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Class of 2024 Employment

Employment Statistics for 2024

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 atwww.abarequireddisclosures.org(link is external)1.

ABA Employment Summary for 2024 Graduates

EMPLOYMENT STATUSFULL TIME
LONG TERM
FULL TIME
SHORT TERM
PART TIME
LONG TERM
PART TIME
SHORT TERM
NUMBER
Employed - Bar Passage Required 172 0 0 0 172
Employed - J.D. Advantage 11 0 0 1 12
Employed - Professional Position 1 0 0 1 2
Employed - Other Position 2 0 0 0 2
Employed - Law School/University Funded 14 3 0 0 17
Employed - Undeterminable 0 0 0 0 0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies         7
Employed - Start Date After March 17, 2025         0
Unemployed - Not Seeking         1
Unemployed - Seeking         1
Employment Status Unknown         1
Total Graduates- Each graduate is counted only once in this section.         215
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
1 - 10 2 0 0 0 2
11 - 25 1 0 0 0 1
26 - 50 2 0 0 0 2
51 - 100 4 0 0 0 4
101 - 250 3 0 0 0 3
251 - 500 8 0 0 0 8
501 + 66 0 0 0 66
Unknown Size 0 0 0 0 0
Business & Industry 10 0 0 1 11
Government 7 1 0 0 8
Public Interest 33 1 0 0 34
Clerkships - Federal 56 0 0 0 56
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial 4 0 0 0 4
Clerkships - Tribal 0 0 0 0 0
Clerkships - International 1 1 0 0 2
Education 3 0 0 1 4
Employer Type Unknown 0 0 0 0 0
Total 200 3 0 2 205
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 11 2 0 0 13
Employed - J.D. Advantage 3 1 0 0 4
Employed - Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0
Employed - Other Position 0 0 0 0 0
Total Employed by Law School/University 14 3 0 0 17
EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONLOCATIONNUMBER
State - Largest Employment NEW YORK 68
State - 2nd Largest Employment DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 44
State - 3rd Largest Employment CALIFORNIA 21
Employed in Foreign Countries   4

A one-page summary of key category definitions can be found under the Employment Questionnaire section of: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/questionnaire/.(link is external)2

This data reflects graduates' post-graduate status as of March 17, 2025.