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Law School Employment Outcomes

Class of 2025 employment outcomes for 195 ABA law schools, from ABA Required Disclosures.

Schools

195

Class of 2025

At Firms of 101+ Lawyers

25.7%

+0.1 pts vs Class of 2024

Federal Clerkships

3.2%

-0.1 pts vs Class of 2024

Bar Required Jobs

82.7%

+1.3 pts vs Class of 2024

195 Schools

Columbia University45896.5%0.9%7.4%70.1%78.4%4.1%1.3%+5.4
Duke University23098.7%1.7%2.2%70.9%74.8%11.7%0.0%-2.5
Northwestern University26492.0%1.9%2.3%67.4%71.6%5.7%1.5%-1.0
University of Pennsylvania25297.2%0.8%3.6%67.1%71.4%7.9%0.0%+2.0
University of Virginia30898.1%1.6%3.6%64.0%69.2%10.7%1.0%+4.0
New York University41798.1%2.2%3.1%62.1%67.4%5.5%0.7%+7.2
University of Southern California22794.3%4.4%4.4%58.6%67.4%3.5%0.0%+2.2
Cornell University19799.5%2.5%6.1%56.9%65.5%5.6%0.0%-14.1
University of Chicago21696.8%1.9%2.3%59.7%63.9%22.7%0.9%+7.1
University of California-Berkeley28396.8%1.4%3.5%57.2%62.2%6.4%0.7%+3.1
Georgetown University70391.6%2.6%4.1%54.9%61.6%4.8%1.4%+0.2
Vanderbilt University16798.2%4.8%9.6%46.7%61.1%10.8%0.0%+2.1
University of California-Los Angeles33294.3%4.5%1.5%54.8%60.8%3.9%1.2%+3.0
University of Michigan34395.9%2.3%2.6%54.5%59.5%9.9%0.9%+0.2
Harvard University60293.2%2.7%2.7%53.5%58.8%16.6%0.3%+4.3
Boston College21392.5%8.9%2.8%45.1%56.8%2.3%2.3%-0.4
Fordham University42085.5%5.0%5.7%44.8%55.5%3.1%4.8%+0.6
Washington University (St. Louis)27394.1%5.9%7.7%39.9%53.5%11.7%0.0%+0.5
Boston University21492.1%5.1%6.1%41.1%52.3%1.4%0.5%+4.2
Stanford University19086.8%2.6%1.1%45.3%48.9%19.5%0.5%+2.2
Emory University22487.9%9.8%5.8%29.5%45.1%3.6%4.5%+0.3
Southern Methodist University22594.7%6.2%4.4%33.8%44.4%3.6%0.0%+7.6
University of Texas30895.8%2.9%1.6%39.3%43.8%14.3%0.3%-6.0
University of California-Irvine15592.9%7.1%7.1%27.7%41.9%0.6%4.5%+0.4
University of Florida21588.8%7.4%12.6%21.4%41.4%4.7%0.9%-0.3
University of Notre Dame16493.3%6.1%4.3%30.5%40.9%16.5%0.6%-6.7
Washington and Lee University11091.8%4.5%3.6%31.8%40.0%9.1%2.7%+1.7
Wake Forest University15889.2%5.7%7.0%27.2%39.9%4.4%0.0%+1.2
Howard University15571.0%1.9%7.1%30.3%39.4%0.6%19.4%-6.9
University of Illinois15392.2%5.2%5.2%28.1%38.6%4.6%0.0%-6.7
University of North Carolina18390.2%8.2%5.5%24.6%38.3%4.4%0.0%+3.5
Yale University21187.2%1.9%4.3%31.3%37.4%23.2%0.5%+1.6
The Ohio State University15788.5%8.3%8.3%18.5%35.0%1.3%2.5%+3.7
University of California-San Francisco35487.0%6.8%5.1%22.9%34.7%0.0%1.4%+0.5
Brigham Young University12789.8%5.5%6.3%22.8%34.6%7.1%0.0%+5.7
Villanova University18490.8%10.3%3.8%19.6%33.7%1.1%1.6%+1.5
George Washington University56989.8%3.9%4.6%24.1%32.5%2.6%0.0%-5.9
