Employment Report
Vanderbilt Law has one of the most successful career services programs among the nation’s leading law schools, providing comprehensive resources to help students explore top-tier career services options and to guide graduates to employment opportunities across the United States and around the world.
The information in the tables below is for the J.D. Class of 2024, as of 10 months after graduation. This data was reported to the ABA and/or NALP according to their reporting guidelines.
Exceptional Outcomes
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No. 8
Law schools that sent the highest percentage of J.D. graduates to the nation's 100 largest law firms,
National Law Journal / Law.com (2024)
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$215,000
Private sector median salary of J.D. graduates
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99.5%
of J.D. graduates employed 10 months after graduation
(NALP, 2024)
| EMPLOYMENT STATUS | NUMBER | All Vanderbilt '24 Graduates (166) | ABA National '24 Graduates (38,936) |
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| Employed - Bar Passage Required | 153 | 92.17% | 82.20% |
| Employed - JD Advantage | 4 | 2.41% | 6.70% |
| Employed - Professional Position | 1 | 0.60% | 1.70% |
| Employed - Law School / University Funded | 5 | 3.01% | 1.20% |
| Enrolled in Graduate Studies | 1 | 0.60% | 1.00% |
| Unemployed - Seeking | 1 | 0.60% | 4.70% |
| Employment Status Unknown | 1 | 0.60% | 0.7% |
| Total Graduates | 166 | 100% |
Employment Details
Employment Destinations
Meet Our Students
Associate, Paul Hastings
Billy Black '25
“I was results focused. It just seemed like if I did the legwork, I could end up wherever I wanted, [and] that flexibility was important to me."
Public Defender
Elizabeth Wehby '26
“I think the fact that people have so many [job] interests location-wise helps a lot with making it so that everyone is able to enjoy the supportive community.”
Summer Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Gregg Cashmark '26
"Vanderbilt places people in jobs and clerkships really well, and [that is a] big thing I care about in law school… Vanderbilt’s kind of a no brainer.”