Employment Data for Recent Graduates

The information in the tables below is as of 10 months after graduation. This data was reported to the ABA and/or NALP according to their reporting guidelines.

Career Brochure (Aggregate Data for Classes of 2020-22, Including Employers Listed by Location and Court District)

ABA Employment Summary Reports

Class of 2023 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2021

Employment Status

	2023		2022		2021
Employed	282	99.3%	322	98.5%	312	98.1%
Pursuing Graduate Degree	0	0%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.4%	0	0%	1	0.3%
Not Seeking Employment	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Seeking Employment	0	0%	1	0.3%	4	1.3%
Unknown	1	0.4%	2	0.6%	0	0%
TOTAL GRADUATES	284		327		318
Number of graduates receiving funding as Powell, Kennedy or Ruff fellows (included in figures above)	6	2.1%	7	2.1%	13	4.1%

Employment by Industry/Sector

	2023		2022		2021
Law Firms	209	74.1%	239	74.2%	214	68.6%
Judicial Clerkships	44	15.6%	51	15.8%	63	20.2%
Government	9	3.2%	13	4.0%	19	6.1%
Public Interest	20	7.1%	15	4.7%	16	5.1%
Business/Industry	0	0%	4	1.2%	0	0%
Academia	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Unknown	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL EMPLOYED GRADUATES	282		322		312

Employment Type

	2023		2022		2021
Bar Admission Required/Anticipated	281	99.6%	319	99.1%	311	99.7%
J.D. Preferred	1	0.4%	3	0.9%	1	0.3%
Professional Other	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Nonprofessional Other	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Undeterminable	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL EMPLOYED GRADUATES	282		322		312
Full-time, Long-term	282	100%	322	100%	309	99.0%
Full-time, Short-term	0	0%	0	0%	2	0.6%
Part-time, Long-term	0	0%	0	0%	1	0.3%
Part-time, Short-term	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL EMPLOYED GRADUATES	282		322		312

Law Firm Employment

FIRM SIZE	2023		2022		2021
501+ Attorneys	185	88.5%	187	78.2%	178	83.2%
251-500	8	3.8%	22	9.2%	11	5.1%
101-250	7	3.3%	8	3.3%	6	2.8%
51-100	3	1.4%	9	3.8%	7	3.3%
26-50	3	1.4%	5	2.1%	1	0.5%
11-25	2	1.0%	6	2.5%	5	2.3%
2-10	1	0.5%	2	0.8%	6	2.8%
1	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Unknown	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL LAW FIRM GRADUATES	209		239		214

Judicial Clerkship Employment

CLERKSHIP TYPE	2023		2022		2021
Federal Courts	39	88.6%	42	82.4%	50	79.4%
State, Local and Territorial Courts	5	11.4%	9	17.6%	13	20.6%
Tribal and International Courts	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP GRADUATES	44		51		63

Salaries

PRIVATE SECTOR (Law Firms and Business/Industry)	2023	2022	2021
75th Percentile	$225,000	$215,000	$215,000
Median	$225,000	$215,000	$215,000
25th Percentile	$225,000	$215,000	$205,000
Total Graduates in This Category	209	243	214
Salaries Reported	209	240	211
Response Rate	100%	98.8%	98.6%
PUBLIC SECTOR (Judicial Clerkships, Government, Public Interest and Academia)	2023	2022	2021
75th Percentile	$76,788	$78,592	$72,344
Median	$71,960	$69,878	$66,773
25th Percentile	$69,107	$69,107	$61,482
Total Graduates in This Category	73	79	98
Salaries Reported	72	79	96
Response Rate	98.6%	100%	98.0%
ALL SECTORS	2023	2022	2021
75th Percentile	$225,000	$215,000	$215,000
Median	$225,000	$215,000	$210,000
25th Percentile	$86,450	$109,818	$72,750
Total Graduates in This Category	282	322	312
Salaries Reported	281	319	307
Response Rate	99.6%	99.1%	98.4%
Graduates receiving funding as Powell, Kennedy or Ruff fellows are included in Public Sector.

Employment Locations

Map of Employment Locations
Map of Clerkship Locations

	2023		2022		2021
New York	73	25.9%	88	27.3%	69	22.1%
District of Columbia	66	23.4%	64	19.9%	77	24.7%
California	27	9.6%	23	7.1%	28	9.0%
Virginia	27	9.6%	25	7.8%	28	9.0%
Texas	24	8.5%	45	14.0%	31	9.9%
All Other States	64	22.7%	73	22.7%	78	25.0%
International	1	0.4%	4	1.2%	1	0.3%
Unknown	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
TOTAL EMPLOYED GRADUATES	282		322		312