Graduate Employment Data

Outstanding employment outcomes year after year!

Our most recent employment data is available here:

ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024

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Every student is supported by a dedicated counselor from the Law School’s Career Development Office. Students get individualized attention from their first semester on, so they can identify a career pathway that interests them and pursue related coursework and activities. To complement this unique approach to career development, the upper-level curriculum has been designed around different career paths. Students build on their required foundation courses with advanced classes, drafting courses, clinic work, internships, externships, and co-curricular activities like trial and appellate advocacy—all focused on developing practical skills and targeted expertise so St. John’s Law students graduate profession-ready.

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Overview

This data was collected and reported in April 2025 and uses the ABA’s definitions for the various categories, except if noted otherwise.

Overall, the employment status of 100% of the Class of 2024 (265) was ascertained by the Career Development Office. As of March 17, 2025, 247 of these graduates were employed, 1 was enrolled in graduate studies, 0 had employment that would begin after March 17, 2025, 1 was not seeking and 16 were still seeking employment. The placement rate as of March 17, 2025, for all graduates from the Class of 2024 (247/265) was 93%.

ABA Employment Summary - data submitted on placement for Class of 2024

Employment

For graduates known to be employed, both full-time and part-time, the breakdown of their areas of employment is as follows:

Law Firms: 145/247 (58.70%)
Government: 44/247 (17.81%)
Business and Industry: 26/247(10.53%)
Judicial Clerkships: 12/247 (4.86%)
Public Interest: 20/247 (8.1%)

Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firms

For graduates working at law firms, the breakdown of firm size is as follows:

Solo 0/145 (0%)
1 to 10 Attorneys: 27/145 (18.62%)
11 to 25 Attorneys: 18/145 (12.41%)
26 to 50 Attorneys: 16/145 (11.03%)
51 to 100 Attorneys: 22/145 (15.17%)
101 to 250 Attorneys: 12/145 (8.28%)
251 to 500 Attorneys: 8/145 (5.52%)
501+ Attorneys: 42/145 (28.97%)

Employment Breakdown

Employed Full-Time: 245/247 (99/19%)
Employed Part-Time: 2/247 (.81%)

Terms of Employment

Long-Term Basis: 247/247 (100%)
Short-Term Basis: 0/247 (0%)

Bar Admissions

Bar Admission Required: 223/247 (90.28%)
J.D. advantage: 22/247 (8.91%)
Professional Position: 2/247 (.81%)
Other Position: 0/247 (0%)
Law School/University Funded: 0/247 (0%)

Overview

This data was collected and reported in April 2024 and uses the ABA’s definitions for the various categories, except if noted otherwise.

Overall, the employment status of 100% of the Class of 2023 (249) was ascertained by the Career Development Office. As of March 15, 2024, 238 of these graduates were employed, 1 was enrolled in graduate studies, 1 had employment that would begin after March 15, 2024, 1 was not seeking and 8 were still seeking employment. The placement rate as of March 15, 2024, for all graduates from the Class of 2023 (238/249) was 96%.

ABA Employment Summary - data submitted on placement for Class of 2023
NALP Class of 2023 Summary

Types of Employment

For graduates known to be employed, both full-time and part-time, the breakdown of their areas of employment is as follows:

Law Firms: 149/238 (62.6%)
Government: 38/238 (16%)
Business and Industry: 20/238 (8.4%)
Judicial Clerkships: 12/238 (5%)
Public Interest: 19/238 (8%)

Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firms

For graduates working at law firms, the breakdown of firm size is as follows:

Solo 0/149 (0%)
1 to 10 Attorneys: 24/149 (16.1%)
11 to 25 Attorneys: 22/149 (14.8%)
26 to 50 Attorneys: 13/149 (8.7%)
51 to 100 Attorneys: 29/149 (19.5%)
101 to 250 Attorneys: 11/149 (7.4%)
251 to 500 Attorneys: 4/149 (2.7%)
501+ Attorneys: 46/149 (30.9%)

Employment Breakdown

Employed Full-Time: 237/238 (99.6%)
Employed Part-Time: 1/238 (.4%)

Terms of Employment

Long-Term Basis: 238/238 (100%)
Short-Term Basis: 0/238 (0%)

Bar Admissions

Bar Passage Required: 225/238 (94.5%)
J.D. advantage: 12/238 (5%)
Professional Position: 1/238 (.4%)
Other Position: 0/238 (0%)
Law School/University Funded: 0/238 (0%)

Overview

This data was collected and reported in April 2023 and uses the ABA’s definitions for the various categories, except if noted otherwise.

