Members of the NALP Foundation staff share key takeaways from the ninth annual U.S. Alumni Employment & Satisfaction Study, including employment trends, professional satisfaction, educational debt, and experiential education.
Cybele Smith and Jim Tomaszewski explain the importance of listing your law school’s job openings on PSJD.org.
William & Mary Law School’s Moriah Berger Allen and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law’s Sharon Buckingham share the results of speaking with several NALP colleagues about public service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prelaw (Updated October 27, 2025)
Information for prelaw students and advisers
Are the nuances of the labor market signals being picked up by law students who will ultimately constitute the legal profession of tomorrow? Do they fully understand how their aspirations align with current and near-term employment trends? It is hard to know for sure, but the Association of American Law Schools’ inaugural study, Before the JD, offers a few clues. With support from NALP — along with the AccessLex Institute, the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the American Bar Foundation, the Law School Admission Council, fourteen major law firms, and four corporate legal departments — AALS launche...
Freda Coleman-Jackson describes how legal career advisors can use the IRAC method to help ease law students’ anxiety around the job search process.
As legal recruiting professionals, there are helpful tools and resources that can help us guide first-generation students.
NALP’s 2019-2021 PSJD Fellow Brittany Valente explains why employers should look at remote work as a tool and continue to offer fully remote internships for law students even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.
