The Class of 2024 just made history. New data from the National Association for Law Placement shows law graduate employment hit a record 93.4%, with salaries climbing to a $95,000 median — shattering previous highs and beating industry expectations in nearly every category.
This is an 0.8 percentage point increase over the previous year, according to NALP’s upcoming annual report, “Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Law School Graduates, Class of 2024.”
The national median salary for the Class of 2024 also reached a record high of $95,000, up 5.6% compared to the median of $90,000 for the previous class.
The new data shows that this graduating class defied widespread legal industry predictions — breaking numerous employment records set just one year earlier by the Class of 2023.
Nikia Gray, executive director of NALP, said when this class enrolled in 2021, many in the industry including NALP issued warnings about how its larger size would affect the entry-level employment market.
“In the end, it turned out to be over 3,700 additional jobs they needed to source compared to the Class of 2023 but the 2024 graduates — and the NALP community — met that challenge, resulting in the highest overall employment rate as well as the highest employment rate in bar admission required jobs NALP has ever recorded,” Gray said. “And with only 6.8% of those employed continuing to look for other positions, all signs point to graduates being satisfied with the jobs they were able...
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