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The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Government Jobs (2022)

These law schools may help you land the government job you’ve been dreaming of.

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Gavel with American FlagEach year, hundreds upon hundreds of students enroll in law school, many of them in search of a career in government. Maybe they want to seek out justice for children, animals, or the environment. Maybe they want to serve their communities and make them safer for the public at large. Maybe they want to advocate for those who have been unfairly discriminated against, be it in their housing choices, on the job, or based on their race or gender. Whatever their call to service may be, only a select few will go on to accept a position that goes hand-in-hand with their altruistic career goals.

Some law schools are better than others when it comes to getting their graduates a leg up on the competition for one of these coveted jobs. Law.com produced several helpful charts based on law school employment data for the class of 2022. Today, we will take a look at one of the more interesting charts for all of the service-minded future lawyers in this world, the law schools that sent the highest percentage of their most recent graduating class into government work.

Here are the top 10 law schools on the list:

  1. Dayton: 25.58%
  2. District of Columbia: 22.22%
  3. UMass: 21.43%
  4. Albany: 20.73%
  5. Indiana-Bloomington: 20.57%
  6. Appalachian: 20.00%
  7. Pace: 19.70%
  8. Regent: 19.59%
  9. Syracuse: 19.29%
  10. New Mexico: 19.23%

Click here to see the rest of the law schools with the highest percentage of graduates employed in government work.

Are you a recent law school graduate who’s working in government? What did your law school do to help you? We’re interested in learning about your experiences — good or bad — and may anonymously feature some of your stories on Above the Law. You can email us, text us at (646) 820-8477, or tweet us @atlblog.

2023 Go-To Law Schools: For Judicial Clerkships, Government and Public Interest Jobs, Small Schools Reign [Law.com]

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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