1L & 2L Employment Outcomes
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 |