STATISTICS ON RECENT PLACEMENT

The JD program and the Penn Law experience enable our graduates to pursue successful and fulfilling careers, even in uncertain economic times. Big Law’s interest in our students remains strong, our students are highly successful starting their careers in clerkships, and many of our students pursue rewarding government and public interest work. Penn Law’s Career Planning and Professionalism office works closely with students to help define their career goals and develop plans to achieve them.

   

(The data below is based on student survey responses, ABA and NALP data and reflects employment at nine months following graduation for each respective class. Please note that the judicial clerkship chart reflects a different time period and includes alumni.)

Penn Law's cross-disciplinary JD program prepares students for a range of careers in the law and related fields, complemented by professional development programs that build skills necessary to pursue the best jobs and careers. At Penn Law, students are exposed to the widest variety of legal employers, nationally and internationally, as well as to Penn alumni worldwide who have used their law degrees to push the boundaries in their fields.

¹ These placements reflect Public Interest Fellowships.

² Prior to 2010, this category was defined to include employment of one year in duration, which captured judicial clerkship statistics. For detailed information on judicial clerkships, please see the Judicial Clerkships table below.

Penn Law students receive unparalleled support from staff and faculty in their pursuit of judicial clerkships. And today recent clerkship placements are at the highest levels in our history. For example, for the years 2008-10, our students and alumni secured 226 clerkships at all levels, with 30 of those alumni securing second clerkships.

³ A second Penn Law grad received a SCOTUS clerkship after the 4/30/11 date.