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Law Practice

Apr. 11, 2014

Law grad employment numbers stay largely flat in California

Just under half of California's 2013 law school graduates had found good lawyer jobs by mid-February, compared to 57 percent nationally. Some schools slipped, while some improved, according to new ABA data.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


New data from the American Bar Association shows slightly more new law school graduates have found good jobs as lawyers this year compared to last. But the uptick for California grads is tiny, and for some schools the news is even worse.


Overall, just 49 percent of people who graduated from ABA-accredited California law schools last May had found full-time, long-term jobs requiring law degrees ...

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