Overall, the employment status of 100% of the Class of 2022 (236) was ascertained by the Career Development Office. As of March 15, 2023, 224 of these graduates were employed, 1 was enrolled in graduate studies, and 11 were still seeking employment. The placement rate as of March 15, 2022, for all graduates from the Class of 2022 (224/236) was 95%.

ABA Employment Summary - data submitted on placement for Class of 2022

Types of Employment

For graduates known to be employed, both full-time and part-time, the breakdown of their areas of employment is as follows:

Law Firms: 137/224 (61.2%)
Government: 32/224 (14.3%)
Business and Industry: 30/224 (13.4%)
Judicial Clerkships: 13/224 (5.8%)
Public Interest: 12/224 (5.4%)

Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firms

For graduates working at law firms, the breakdown of firm size is as follows:

Solo 1/137 (.7%)
1 to 10 Attorneys: 27/137 (19.7%)
11 to 25 Attorneys: 19/137 (13.9%)
26 to 50 Attorneys: 8/137 (5.8%)
51 to 100 Attorneys: 22/137 (16.1%)
101 to 250 Attorneys: 8/137 (5.8%)
251 to 500 Attorneys: 6/137 (4.4%)
501+ Attorneys: 46/137 (33.6%)

Employment Breakdown

Employed Full-Time: 219/224 (97.8%)
Employed Part-Time: 5/224 (2.2%)

Terms of Employment

Long-Term Basis: 224/224 (100%)
Short-Term Basis: 0/224 (0%)

Bar Admissions

Bar Passage Required: 208/224 (92.9%)
J.D. advantage: 12/224 (5.6%)
Professional Position: 2/224 (.9%)
Other Position: 2/224 (.9%)
Law School/University Funded: 0/224 (0%)

Overview

This data was collected and reported in April 2022 and uses the ABA’s definitions for the various categories, except if noted otherwise

Overall, the employment status of over 99% of the Class of 2021 (234/235) was ascertained by the Career Development Office. As of March 15, 2022, 219 of these graduates were employed, 3 had deferred start dates for employment, 1 was enrolled in graduate studies, 3 were not seeking employment and 8 were still seeking employment. The placement rate as of March 15, 2021, for all graduates from the Class of 2021 (219/235) was 93.19%.

ABA Employment Summary - data submitted on placement for Class of 2021

Types of Employment

For graduates known to be employed, both full-time and part-time, the breakdown of their areas of employment is as follows:

Law Firms: 125/219 (57.1%)
Government: 39/219 (17.8%)
Business and Industry: 32/219 (14.6%)
Judicial Clerkships: 10/219 (4.6%)
Public Interest: 12/219 (5.5%)
Education: 1/219 (.4%)

Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firms

For graduates working at law firms, the breakdown of firm size is as follows:

Solo: 0/125 (0%)
1 to 10 Attorneys: 24/125 (19.2%)
11 to 25 Attorneys: 15/125 (12%)
26 to 50 Attorneys: 5/125 (4%)
51 to 100 Attorneys: 18/125 (14.4%)
101 to 250 Attorneys: 7/125 (5.6%)
251 to 500 Attorneys: 8/125 (6.4%)
501+ Attorneys: 48/125 (38.4%)

Employment Breakdown

Employed Full-Time: 216/219 (98.6%)
Employed Part-Time: 3/219 (1.4%)

Terms of Employment

Long-Term Basis: 218/219 (99.5%)
Short-Term Basis: 1/219 (.5%)

Bar Admission

Bar Passage Required: 202/219 (92.2%)
J.D. advantage: 15/219 (6.8%)
Professional Position: 2/219 (.9%)
Other Position: 0/219 (0%)
Law School/University Funded: 0/219 (0%)