Last Updated: June 26, 2019
Class of 2018 Employment 10 Months After Graduation
Columbia Law School reported the information below to the American Bar Association (ABA) for all J.D. graduates in our Class of 2018, indicating their employment status ten months after graduation. For your reference, ABA Employment Summaries are provided for the classes of 2018 [PDF], 2017 [PDF], 2016 [PDF].
To further assist our prospective students as they consider enrolling in law school, we have published Employment and Salary Information for the Classes of 2018, 2017, and 2016 and the 2018 NALP Summary Report.
Employment Status | Full-Time | Part-Time | Number | |||||||
Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | |||||||
Employed - Bar Passage Required | 420 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 424 |
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Employed - JD Advantage | 8 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| 9 |
|
Employed - Professional Position | 1 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
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Employed - Non-Professional Position | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
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Employed - Law School/University Funded | 5 | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 5 | ||
Employed - Undeterminable | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
|
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time |
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| 0 |
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Unemployed - Start Date Deferred |
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| 1 |
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Unemployed - Not Seeking |
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| 0 |
| |
Unemployed - Seeking |
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| 9 |
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Employment Status Unknown |
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| 0 |
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Total graduates |
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| 450 |
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Employment Type | Full-Time | Part-Time | Number | |||||||
Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | |||||||
Law Firms |
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Solo | 1 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
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2 - 10 | 3 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 3 |
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11 - 25 | 2 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
|
26 - 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| ||
51 - 100 | 4 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 4 |
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101 - 250 | 12 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 12 |
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251 - 500 | 40 | 1 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 41 |
| |
501 + | 293 | 0 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| 294 |
| |
Unknown | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
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Business & Industry | 8 | 0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 9 |
| |
Government | 20 | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 20 |
| |
Pub. Int. (inc. Pub. Def.) | 24 | 2 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 26 |
| |
Clerkships—Federal* | 22 | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 22 |
| |
Clerkships—State & Local * | 3 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 3 |
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Clerkships—Other* | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
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Education | 1 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
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Employer type unknown | 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
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Total | 434 | 4 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 440 |
| |
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Employment Location | State | Number | |
State—Largest employment | New York | 321 |
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State—2nd largest employment | California | 26 |
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State—3rd largest employment | District of Columbia | 25 |
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# Employed in foreign countries |
| 14 |
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Government and Public Interest Fellowships
For more than 150 years, Columbia Law School graduates have served at the highest levels of government and public interest organizations. We are extremely proud of this legacy and are committed to enhancing it. Our graduates continue to secure prestigious fellowships, government Honors Program positions, and full-time legal jobs. These one-year fellowships require bar passage and allow our graduates who wish to devote their careers to serving the public good the opportunity to do socially important work while assisting underserved organizations and individuals with their legal needs. All positions funded by these fellowships are eligible for Columbia Law School's loan repayment assistance program (LRAP). View Columbia post-graduate government and public interest fellowship opportunities.