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The Law Schools With The Most Graduates Employed In School-Funded Jobs (2016)

Is this practice still considered to be questionable behavior by law schools?

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lawyer shruggingWhen the American Bar Association first required that law schools break down job types into distinct categories in their annual employment summary reports, it was quite obvious that the job market was in shambles. Too few graduates were employed in full-time, long-term work where bar passage was required, so many law schools began to invent jobs for their recent graduates, perhaps in an attempt to game the U.S. News rankings. These days, while school-funded jobs are viewed in a slightly less murky light, these types of jobs are still seen by some as a way to prop up employment statistics that would otherwise have been less stellar.

Which law schools are still funneling their graduates into school-funded jobs?

Law.com produced several helpful charts based on law school employment data for the class of 2016. Today, we will take a look at one of the most fascinating charts for those interested in law schools’ “true” employment rates, the 20 law schools that sent the highest percentage of their most recent graduating class into school-funded jobs. Here are the top 10 law schools that appear on the list:

  1. UC Davis Law: 13.77 percent
  2. USC Gould Law: 13.50 percent
  3. Case Western Law: 12.12 percent
  4. UC Irvine Law: 11.86 percent
  5. Georgetown Law: 10.43 percent
  6. Yale Law: 9.85 percent
  7. UCLA Law: 9.81 percent
  8. Whittier Law: 9.38 percent
  9. Pepperdine Law: 8.84 percent
  10. UC Hastings Law: 8.67 percent

It’s an interesting list, including a wide range of schools, from Yale to Whittier. It should be noted that there’s a similarly wide range of school-funded jobs. Some are coveted and competitive opportunities, like Yale’s public interest fellowships, and some are… less coveted and competitive.

Click here to see the rest of the law schools with the highest percentage of graduates employed in school-funded jobs, plus other informative charts detailing the law schools with the highest percentage of graduates working in Biglaw, state and federal clerkships, government and public interest, as well as the law schools with the most unemployed and most underemployed graduates.

Are you a recent law school graduate who’s working in a school-funded position? What kind of work are you doing? We’re interested in learning about your experiences — good or bad — and may anonymously feature some of your stories on Above the Law. Email us, text us at (646) 820-8477, or tweet us @atlblog.

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Where the Law Jobs Are: The 2016 Edition [Law.com]

Earlier: The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got State Clerkships (2016)
The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Government & Public Interest Jobs (2016)
The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Federal Clerkships (2016)
The Law Schools With The Most Underemployed Graduates (2016)
The Law Schools With The Most Unemployed Graduates (2016)

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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