TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 19, 2022

Black law school students lag far behind their white counterparts when it comes to landing jobs after graduation, according to a new report from the National Association for Law Placement. Within 10 months of graduation, just two-thirds of Black graduates had secured jobs that required passage of the bar exam, as compared to 81% of white law grads, Reuters reports. NALP’s report also notes disparities in median pay and federal clerkships. NALP Executive Director Jim Leipold summed up the report’s findings, “We see huge gaps in bar passage by race and ethnicity. We see huge gaps in employment opportunities by race and ethnicity. We see huge gaps in progression through the associate ranks to partner by race, ethnicity and gender.”