This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Education Law,
State Bar & Bar Associations

May 7, 2018

California law graduates secured legal work at higher clip

More graduates of the state’s law schools obtained jobs requiring a law degree or providing a J.D. advantage

California law graduates secured legal work at higher clip
Andrew T. Guzman, dean of USC Gould School of Law, said his school successfully undertook a strategic effort to expand the geographic area in which students sought work.

The state’s 2017 law graduates were more successful in securing full-time, permanent jobs requiring bar exam passage than their peers from the previous year.

Roughly 10 months after graduation, about 70 percent of graduates from California’s American Bar Association-accredited schools were able to land long-term positions mandating a law license or providing an advantage for a law degree, up from 64 percent last year.

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up