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Employment Statistics
Last Updated: March 27, 2013
Class of 2012 Employment 9 Months After Graduation
Columbia Law School reported the information below to the American Bar Association (ABA) for all J.D. graduates in our Class of 2012, indicating their employment status nine months after graduation. For your reference, we include the original ABA Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates [PDF].
To further assist our prospective students as they consider enrolling in law school, we have published Employment and Salary Information for the Classes of 2012, 2011, and 2010.
In addition, we have published the 2011 National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Employment Summary Report [PDF]. The NALP Report for the Class of 2012 is expected in June of 2013. NOTE: Prior to 2010, Columbia Law School did not participate in the NALP survey.
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Employment Status |
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Number |
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Long Term |
Short Term |
Long Term |
Short Term |
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Employed - Bar Passage Required |
438 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
440 |
|
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Employed - JD Advantage |
17 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
17 |
|
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Employed - Professional Position |
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
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Employed - Non-Professional Position |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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Employed - Undeterminable** |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time |
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|
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2 |
|
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Unemployed - Start Date Deferred |
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0 |
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Unemployed - Not Seeking |
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2 |
|
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Unemployed - Seeking |
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|
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5 |
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Employment Status Unknown |
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|
2 |
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Total graduates |
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469 |
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**A graduate in undeterminable category may or may not have a term defined. |
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Law School/University Funded Position |
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Number |
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Long Term |
Short Term |
Long Term |
Short Term |
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Of Employed—Law School/University Funded |
38 |
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|
|
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|
38 |
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Employment Type |
Full-Time |
Part-Time |
Number |
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Long Term |
Short Term |
Long Term |
Short Term |
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Law Firms |
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|
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Solo |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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2 - 10 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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11 - 25 |
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
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26 - 50 |
7 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
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51 - 100 |
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
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101 - 250 |
9 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
9 |
|
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251 - 500 |
41 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
41 |
|
|
501 + |
251 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
253 |
|
|
Unknown |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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Business & Industry |
18 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
18 |
|
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Government |
35 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
35 |
|
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Pub. Int. (inc. Pub. Def.) |
44 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
44 |
|
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Clerkships—Federal |
37 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
37 |
|
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Clerkships—State & Local |
4 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
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Clerkships—Other |
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
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Academia |
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
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Employer type unknown |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
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Total |
456 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
458 |
|
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Employment Location |
State |
Number |
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State—Largest employment |
New York |
316 |
|
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State—2nd largest employment |
California |
34 |
|
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State—3rd largest employment |
District of Columbia |
32 |
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# Employed in foreign countries |
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14 |
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Government and Public Interest Fellowships
For more than 150 years, Columbia Law School graduates have served at the highest levels of government and public interest organizations. We are extremely proud of this legacy and are committed to enhancing it. Our graduates continue to secure prestigious fellowships, government Honors Program positions, and full-time legal jobs.These fellowships allow our graduates who wish to devote their careers to serving the public good the opportunity to do socially important and interesting work while assisting underserved organizations and individuals with their legal needs. View Columbia post-graduate government and public interest fellowship opportunities.