Rankings
season
is
upon
us,
and
we’ve
got
some
employment
statistics
for
you
to
feast
your
eyes
upon
if
you’d
like
to
see
which
law
schools
will
give
graduates
the
best
bang
for
their
buck
when
it
comes
to
putting
their
degrees
to
good
use.
The
American
Bar
Association
recently
released
new
employment
data
for
the
Class
of
2024,
and
thanks
to
an
analysis
made
by Reuters,
we
now
know
which
law
schools
sent
the
highest
percentage
of
graduates
to
full-time
law
jobs
requiring
bar
passage.
The
class
of
2024
struck
gold
when
it
came
to
employment,
with
more
than
82%
of
graduates
landing
full-time,
long-term
jobs
requiring
bar
passage
within
10
months
of
being
handed
their
degrees.
When
including
jobs
for
which
a
J.D.
provides
an
advantage,
the
employment
rate
climbs
to
more
than
87%.
These
are
“record-high”
employment
statistics.
Just
about
3%
of
2024
graduates
were
unemployed
and
looking
for
work.
Without
further
ado,
these
are
the
top
10
schools
for
employment
in
bar-admission-required
jobs:
-
Duke:
97.83% -
Cornell:
96.43% -
Baylor:
95.45% -
Wash.
U.
in
St.
Louis:
95.09% -
UVA:
94.65% -
Columbia:
94.26% -
Illinois:
94.09% -
Chicago:
93.97% -
Texas
A&M:
93.82% -
Michigan:
93.79%
You
can
access
the
full
list
by
clicking here.
Duke
yeets
UVA
out
of
the
top
spot,
which
the
school
has
held
for
the
past
two
years,
while
Baylor,
which
is
currently
ranked
at
No.
43
by
U.S.
News,
managed
to
leap
into
the
Top
5
with
the
highest
employment
rate
of
all
non-T14
law
schools.
Congratulations
to
all
of
these
top
schools
on
helping
their
graduates
get
top
jobs!
These
law
schools
posted
highest
employment
rates
of
2024
[Reuters]
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