University of Miami38383.3%6.0%5.7%20.6%32.4%0.3%1.0%+1.5
University of Houston23884.9%4.6%1.7%25.6%31.9%1.7%3.4%-1.2
Temple University19588.2%10.8%3.1%16.9%30.8%2.6%1.5%+2.8
Indiana University-Bloomington16484.8%7.3%6.7%16.5%30.5%4.3%6.1%+4.2
University of California-Davis20491.7%4.9%3.4%22.1%30.4%1.5%0.5%-1.7
University of Alabama14693.2%3.4%16.4%9.6%29.5%12.3%0.7%-2.3
St. John's University24990.4%4.0%2.4%22.9%29.3%3.2%4.0%+5.9
University of Georgia17093.5%5.3%4.1%19.4%28.8%9.4%1.8%+5.5
University of Minnesota22291.0%5.4%5.9%17.6%28.8%3.2%1.8%+2.7
William & Mary19991.0%4.5%4.5%19.1%28.1%6.0%3.0%+1.0
University of San Diego23688.6%10.6%4.2%13.1%28.0%2.1%0.0%+5.9
Cardozo (Yeshiva University)30389.1%2.6%4.6%20.5%27.7%0.7%3.3%+1.0
Loyola University-Chicago26179.7%5.0%5.4%17.2%27.6%0.8%2.7%+3.3
Case Western Reserve University14275.4%7.0%8.5%12.0%27.5%2.8%3.5%+5.6
University of Colorado15793.0%5.1%8.3%14.0%27.4%0.6%1.3%-0.6
Northeastern University21382.2%4.7%4.2%16.4%25.4%2.3%8.9%-5.0
University of Pittsburgh12282.0%4.9%4.9%15.6%25.4%3.3%5.7%+3.3
Brooklyn Law School35684.6%5.3%1.7%18.3%25.3%2.2%6.2%-1.5
Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles30085.7%5.7%3.3%16.3%25.3%1.0%4.7%-0.9
Georgia State University19588.7%5.1%3.6%16.4%25.1%0.5%3.6%+3.8
University of Wisconsin25590.2%5.9%6.3%12.9%25.1%3.5%2.0%+3.8
Drexel University13385.7%9.0%4.5%11.3%24.8%0.0%5.3%-0.2
Tulane University21484.1%2.8%2.8%19.2%24.8%7.0%3.7%-5.9
University of Iowa15891.1%3.8%2.5%17.7%24.1%5.1%0.0%-1.5
University of Connecticut14281.7%5.6%5.6%12.7%23.9%0.7%5.6%+6.6
Saint Louis University16987.6%5.9%3.6%14.2%23.7%0.0%3.0%+3.2
University of San Francisco11476.3%6.1%3.5%14.0%23.7%0.0%11.4%+6.2
Texas A&M University12495.2%4.0%4.8%14.5%23.4%8.1%0.0%-1.9
Santa Clara University19875.3%4.0%2.5%16.7%23.2%0.5%11.1%-6.5
Jacksonville University1392.3%15.4%7.7%0.0%23.1%0.0%0.0%Not available
University of Washington17783.1%2.3%4.5%15.3%22.0%1.7%4.5%+0.4
Seton Hall University20787.0%3.9%5.3%12.6%21.7%0.5%1.9%+5.5
University of Arizona13090.0%3.1%4.6%13.8%21.5%4.6%3.8%+6.5
Arizona State University29089.0%4.1%2.8%14.5%21.4%2.1%4.1%+0.8
Marquette University17588.6%10.9%4.6%5.1%20.6%0.6%2.9%+7.2
Hofstra University26386.3%7.2%3.0%10.3%20.5%0.8%4.6%+1.4
Baylor University11095.5%7.3%0.9%11.8%20.0%7.3%0.0%+6.9
Stetson University28781.2%4.5%6.6%8.7%19.9%1.4%3.5%-0.8
Florida State University13287.1%2.3%8.3%9.1%19.7%3.8%0.0%-7.0
Catholic University of America11379.6%5.3%3.5%10.6%19.5%1.8%3.5%+5.2
Wayne State University12484.7%10.5%4.0%4.8%19.4%0.0%0.8%+3.5
University of Louisville11989.1%4.2%5.9%9.2%19.3%0.8%3.4%+12.2
Chicago-Kent (Illinois Institute of Technology)23275.4%4.7%1.7%12.5%19.0%0.4%13.8%+1.9
