Employment Patterns — 20-Year Trends — 1982 - 2002, NALP Bulletin, August 2003
employment rate continues upward trend for class of 2018 total number of law firm jobs increases for first time in five years.
NALP Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor shares highlights on legal employment findings for the Class of 2021 from NALP’s annual Employment Report and Salary Survey.
According to the latest findings from NALP’s Employment Report and Salary Survey, the Class of 2022 attained the best employment rate in 35 years and a record share of graduates working in bar passage required jobs, among other highwater marks.
Employment data for the Class of 2003
NALP research on the employment experience of the Class of 2013.
The world of ABA employment data reporting can feel overwhelming, especially if you are new to your law school position. How can you keep track of what data you are missing, or what graduate files are complete already?
Employment data for the Class of 1999
Class of 2019 Attains Highest Employment Rate in 12 Years as Uncertainty Looms for the Class of 2020
The Class of 2013 reported taking 820 jobs in legal services, but that number would look far different without positions funded by law schools.
Findings on JD Advantage jobs in the legal profession from NALP’s graduate employment data from the Class of 2018.
NALP Research: Race/Ethnicity and the Geographic Distribution of Law Firm Jobs Taken by New Graduates , October 2008
One unintended result of the change adopted by the ABA will be that the ABA's count of jobs that are classified as full-time, long-term, and bar passage required will go down, seeming to signal to consumers a decline in the market that is not actually occurring.
Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor analyses data on graduates self-reporting disabilities from NALP’s Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Graduates, Class of 2021.
Employment data for the Class of 2006
Employment data for the Class of 2005
Information for law school career services regarding NALP's annual Employment Report & Salary Survey (ERSS)
NALP Director of Research Danielle Taylor explains how to use NALP’s Buying Power Index, a resource that helps compare the buying power of legal salaries for 93 cities.
Employment data for the Class of 2002
Employment data for the Class of 2000
Employment data for the Class of 2010
NALP Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor lays out changes to include more data about first-generation college students who graduate with the Class of 2020 in the annual Employment Report and Salary Survey (ERSS).
NALP Director of Research Danielle Taylor highlights employment outcomes by level of parental education from Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Law Graduates, Class of 2020.
Why is NALP’s data on employment outcomes for a school sometimes different from the ABA’s data published for that school?
NALP Research: New Findings on Disparities in Employment Outcomes Based on Level of Parental Education, November 2021
Although the market was extremely strong for the Class of 2024, future law graduates should brace for a likely contraction in BigLaw and federal hiring. NALP’s "Perspectives on 2024 Law Student Recruiting" report indicates that many firms pulled back on their 2024 and 2025 summer associate hiring, suggesting that there will be fewer graduates employed by large firms over the next few years.
Here is a quick checklist for law schools to help them identify potential employment outcome reporting differences between the ABA and NALP.
NALP Research: Law Firm Jobs — Where They Are and Who Takes Them — Class of 2000, NALP Bulletin, July 2001
NALP Webinar: Disparate Outcomes: A New Look at NALP’s Employment and Salary Data Webinar. Discussion of employment outcomes for the Class of 2019. Presented Oct. 29, 2020 by James Leipold and Danielle Taylor.
Employer outreach is a two-way street. Share information and offer your resources to various administrative departments.
The employment and salary data for the Class of 2014 will stand apart for several reasons, and will in many ways mark the beginning of a new era in our long historical conversation about law school outcomes.
NALP research takes a look at employment trends for the Classes of 1985-2014, including law firm jobs taken by firm size by each class.
Starting with the Class of 2014, NALP expanded the demographic information collected on law school graduates to include sexual orientation and gender identity, thus yielding NALP's first employment outcome analyses in this area.
Suited Founder and CEO Matt Spencer provides views on some legal industry hiring trends observed in 2022, and why the organization is optimistic the legal profession is headed in the right direction in meeting DEI goals.
Employment data for the Class of 2008
Employment data for the Class of 2009
Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor provides an overview of key takeaways related to JD Advantage jobs from NALP’s Class of 2020 Employment Report and Salary Survey.
Law Firm Jobs Taken by New Graduates - Distribution by Race/Ethnicity, NALP Bulletin, August 2004
Employment data for the Class of 2004
Jobs for New Law Graduates — Trends from 1991-2001, NALP Bulletin, August 2002
