | 298 | |||
| Short-term Law School Funded | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other Short-term | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Long-term Law School Funded | 18 | 16 | 12 | |||
| JOBS BY REGION | ||||||
| New England | 2 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.64 | 6 | 1.9 |
| Mid-Atlantic (includes New York) | 51 | 14.74 | 31 | 9.90 | 37 | 11.75 |
| East North Central | 3 | 0.87 | 4 | 1.28 | 7 | 2.22 |
| West North Central | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.64 | 3 | 0.95 |
| South Atlantic (includes Washington, DC) | 33 | 9.54 | 26 | 8.31 | 39 | 12.38 |
| East South Central | 3 | 0.87 | 4 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 |
| West South Central | 10 | 2.89 | 9 | 2.88 | 10 | 3.17 |
| Mountain | 15 | 4.34 | 8 | 2.56 | 9 | 2.86 |
| Pacific (includes California) | 225 | 65.03 | 221 | 70.61 | 201 | 63.81 |
| INTERNATIONAL | 4 | 1.16 | 6 | 1.92 | 3 | 0.95 |
| US Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BREAKDOWN OF LAW FIRM JOBS BY FIRM SIZE | 232 | 67.05 | 222 | 70.93 | 201 | 63.81 |
| 1 to 10 attorneys | 5 | 2.16 | 9 | 4.05 | 6 | 2.99 |
| 11 to 25 attorneys | 2 | 0.86 | 5 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 to 50 attorneys | 7 | 3.02 | 5 | 2.25 | 4 | 1.99 |
| 51 to 100 attorneys | 9 | 3.88 | 6 | 2.70 | 3 | 1.49 |
| 101 to 250 attorneys | 8 | 3.45 | 7 | 3.15 | 8 | 3.98 |
| 251 to 500 attorneys | 9 | 3.88 | 15 | 6.76 | 7 | 3.48 |
| 501 or more attorneys | 192 | 82.76 | 175 | 78.83 | 173 | 86.07 |
| Solo Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SALARIES | ||||||
| Number of Salaries Reported | 327 | 91.34 | 299 | 91.44 | 294 | 88.82 |
| 25th Percentile | $74,000 | $78,000 | $72,758 | |||
| Median | $205,000 | $190,000 | $190,000 | |||
| 75th Percentile | $215,000 | $205,000 | $190,000 | |||
| Average | $162,456 | $157,993 | $145,176 | |||
| SALARIES IN SELECTED JOB TYPES | ||||||
| Private Practice | (224 salaries reported out of 232 total, or 96.55%) | (217 salaries reported out of 222 total, or 97.75%) | (194 salaries reported out of 201 total, or 96.52%) | |||
| 25th Percentile | $205,000 | $190,000 | $190,000 | |||
| Median | $215,000 | $205,000 | $190,000 | |||
| 75th Percentile | $215,000 | $205,000 | $190,000 | |||
| Average | $205,259 | $190,664 | $182,876 | |||
| Judicial Clerkship | (32 salaries reported out of 36 total, or 88.89%) | (32 salaries reported out of 36 total, or 88.89%) | (45 salaries reported out of 49 total, or 91.84%) | |||
| 25th Percentile | $59,250 | $61,000 | $63,000 | |||
| Median | $67,000 | $66,000 | $67,000 | |||
| 75th Percentile | $70,000 | $73,515 | $72,015 | |||
| Average | $65,256 | $67,456 | $67,232 | |||
| Government | (17 salaries reported out of 20 total, or 85%) | (13 salaries reported out of 13 total, or 100%) | (11 salaries reported out of 16 total, or 68.75%) | |||
| 25th Percentile | $73,000 | $56,000 | $73,000 | |||
| Median | $79,272 | $74,950 | $78,861 | |||
| 75th Percentile | $83,318 | $87,000 | $93,500 | |||
| Average | $78,817 | $75,243 | $81,810 | |||
| Public Interest | (52 salaries, reported out of 55 total, or 94.55%) | (32 salaries, reported out of 35 total, or 91.43%) | (36 salaries, reported out of 40 total, or 90.00%) | |||
| 25th Percentile | $59,893 | $55,000 | $49,940 | |||
| Median | $65,000 | $64,130 | $60,271 | |||
| 75th Percentile | $72,000 | $67,250 | $71,077 | |||
| Average | $64,999 | $61,867 | $61,237 | |||
The above table was prepared in part from information provided by NALP, the Association for Legal Career Professionals. You can view NALP’s Summary Reports for 2020, for 2021, and for 2022. NOTE: They have been partially redacted due to privacy concerns.
Per Interpretation 509-2 of Standard 509, law schools may choose to publicize additional employment outcome data beyond what the Employment Protocols require. This additional data, per Standard 509, must be “complete, accurate, and not misleading to a reasonable law school student or applicant.” Law schools are expected to use “due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information.” The following additional employment outcome data has not been, and will not be, audited by the ABA. It is meant to supplement the annual ABA Employment Summary Report, which reflects the employment status of members of each graduating class as of the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome dataposted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at www.abarequireddisclosures.org.