Cleveland State University13272.7%6.8%5.3%6.8%18.9%0.0%10.6%+0.9
University of Cincinnati12782.7%3.9%3.9%11.0%18.9%0.8%7.9%+8.1
Samford University13980.6%7.2%5.8%5.8%18.7%2.2%5.0%+1.3
Florida International University15784.1%1.3%1.3%15.9%18.5%0.6%3.2%+2.2
University of Tennessee12488.7%4.8%4.0%9.7%18.5%4.8%1.6%+2.0
University of South Carolina19088.9%3.7%6.3%8.4%18.4%1.6%2.6%+2.1
Suffolk University35876.3%7.0%2.0%9.2%18.2%1.1%4.7%-0.2
Nova Southeastern University20369.5%3.4%7.4%6.9%17.7%0.0%12.8%-0.1
Pepperdine University18391.8%2.7%2.7%12.0%17.5%1.1%0.0%+1.3
American University39969.4%1.5%3.5%12.3%17.3%1.0%10.0%+0.5
Rutgers University36885.3%4.9%1.9%10.3%17.1%2.2%2.4%+2.5
Chapman University13076.2%4.6%2.3%10.0%16.9%3.8%6.9%+5.9
University at Buffalo13791.2%6.6%5.8%4.4%16.8%0.7%4.4%+0.5
University of Detroit Mercy19088.4%9.5%4.7%2.6%16.8%0.0%5.8%+0.7
Duquesne University15286.8%6.6%4.6%5.3%16.4%2.0%7.2%-0.8
New York Law School31374.8%4.2%1.3%10.9%16.3%1.0%6.4%-0.5
University of Dayton9273.9%1.1%7.6%7.6%16.3%0.0%2.2%+6.1
Albany Law School19188.5%7.3%5.8%3.1%16.2%1.6%4.7%+7.4
University of Kentucky11589.6%7.8%6.1%1.7%15.7%6.1%1.7%-0.1
George Mason University16781.4%1.8%3.0%10.8%15.6%7.8%0.0%-1.3
DePaul University15581.3%4.5%2.6%8.4%15.5%0.0%4.5%+3.2
Mercer University14290.1%5.6%4.9%4.9%15.5%1.4%4.2%+5.9
University of Maryland20879.8%2.4%2.9%10.1%15.4%1.9%1.9%+1.9
Louisiana State University19883.8%6.6%5.1%3.5%15.2%4.5%7.1%+0.4
University of Kansas12691.3%1.6%5.6%7.9%15.1%4.0%2.4%-1.0
University of Denver28577.2%2.8%3.9%8.1%14.7%0.4%8.4%+1.3
University of Nevada-Las Vegas11788.9%2.6%4.3%7.7%14.5%2.6%4.3%+1.1
University of Missouri12586.4%4.0%4.8%5.6%14.4%0.8%3.2%-2.3
Penn State Dickinson Law22383.4%5.4%2.2%6.3%13.9%1.8%5.8%-5.3
Michigan State University19781.2%7.1%2.0%4.6%13.7%2.0%4.1%+1.0
University of Richmond11788.0%3.4%5.1%5.1%13.7%2.6%4.3%-6.2
Northern Kentucky University9668.8%2.1%0.0%11.5%13.5%2.1%6.3%+1.4
South Texas College of Law Houston29981.9%5.7%2.0%5.4%13.0%1.0%4.0%-4.1
University of Utah9392.5%5.4%3.2%4.3%12.9%0.0%0.0%-3.9
Barry University23563.8%2.6%6.4%3.8%12.8%0.0%10.2%+0.1
University of Nebraska14386.0%2.8%2.1%7.7%12.6%2.8%5.6%+4.1
University of Missouri-Kansas City12881.3%3.1%3.1%6.3%12.5%1.6%3.9%-5.6
Loyola University-New Orleans17780.8%6.2%3.4%2.8%12.4%1.1%5.1%+4.6
Pace University26180.8%5.4%1.5%5.4%12.3%0.4%5.0%+2.8
Florida A&M University10871.3%4.6%2.8%4.6%12.0%0.0%8.3%+2.2
Syracuse University20871.2%1.9%2.9%7.2%12.0%1.4%2.4%-0.9
Belmont University11887.3%0.8%4.2%6.8%11.9%0.8%2.5%-1.9
Campbell University18186.7%5.5%2.8%3.3%11.6%1.7%4.4%+4.1
St. Thomas University (Miami)19477.8%2.6%5.2%3.6%11.3%1.0%8.2%-0.7
Texas Southern University16454.3%1.2%5.5%4.3%11.0%0.0%18.9%+2.8
