Over the last three years, Drake Law students achieved 94% employment outcomes. 94% Overall Employment for Class of 2024 which includes positions that either require a law license or where having a J.D. provides a significant advantage to performing or obtaining the role. Students started these jobs within 10 months (plus two weeks this year) as three students began their full-time law firm job by April 1 which is two weeks after collection ends. We are thrilled to know graduates who are listed in the ABA report below as “employed – start date deferred” are gainfully employed which increases our percentage from 91% to 94%.
ABA Employment Data
Three years of ABA employment summary reports are included on this page and can also be found here.
In addition to the ABA Employment Reports and information noted above, Drake also provides additional employment data to the National Association for Law Placement, an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals advising law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools across North America and beyond.
Our Career Development Office is happy to answer questions you have and provide current information to you. Please contact our office if you would like to discuss any of this data further.
Employment Breakdown
From the American Bar Association (April 2021): Per Interpretation 509-2 of Standard 509, law schools may choose to publicize additional employment outcome data beyond what the Employment Protocols require. This additional data, per Standard 509, must be “complete, accurate, and not misleading to a reasonable law school student or applicant.” Law schools are expected to use “due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information.” The following additional employment outcome data have not been, and will not be, audited by the ABA. It is meant to supplement the annual ABA Employment Summary Report, which reflects the employment status of members of each graduating class as of the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School.
2022
2023
2024
Reporting Rate
100%
100%
100%
Total Students
109
104
100
Employed
104 (95%)
98 (94%)
91 (91%)
Bar Required
J.D. Preferred
Professional
Other
Type Unknown
Employed - Start date after March 17, 2025
89 14 0 1 0 -
84 10 2 2 0 -
88 3 0 0 3 3
Enrolled in Full-time Degree Program
1
0
0
Not Seeking or Start Date Deferred/Unemployed
1 (1%)
1 (1%)
1 (1%)
Seeking - Unemployed
3 (3%)
5 (5%)
5 (5%)
All employment data is as of ten months post-graduation.
Types of Employment
2022
2023
2024
Number Employed
104
98
91
Private Practice
73 (70%)
61 (62%)
51 (56%)
Government
11 (11%)
12 (12%)
16 (18%)
Judicial Clerkship
2 (2%)
7 (7%)
14 (15%)
Business
9 (9%)
7 (7%)
4 (4%)
Public Interest
8 (8%)
9 (9%)
6 (6%)
Education
1 (1%)
2 (2%)
0 (0%)
Percentages in the above chart are of total students employed, not the total number of graduates.
Geographic Distribution of Graduates
Region
States
2022
2023
2024
W. North Central
IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD
82.7%
87%
89%
E. North Central
IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
4.8%
4%
3%
Mountain
AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
5.8%
3%
3%
South Atlantic
DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV
2.9%
2%
2%
Mid-Atlantic
NY, NJ, PA
0
1%
2%
Pacific
AK, CA, HI, OR, WA
1.9%
0
0
E. South Central
KY, MS, TN, AL
1.9%
1%
0
W. South Central
TX, AR, LA, OK
0
2%
0
New England
CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT
0
0
1%
International
Worldwide
0
0
1%
Percentages in the above chart are of total students employed, not the total number of graduates.
Questions? Contact the Drake Law School Career Development Office at 515-271-2988 or law-career@drake.edu.