Percentage of Recent Law School Grads Who Have Landed a Job Reaches Highest Level in a Decade

The percentage of recent law school graduates employed in full-time, long-term Bar Passage Required or J.D. Advantage jobs has reached its highest level in the past decade,” Bill Adams, managing ... Read More

Bar exam data bodes well for February pass rates, after a two-year slump

April 3 (Reuters) - Early data from the February bar exam suggests that pass rates will increase and ... That decline was due primarily to law graduates who postponed the exam amid the pandemic ... Read More

Employment Statistics

What percentage of the respondents report being employed in positions where bar passage is mandatory or for which a law degree is a preferred credential? How many graduates ... accurate employment ... Read More

nTIDE March 2024 Jobs Report: Despite recent declines, people with disabilities remain engaged in the labor market

Month-to-Month nTIDE Numbers (comparing February 2024 to March 2024) Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report released ... in employment rates for people with ... Read More

KU Law School tops national ranking for student success in passing bar exam

When looking just at students who took the bar exam in Kansas, KU Law School graduates had a first-time pass rate of 90.5%, compared to a 77.2% first-time pass rate for all other individuals who ... Read More

The Connection Between Jobs and Housing

Two of the most instructive chapters deal with full employment and with housing, and the connection between the two ... only compensates for the Fed’s high interest rates. The difference between ... Read More

U.S. News' law school rankings are out, with fewer big moves

April 9 (Reuters) - Yale and Stanford have retained their shared perch atop U.S. News & World Report's influential law school ... based on its recent bar passage and employment rates. Read More

Employment Report March 2024: No Reason For Fed To Cut Rates

Nonfarm Payrolls in March exceeded expectations, growing by 303 thousand jobs, compared to a forecasted change of 212 thousand. The unemployment rate ... The Employment Situation Report (ESR ... Read More

Stocks end the day higher even as blowout jobs report pushes some Fed officials to consider another rate hike

While the latest jobs report ... Recent inflation readings have put her on high alert for that possibility, she added, though it is not her baseline expectation. Most Fed officials expect to cut ... Read More

Job growth surged far more than expected in March

February's job growth was revised from 275,000 to 270,000. Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, told Business Insider the latest jobs report is ... bank to cut rates later this year ... Read More

What are today's savings interest rates?

"Whether it's job loss, an appliance needs replacing ... Bankrate reports that top high-yield savings account rates for April 2023 are between 4.25% and 5.25%. And if you shop around, you may ... Read More