The below data reflects the employment sectors our students worked in during their 1L and 2L summers. The data is broken out by JD year and employment type.
1L Summer Employment Outcomes
JD 2024 | JD 2023 | JD 2022 | JD 2021 | JD 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Law Firms | 29% | 21% | 25% | 24% | 26% |
Judicial Externships | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 10% |
Public Interest | 26% | 36% | 30% | 23% | 20% |
Government | 37% | 35% | 28% | 41% | 37% |
Business | 2% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
Academia | 2% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% |
Class of 2024 Geographic breakdown
Number of Jobs | |
---|---|
SF & Other Bay Area | 61 |
LA & Other Southern CA | 18 |
Other West (AZ, NM, UT,CO, WY, ID, AK, HI, NV, WA, OR, MT) |
10 |
NY & Other Northeast (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) |
36 |
DC & Other Mid-Atlantic (NJ, DE, PA, MD, VA) |
38 |
Chicago & Other Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, NE, IA, ND, SD, MI, MN, WI) |
7 |
Southeast (WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, KY, AR, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, PR) |
13 |
International | 5 |
Law Firm Size Breakdown
Number of Jobs | |
---|---|
501+ | 38 |
251-500 | 5 |
101-250 | 0 |
51-100 | 5 |
26-50 | 3 |
1-25 | 4 |
2L Summer Employment Outcomes
JD 2023 | JD 2022 | JD 2021 | JD 2020 | JD 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Law Firms | 76% | 74% | 76% | 80% | 73% |
Public Interest | 12% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 11% |
Government | 8% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 8% |
Business | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 5% |
Academia | 3% | 1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% |
Judicial Externships | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Class of 2023 Geographic breakdown
Number of Jobs | |
---|---|
SF & Other Bay Area | 82 |
LA & Other Southern CA | 25 |
Other West (AZ, NM, UT,CO, WY, ID, AK, HI, NV, WA, OR, MT) |
5 |
NY & Other Northeast (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) |
42 |
DC & Other Mid-Atlantic (NJ, DE, PA, MD, VA) |
40 |
Chicago & Other Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, NE, IA, ND, SD, MI, MN, WI) |
4 |
Southeast (WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, KY, AR, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, PR) |
10 |
International | 1 |
Law Firm Size Breakdown
Number of Jobs | |
---|---|
501+ | 126 |
251-500 | 9 |
101-250 | 9 |
51-100 | 3 |
26-50 | 9 |
1-25 | 4 |