Graduates’ Employment Data

Graduates’ Employment Data - Class of 2024

On April 1, 2025ÌýColorado Law reported post-graduation employment data for its class of 2024 to the American Bar Association (ABA). Below is a summary of the employment information for the class of 2024Ìýas of ten months after graduation, March 17, 2025.

You may view the class of 2024ÌýABA Employment SummaryÌýhere.Ìý

How Many Graduates from the Class of 2024ÌýAre Employed?

  • 93% (156/168) of 2024 graduates reported employment ten months after graduation (March 17, 2025)
  • 91% (153/168) of graduates reported a full-time, long-term (does not have a definite term of less than one year)Ìýjob for which bar passage was required or a JD degree was an advantage.
  • 88% (148/168) of graduates reported a full-time, long-termÌýjob for which bar passage was required,Ìýhigher than any Colorado Law class from 2011-23, and nearly four percentage points higher than the next best class (which was class of 2023).
  • 92% (154/168) reported full time jobs. This represents 99% of employed graduates.
  • 92% (155/168) reported long-term jobs.ÌýThis represents 99% of employed graduates.

Class of 2024Ìýgraduates ten months after graduation

  • Employed = 156*
  • Pursuing additional degree = 1
  • Unemployed and seeking employment = 7
  • Unemployed and not seeking employment = 3
  • Unknown = 1

  • *Two of the 156 employed graduates are working for a local government agency in a position partially funded by Colorado Law.)

U.S. News Employment Statistics

On April 8, 2025ÌýU.S. News & World Report released its current law school rankings, which include employment statistics from the classes of 2022 and 2023.ÌýU.S. News gives maximum weight to those employed graduates with full-time jobs that last at least one year for which bar passage was required, or a JD degree was an advantage, and graduates pursing a post-JD degree.

Colorado Law U.S. News employment statisticsÌýten months after graduation:

  • 91.7% (154/168) for the class of 2024
  • 90.6% for the class of 2023
  • 94.0% for the class of 2022
  • 86.5% for the class of 2021
  • 83.1% for the class of 2020
  • 85.9% for the class of 2019
  • 85.5% for the class of 2018

Employment Categories

  • 49%Ìý(77/156) of employed 2024 graduates are working inÌýlaw firms. 100% of these graduates are working in full-time, long-term positions for which bar admission was required.
    • 47 of these 77 grads reported employment at a National Law Journal 500 law firm ten months after graduation, while 5Ìýadditional grads will join an NLJ 500 firm after a judicial clerkship.
    • Together, these 52 graduates account for 33% of employed 2024 graduates, compared to 22% of employed 2023 graduates, 22% of employed 2022 graduates, 21%Ìýof employed 2021Ìýgraduates,14% of employed 2020 graduates, and 22% of employed 2019 graduates.
  • 20%Ìý(31/156) of employed graduates are working forÌýjudges.
    • Three of these graduates are in federal court clerkships in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Nine of these graduates are in state appellate court clerkships in Colorado and Maine, and 19 are in state trial court clerkships