How Should We Think About Record-Breaking Employment for Law School Graduates?| www.lsac.org
By James Leipold| www.lsac.org
Prior to joining LSAC in 2021, Susannah was a law professor for 15 years, and served as the inaugural associate dean for student success at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, School of Law. She graduated from Williams College in 1994 and Yale Law School in 1998. Her experience includes designing and implementing summer bridge programs, substantive orientation programs, first-year academic skills workshops, upper-level legal analysis courses, doctrinal courses, skills courses, comprehen...| www.lsac.org
By James LeipoldIn March I reported that the latest recruiting data from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) showed that the law firm recruiting landscape had changed dramatically in 2024. For the first time, the majority of recruiting for summer associates happened outside of law school-sponsored recruiting programs such as on-campus interviewing (OCI). The timing has also moved ever earlier into the first year of law school, with the majority of offers for 2L summer positions ...| Blog
By James LeipoldThe ways that law firms recruit law students are undergoing a sea change. Prospective law school applicants and the law school admission professionals who interact with those prospects need to understand the many ways in which this important landscape is evolving.NALP released its annual Perspectives on Law Student Recruiting report earlier this month, highlighting many of the historic shifts that are underway in law firm recruiting. According to their analyses of the availabl...| Blog
By James LeipoldIn January, NALP released its 2024 Report on Diversity in US Law Firms . The topline takeaway? For the second year in a row the representation of Black or African American summer associates decreased. Similarly, the new law school enrollment data that the ABA released in December show a small decrease in Black and Hispanic enrollment.None of these decreases is large in size, nor are there enough years of downward trending numbers to call this a trend, but having carefully ...| Blog
By James LeipoldEarlier this month, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its annual analysis of U.S. law school employment outcomes which includes a detailed breakdown of employment gaps based on race and ethnicity.In its finding, NALP noted that law graduates of color had lower overall employment rates compared to white graduates. While this disparity has been true for many years, it is significant to note that gaps for Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native Hawaiian...| Blog