For prospective law students, employment outcomes are often the most important consideration when selecting a law school. After all, if you’re going to spend three years of your life and potentially take on six figures of debt to earn a law degree, you’d probably like to have a job waiting for you after graduation.
Thankfully, the legal employment market has improved significantly over the past decade, with some law schools making truly remarkable gains.
The National Jurist recently examined American Bar Association employment data, comparing three-year averages for the Classes of 2012 through 2014 with those for the Classes of 2023 through 2025. The publication used a modified employment rate designed to account for the quality of the jobs graduates obtained. Here’s the methodology that was used:
Bar Passage Required: Full-time, long-term is counted at 100%. Bar Passage Required: Full-time, short-term 70%. J.D. Advantage: Full-time, long-term 70%. Professional Position: Full-time, long-term 60%. Bar Passage Required: Part-time, long-term 50%. J.D. Advantage: Part-time, long-term 40%. J.D. Advantage: Full-time, short-term 40%. Bar Passage Required: Part-time, short-term 30%. Professional Position: Part-time, long-term 30%. Professional Position: Full-time, short-term 30%. J.D. Advantage: Part-time, short-term 10%. Non-professional Position: Full-time, long-term 10%. All other categories received no value.
The results suggest that the legal employment market has moved...
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