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Class of 2022 Employment

Employment Statistics for 2022

Yale Law students are among the most sought after in the nation by employers of all types. Our alumni are prominent both within and outside of the legal profession. They work in private practice, ranging from one-person offices to major firms: in federal, state and local government, including Congress, the Office of the President, and the judiciary; in law teaching and administration; in public service settings; for corporations and businesses; and for nonprofit organizations.

Per Interpretation 509-2 of Standard 509, law schools may choose to publicize additional employment outcome data beyond what the Employment Protocols require. This additional data, per Standard 509, must be “complete, accurate, and not misleading to a reasonable law school student or applicant.” Law schools are expected to use “due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information.” The following additional employment outcome data has not been, and will not be, audited by the ABA. It is meant to supplement the annual ABA Employment Summary Report, which reflects the employment status of members of each graduating class as of the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at www.abarequireddisclosures.org(link is external)1.

ABA Employment Summary for 2022 Graduates

EMPLOYMENT STATUSFULL TIME
LONG TERM
FULL TIME
SHORT TERM
PART TIME
LONG TERM
PART TIME
SHORT TERM
NUMBER
Employed - Bar Passage Required 170 0 0 0 170
Employed - JD Advantage 13 0 0 0 13
Employed - Professional Position 1 0 0 1 2
Employed - Non-Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0
Employed - Law School/University Funded 25 0 0 0 25
Employed - Job Category Undeterminable 0 0 0 0 0
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time         2
Unemployed - Start Date Deferred         0
Unemployed - Not Seeking         0
Unemployed - Seeking         1
Employment Status Unknown         0
Total Graduates         213
EMPLOYMENT TYPEFULL TIME
LONG TERM
FULL TIME
SHORT TERM
PART TIME
LONG TERM
PART TIME
SHORT TERM
NUMBER
Law Firms          
Solo 0 0 0 0 0
2-10 0 0 0 0 0
11-25 6 0 0 0 6
26-50 4 0 0 0 4
51-100 2 0 0 0 2
101-250 1 0 0 0 1
251-500 10 0 0 0 10
501+ 59 0 0 0 59
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0
Business & Industry 6 0 0 1 7
Government 18 0 0 0 18
Public Interest (incl. Public Defender) 42 0 0 0 42
Judicial Clerkships **          
Federal 51 0 0 0 51
State & Local 4 0 0 0 4
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Education 6 0 0 0 6
Employer type unknown 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 209 0 0 1 210

** Figure represents graduates in clerkships on March 15, 2023. As of that date an additional 30 graduates had
reported clerkships that commence after March 15, 2023.

LAW SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY FUNDED POSITIONS*FULL TIME
LONG TERM
FULL TIME
SHORT TERM
PART TIME
LONG TERM
PART TIME
SHORT TERM
NUMBER
Employed - Bar Passage Required 13 0 0 0 13
Employed - J.D. Advantage 12 0 0 0 12
Employed - Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0
Employed - Non-Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0
Total Employed by Law School/University 25 0 0 0 25

* All 25 graduates reflected in this section were awarded highly competitive one-year public interest fellowships. Each fellow receives a salary of $50,000 for the year and benefits. Click here2 for information about YLS public interest fellowship opportunities.

Employment LocationStateNumber
State with largest employment New York 61
State with second largest employment District of Columbia 52
State with third largest employment California 20
Number employed in foreign countries   5