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Law Schools: Highest Post-Graduation Unemployment Ratings

4/9/2013

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My daughter just got back from a meeting at her law school today. They were talking seriously to the students about what not to expect post-graduation. The items mentioned included jobs and income. She’s in a pretty good law school and this morose presentation did nothing to encourage the masses of students who are working hard to complete their juris doctorates. Are they hoping everyone will quit?  No such luck.

Looking at the enrollment statistics for law schools with the lowest prospects for post graduate employment as per Law.com, and comparing them to current enrollment rates, indicates a lot of law school students don’t really care what their administration says; they’ll take that chance.

Taking a look at the official list of Law Schools with the Worst 2012 Post-Graduation Employment Rates was a little confusing so I decided to do a little digging to become more familiar with the actual data. Wait! A lot of the schools listed on the official list aren’t even ranked by US News and World Report. Come on! If the ranking is so low the law school score isn’t even published, shouldn’t the student already know their prospects of getting a job after graduation are a bit on the low side regardless of the economy?  That would be my guess anyway.

But what about the schools in the Top 100 rankings? Wouldn’t it be more interesting to know the bottom of the heap for employment if you’re actually attending a school in the top 2 tiers? 

 Top 100 Ranked Law Schools with the Worst 2012 Post-Graduation Employment Rates

US News                                                                                                               Employment 9 months
Rank                Law School                                Enrolled                Tuition*             After Graduation
#56           American University (D.C.)                     1,215                 $46,794/yr               47.8%

#64           Pennsylvania State University                  541                  $40,532/yr               49.2%

#94           University of Oregon                                480                  $35,374/yr               49.4%

#61           Pepperdine University                               618                  $44,980/yr               51.1%

#96           Santa Clara University                               693                    not listed                51.4%

#48           University of California  (Hastings)          1,097                  $52,806/yr               51.6%

#80           Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)                    483                  $38,180/yr               53.6%

#80           Brooklyn Law School                                998                  $49,976/yr               54.3%

#98           St. John’s University                                 742                  $48,070/yr               55.1%

#68          Case Western Reserve                              567                  $44,620/yr               55.2%

#86           Northeastern                                            604                  $43,048/yr               55.2%

#68           University of San Diego                            768                  $43,860/yr               55.7%

#58           Yeshiva University (Cardozo)                 1,032                  $50,046/yr               55.8%

#47           U of Illinois Urbana-Champaigne                627                  $45,917/yr               56.3%
   
#68           IIT Chicago-Kent                                      738                  $43,260/yr               56.6%

#64           University of Denver (Sturm)                   746                  $39,840yr                 56.8%

#29           Boston University                                     740                  $44,168/yr               57.5%
  
#44           BYU                                                          420                  $21,900/yr               58.0%

#98           U of South Carolina                                   632                  $43,398/yr               59.5%

#98           Villanova                                                   684                  $38,910/yr               59.9%
 
*All tuition is the highest listed tuition in US News and World Report.

So why be in law school in this day and age? Well, my daughter says it’s better to have a 50% or better chance of having a job with a juris doctorate than being in the unemployment line right out of your undergrad program.  I would have to agree.  And if you don't have a job after you've earned your JD?  Well, there's always a good LLM program looking for students. 


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