TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 26, 2023

The law school class of 2022 graduated into a strong entry-level hiring market, landing legal jobs at a higher rate than their predecessors in 2021 and 2019, according to new figures from the American Bar Association. Nearly 78% of last year's new lawyers found jobs that require bar passage within 10 months of leaving campus — up from about 76% among the class of 2021, Reuters reports. More recent data may suggest that growth is slowing. According to another report from Reuters, the legal services sector lost 600 jobs last month, marking the first monthly employment decline in the industry in six months.