West Virginia University9182.4%2.2%3.3%5.5%11.0%3.3%8.8%-4.0
Indiana University-Indianapolis21275.9%3.3%1.9%5.7%10.8%0.5%6.6%-2.1
University of Oklahoma15891.1%3.2%2.5%5.1%10.8%2.5%3.2%-3.2
University of Memphis9479.8%4.3%4.3%2.1%10.6%2.1%4.3%+2.4
University of New Hampshire19257.8%1.0%3.1%6.3%10.4%0.0%9.4%-0.8
Texas Tech University13691.9%4.4%1.5%4.4%10.3%0.7%2.9%-2.1
California Western School of Law20574.1%3.9%2.9%3.4%10.2%1.5%14.1%+2.8
University of Mississippi17681.8%1.1%5.7%3.4%10.2%5.7%7.4%-9.2
University of the Pacific14868.9%5.4%1.4%3.4%10.1%1.4%8.1%+2.6
Ave Maria School of Law8181.5%4.9%3.7%1.2%9.9%0.0%7.4%-5.4
Creighton University11384.1%3.5%0.9%5.3%9.7%1.8%3.5%+2.1
Southwestern Law School29078.6%4.1%1.4%4.1%9.7%0.3%7.6%-0.3
University of Arkansas11973.1%1.7%1.7%5.9%9.2%1.7%2.5%-0.5
University of Akron13378.9%3.8%2.3%3.0%9.0%0.8%3.8%-4.0
University of Puerto Rico12448.4%6.5%1.6%0.8%8.9%0.8%17.7%+1.2
Widener University Delaware Law School20683.0%4.9%2.4%1.5%8.7%0.0%6.3%-2.5
University of Illinois-Chicago27471.2%2.9%1.8%3.6%8.4%0.4%13.9%-2.4
University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis)14982.6%2.0%4.7%1.3%8.1%1.3%6.7%-0.1
University of Maine8871.6%5.7%1.1%1.1%8.0%2.3%6.8%-4.2
University of Oregon14282.4%1.4%2.8%2.8%7.0%2.1%9.2%-2.1
Seattle University20475.5%2.0%0.5%4.4%6.9%0.0%3.9%-2.3
Southern Illinois University7473.0%4.1%1.4%1.4%6.8%0.0%5.4%+3.2
University of North Texas at Dallas12071.7%1.7%0.8%4.2%6.7%1.7%9.2%-3.0
Widener University Commonwealth Law School10577.1%4.8%1.9%0.0%6.7%0.0%12.4%+0.5
Capital University Law School12171.9%2.5%3.3%0.8%6.6%0.0%10.7%+1.7
Lewis & Clark Law School15379.7%2.0%2.0%2.6%6.5%1.3%6.5%+1.3
Oklahoma City University13879.0%4.3%1.4%0.7%6.5%2.2%10.1%+3.5
New England Law/Boston32751.4%3.4%1.5%1.5%6.4%0.3%20.2%+2.5
St. Mary's University23280.6%3.0%0.9%2.2%6.0%2.2%7.3%-1.0
North Carolina Central University13762.0%2.9%0.7%2.2%5.8%0.0%7.3%-0.9
Faulkner University8865.9%3.4%2.3%0.0%5.7%0.0%9.1%+3.0
Lincoln Memorial University11074.5%1.8%1.8%1.8%5.5%0.0%8.2%+0.5
University of Baltimore20473.5%2.0%1.5%2.0%5.4%0.5%8.3%+3.0
Western State (Westcliff University)9379.6%3.2%0.0%2.2%5.4%0.0%1.1%+0.1
University of Toledo9462.8%1.1%4.3%0.0%5.3%1.1%17.0%+0.5
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School10172.3%2.0%1.0%2.0%5.0%0.0%6.9%+0.2
Southern University23140.3%2.2%1.7%0.9%4.8%0.0%27.7%+0.6
Northern Illinois University10770.1%3.7%0.9%0.0%4.7%0.0%10.3%-1.7
University of Wyoming6485.9%4.7%0.0%0.0%4.7%3.1%4.7%-3.4
Gonzaga University19878.3%2.0%0.0%2.5%4.5%0.5%7.6%-0.9
Elon University13582.2%2.2%1.5%0.7%4.4%0.7%8.1%-2.7
Touro University14575.2%2.8%0.0%1.4%4.1%0.0%7.6%-3.4
