The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reported Wednesday that 2019 Black law school graduates trail all other racial and ethnic groups in employment overall and in bar-passage required jobs.
Despite experiencing the highest employment rate since 2007, the class of 2019’s employment racial disparities are still profound. The report found that Pacific Islander and white graduates had the highest employment rates (92.9 percent and 92.1 percent, respectively) compared to Native American and Black graduates, which had the lowest employment rates (85.5 percent and 85.4 percent respectively.) Similarly, white graduates differed from Black graduates in securing bar-passage required jobs by 17 percentage points (79.8 percent and 62.4 percent, respectively).
