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Career Pathways

Career Path Resources

At various points in our professional lives, we stop to take stock of where we currently are and where we believe we would like to be. In these moments and their aftermath, it can be helpful to gain a better foundation in some of the most typical paths of YLS students and graduates. 

Business

Business

Opportunities in business vary greatly from being an attorney within an in-house group to pursuing a non-practicing business role in the public or private sector.

Judicial Clerkships

Judicial Clerkships

Clerkships with state or federal courts or international tribunals opportunities are available to alumni to pursue post graduation.
Law Firms

Law Firms

Alumni interested in pursuing private practice at law firms and looking to reenter this field or entering it for the first time.
Law Teaching

Law Teaching

The work of a law professor combines research, writing, and teaching.
Public Interest

Public Interest

“Public Interest” law can be broken roughly into three types of employment settings: Public Interest Groups, Government Organizations, and Public Interest Work by law firms.