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 2025 JD 2024 JD 2023 JD 2022 JD 2021
Law Firms 34% 29% 21% 25% 24%
Judicial Externships 11% 4% 5% 4% 6%
Public Interest 19% 26% 36% 30% 23%
Government 35% 37% 35% 28% 41%
Business 4% 2% 3% 8% 6%
Academia 2% 2% 1% 5% 1%

Class of 2025 Geographic Breakdown

Number of Jobs
SF & Other Bay Area 37
LA & Other Southern CA 15
Other West
(AZ, NM, UT,CO, WY, ID, AK, HI, NV, WA, OR, MT)
7
NY & Other Northeast
(ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI)
25
DC & Other Mid-Atlantic
(NJ, DE, PA, MD, VA)
30
Chicago & Other Midwest
(OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, NE, IA, ND, SD, MI, MN, WI)
10
Southeast
(WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, KY, AR, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, PR)
21
International 8

Law Firm Size Breakdown

Number of Jobs
501+ 30
251-500 1
101-250 2
51-100 2
26-50 6
1-25 11

 

2L Summer Employment Outcomes

JD 2024 JD 2023 JD 2022 JD 2021 JD 2020
Law Firms 75% 76% 74% 76% 80%
Public Interest 15% 12% 14% 14% 14%
Government 10% 8% 8% 8% 4%
Business 0% 1% 3% 2% 2%
 Academia 0% 3% 1% 0.5% 0.5%
 Judicial Externships 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Class of 2024 Geographic Breakdown

Number of Jobs
SF & Other Bay Area 37
LA & Other Southern CA 12
Other West
(AZ, NM, UT,CO, WY, ID, AK, HI, NV, WA, OR, MT)
6
NY & Other Northeast
(ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI)
39
DC & Other Mid-Atlantic
(NJ, DE, PA, MD, VA)
43
Chicago & Other Midwest
(OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, NE, IA, ND, SD, MI, MN, WI)
2
Southeast
(WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, KY, AR, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, PR)
9
International 0

Law Firm Size Breakdown

Number of Jobs
501+ 76
251-500 10
101-250 10
51-100 8
26-50 3
1-25 3