The
2023
hiring
market
boasted
some
very
high
salaries
and
employment
rates,
but
who
were
the
main
benefactors?
The
data
are
in
and
they
show
some
interesting
outcomes
across
racial
demographics.
Reuters
has
coverage:
The
disparities
are
widest
when
looking
at
legal
jobs
that
require
bar
admission,
which
are
considered
by
many
as
the
gold
standard
for
J.D.
employment.
Among
white
law
grads,
84%
had
secured
those
positions
within
10
months
of
graduation.
But
of
Black
law
grads
and
Native
American
or
Alaska
Natives,
73%
were
in
those
jobs.Just
80%
of
Latino
law
grads
secured
those
jobs,
four
percentage
points
lower
than
their
white
classmates.
Asian
law
grads
had
81%
bar
passage-required
employment
rate,
while
Native
Hawaiian
or
other
Pacific
Islanders
posted
the
lowest
such
employment
rate
at
67%.
It
is
hard
to
know
the
exact
reasons
for
the
employment
disparities,
but
it’s
worth
recognizing
as
we
contemplate
the
fall
out
of
the
Supreme
Court’s
6-3
decision
that
the
14th
Amendment
is
race-neutral
despite
the
clear
historical
context
that
gave
rise
to
it.
With
that
said,
the
overall
high
rate
of
gainful
legal
employment
is
good
to
see.
Racial,
Ethnicity
Gaps
In
New
Lawyer
Jobs
Persisted
In
2023,
Amid
Robust
Job
Market
[ABA
Journal]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.