Class of 2023 Employment Data

Employment status of the Class of 2023 as of March 15, 2024, as reported to the ABA in April 2024.

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The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Â鶹ֱ²¥ is proud of our graduates' success in obtaining employment after graduation.  We are pleased to report that out of the 137 members of the Class of 2023, 96.4% (132/137) of the graduates were employed or pursuing a graduate degree as of March 15, 2024.  This includes one graduate whose start date was deferred beyond March 15, 2024; one graduate who was employed in a law school funded position; and three graduates who were enrolled in full-time graduate studies.  We are equally pleased to report that of those employed, 89.1% (122/137) had full-time and long-term jobs that were classified as either Bar Passage Required or JD Advantage (). 

Members of the Class of 2023 were employed in the following states as of March 15, 2024: California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Methodology

Employment data for the Class of 2023, which as defined by the American Bar Association includes all JD graduates from September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023, was obtained by the Career Services Office using formal tools (including the NALP Graduate Employment Report and Salary Survey) and informal tools (including contact with graduates by members of the staff of the Career Services Office and other independent research).  Employment data reflects the status of each graduate as of March 15, 2024, as reported to the American Bar Association.

Past Employment Data

Employment status of the Class of 2022 as of March 15, 2023, as reported to the ABA in April 2023.

Download the original ABA Employment Summary for 2022 Graduates.

The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Â鶹ֱ²¥ is proud of our graduates' success in obtaining employment after graduation. We are pleased to report that out of the 129 members of the Class of 2022, 93.8% (121/129) of the graduates were employed or pursuing a graduate degree as of March 15, 2023. This includes three graduates whose start date was deferred beyond March 15, 2023, and one graduate who is enrolled in full-time graduate studies. We are equally pleased to report that of those employed, 87.6% (113/129) had full-time and long-term jobs that were classified as either Bar Passage Required or JD Advantage (). 

Members of the Class of 2022 were employed in the following states as of March 15, 2023: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.

Methodology

Employment data for the Class of 2022, which as defined by the American Bar Association includes all JD graduates from September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022, was obtained by the Career Services Office using formal tools (including the NALP Graduate Employment Report and Salary Survey) and informal tools (including contact with graduates by members of the staff of the Career Services Office and other independent research).  Employment data reflects the status of each graduate as of March 15, 2023, as reported to the American Bar Association.

Employment status of the Class of 2021 as of March 15, 2022, as reported to the ABA in April 2022.

Download the original ABA Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates.

The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Â鶹ֱ²¥ is proud of our graduates' success in obtaining employment after graduation. We are pleased to report that out of the 157 members of the Class of 2021, 94.2% (148/157) of the graduates were employed as of March 15, 2022. We are equally pleased to report that of those employed, 87.2% (137/157) had full-time and long-term jobs that were classified as either Bar Passage Required or JD Advantage (according to the ).

Members of the Class of 2021 were employed in the following states as of March 15, 2022: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia.


Methodology
Employment data for the Class of 2021, which as defined by the American Bar Association includes all JD graduates from September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021, was obtained by the Career Services Office using formal tools (including the NALP Graduate Employment Report and Salary Survey) and informal tools (including contact with graduates by members of the staff of the Career Services Office and other independent research). Employment data reflects the status of each graduate as of March 15, 2022, as reported to the American Bar Association.