The annual ranking season has bestowed upon us some vital employment statistics for legal professionals, highlighting the law schools providing the highest return on investment for their graduates in terms of employment. The American Bar Association has recently published new employment data for the class of 2023, further analyzed by Reuters, revealing the law schools that recorded the highest percentage of graduates employed in full-time law jobs which require bar passage.
The Class of 2023 showed stellar performance in terms of employment, with 85.6% of the graduates securing full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage or providing a JD advantage within ten months of receiving their degrees. The proportion of 2023 graduates who were unemployed and seeking employment stood at just 5%.
The top 10 law schools in terms of graduate employment statistics are as follows:
- UVA: 97.18%
- Michigan: 95.44%
- Washington & Lee: 95.33%
- Columbia: 95.08%
- Duke: 94.96%
- Baylor: 94.93%
- Iowa: 94.01%
- Chicago: 93.90%
- Boston College: 93.42%
- Washington University, St. Louis: 93.07%
The entire list of law schools and their employment rates can be accessed here.
With an impressive rate of 97.18%, UVA topped the list for the second consecutive year. Kevin Donovan, Virginia Law’s senior assistant dean for career development, attributed this success to the unique preparedness of its graduates, both intellectually and in the ‘more human sides of the law,’ as articulated by Reuters.
Congratulations to all these top schools for their successful efforts in ensuring their graduates’ transition into successful careers in the field of law. We look forward to seeing if UVA will manage to retain its top spot for the third year running.