Employment Statistics

Class of 2024 Employment 10 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 2024, indicating their employment status 10 months after graduation.

To further assist our prospective students as they consider enrolling in law school, we have published Employment and Salary Information for the Classes of 2024, 2023 and 2022, and the 2023 NALP Summary Report

Employment StatusFull-time Part-time Number
 Long TermShort TermLong TermShort Term 
Employed, Bar Passage Required493100494
Employed, J.D. Advantage60006
Employed, Professional Position50005
Employed, Other Position00000
Employed, Law School/University Funded811010
Employed, Undeterminable00000
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full-Time    1
Unemployed, Start Date Deferred    0
Unemployed, Not Seeking    0
Unemployed, Seeking    5
Employment Status Unknown    2
Total Graduates    523
Employment TypeFull-time Part-time Number
 Long TermShort TermLong TermShort Term 
Law Firms     
     Solo00000
     1–1030003
     11–2510001
     26–5030003
     51–10040004
     101–25070007
     251–5003900039
     501+336100337
     Unknown Size00000
Business and Industry50005
Government2600026
Public Interest5500055
Clerkships (Federal)**2900029
Clerkships (State, Local and Territorial)**40004
Clerkships (Tribal)**00000
Clerkships (International)**01001
Education00101
Employer Type Unknown00000
Total512210515

**This number reflects only those 2024 graduates who began a clerkship within 10 months of graduation. In keeping with recent hiring preferences of many judges, a substantial number of graduates work for one or more years before serving as clerks; approximately 20% of each class ultimately clerks, the majority for federal appellate and district courts, and some hold more than one clerkship.

Law School / University Funded PositionsFull-timeFull-TimePart-timePart-TimeNumber
 Long TermShort TermLong TermShort Term 
Employed - Bar Passage Required61007
Employed - J.D. Advantage20103
Employed - Professional Position00000
Employed - Other Position00000
Total Employed by Law School/University811010
Employment LocationStateNumber
State, largest employmentNew York362
State, 2nd largest employmentDistrict of Columbia44
State, 3rd largest employmentCalifornia34
Employed in foreign countries 11

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 full-time legal jobs as well as government honors program positions and public interest fellowships. These one or two-year fellowships, require bar passage, allow our graduates to do socially important work while assisting underserved organizations and individuals with their legal needs. All positions funded by these fellowships are eligible for Columbia Law School's loan repayment assistance program (LRAP). View Columbia postgraduate government and public interest fellowship opportunities