Reuters, These Law Schools Are Tops For Government and Public Interest Jobs:
When it comes to sending graduates into government and public interest jobs, no law school comes close to the City University of New York School of Law. New employment figures from the American Bar Association show that CUNY Law, as the Queens, New York, school is known, sent more than 61% of its 2022 juris doctors into such jobs within 10 months of graduation—by far the most of any law school.
The national median entry-level salary for legal services attorneys was $57,500 in 2022, according to the National Association for Law Placement.
TaxProf Blog coverage:
- An Early Preview Of The 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment (Apr. 28, 2023)
- The Top Law Schools For Placing The Class Of 2022 In BigLaw Jobs (Apr. 29, 2023)
- Law School Rankings: Federal Judicial Clerkships (May 3, 2023)