Mississippi Christian University10390.3%2.9%1.0%0.0%3.9%7.8%5.8%-3.4
University of District of Columbia8052.5%1.3%1.3%1.3%3.8%0.0%20.0%+0.6
Roger Williams University16969.2%1.8%1.2%0.6%3.6%0.0%8.3%-1.1
University of Montana8680.2%3.5%0.0%0.0%3.5%5.8%3.5%-4.2
University of Tulsa11379.6%2.7%0.9%0.0%3.5%0.9%3.5%-1.3
Charleston School of Law21076.2%1.4%1.0%1.0%3.3%0.5%9.5%-6.1
Quinnipiac University12376.4%1.6%1.6%0.0%3.3%0.0%4.9%-1.0
Mitchell/Hamline School of Law32660.1%1.5%0.9%0.6%3.1%0.6%7.7%-0.8
Vermont Law School13069.2%0.8%0.0%2.3%3.1%0.0%6.2%-1.0
Washburn University9986.9%0.0%1.0%2.0%3.0%1.0%4.0%-1.2
Willamette University10573.3%1.9%0.0%1.0%2.9%0.0%17.1%+0.2
University of North Dakota7380.8%2.7%0.0%0.0%2.7%5.5%4.1%+1.5
Drake University11486.0%2.6%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.9%7.9%-7.4
University of City University of New York19273.4%0.5%1.0%1.0%2.6%0.0%10.4%-1.6
Western New England University8456.0%1.2%1.2%0.0%2.4%0.0%14.3%+1.5
University of Idaho13783.2%0.7%0.0%1.5%2.2%0.7%8.8%-2.0
Cooley Law School14358.7%1.4%0.0%0.7%2.1%0.0%8.4%-1.9
Ohio Northern University4983.7%2.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%-2.8
University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth9868.4%1.0%0.0%1.0%2.0%0.0%10.2%+1.1
University of Arkansas at Little Rock13275.0%0.0%0.8%0.8%1.5%2.3%8.3%-0.7
Liberty University10088.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%3.0%-3.5
Regent University10393.2%0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%5.8%2.9%+0.1
University of New Mexico10074.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%-0.8
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico14717.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%29.3%-1.1
Inter American University of Puerto Rico19725.9%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.5%0.0%12.7%-1.7
Appalachian School of Law4353.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.3%-2.6
University of Hawaii9875.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%5.1%0.0
University of South Dakota8278.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%7.3%-1.3

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Source: ABA Required Disclosures, Employment Summary Reports, Class of 2025 and Class of 2024. Job figures are shares of all graduates in full-time, long-term jobs; unemployment is a share of all graduates. Bar Required means the job needs a law license. Big Law is firms of 101 or more lawyers. National figures weigh each school by its graduates. n/a marks a figure the ABA file does not give; it is never estimated. Employment status is measured about ten months after graduation. Compilations: Class of 2025, Class of 2024.