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 2021 JD 2020 JD 2019 JD 2018 JD 2017
Law Firms 24% 26% 24% 24% 21%
Judicial Externships 6% 10% 4% 4% 4%
Public Interest 23% 20% 25% 23% 24%
Government 41% 37% 41% 37% 38%
Business 6% 6% 6% 9% 11%
 Academia 1% 2% 1% 2% 2%

 

2L Summer Employment Outcomes

JD 2020 JD 2019 JD 2018 JD 2017 JD 2016
Law Firms 80% 73% 86% 80% 80%
Public Interest 14% 11% 8% 12% 8%
Government 4% 8% 5% 7% 9%
Business 2% 5% 1% 1% 2%
 Academia 0.5% 1% 0% 0% 1%
 Judicial Externships 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%