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NALP Employment Reporting Timeline 1975-2023

October 2024

This year marks the 50th year that NALP has reported on law graduate employment outcomes. The timeline below shows historic milestones across five decades of NALP’s employment reporting.

More information on the Class of 2023
More information on prior year employment outcomes
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