This is the eighth and final in a series of visualizations on legal employment outcomes for the Class of 2018. Following posts on outcomes in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Florida, DC-Maryland-Virginia, and New York, here is a visualization for legal employment outcomes of graduates of law schools in California for the Class of 2018. (More about the methodology is available at the Illinois post.) Last year's California post is here.

Please note, of course, that “J.D.-advantage” jobs may differ significantly from school to school, which may alter how one views the “overall” rate. (USNWR treats them as equivalent, but there are good reasons to think they may not be equivalent; and here, there are significant disparities among some schools and their J.D.-advantage placement.) And recall that I sort the table below to include school-funded positions, while the chart only includes unfunded positions. (It’s a reason I try to display the information in different ways!) The California market presented a mixed but somewhat positive picture. The closure of Whittier meant I removed it from the chart. Comparing all other schools year-to-year, graduates increased slightly from 3761 to 3804. And bar passage-required jobs increased slightly, too, from 2353 to 2405. But J.D. advantage jobs climbed at a faster rate, from 322 to 354, and school funded positions increased slightly. Placement among these schools rose from 73.3% to 74.9% in all positions.

As always, please notify me of any corrections or errata.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Peer
  Score
  School
  2018
  YoY%
  BPR
  JDA
  LSF
  Grads
  2017
  BPR
  JDA
  LSF
  Grads
 

  4.9
  Stanford University
  96.9%
  3.0
  165
  12
  10
  193
  93.9%
  163
  15
  7
  197
 

  4.4
  University of California-Berkeley
  95.8%
  1.0
  276
  4
  16
  309
  94.8%
  269
  6
  14
  305
 

  4.1
  University of California-Los Angeles
  92.5%
  0.0
  257
  19
  20
  320
  92.5%
  283
  17
  31
  358
 

  3.7
  University of Southern California
  87.3%
  -2.6
  162
  11
  6
  205
  90.0%
  179
  4
  5
  209
 

  3.5
  University of California-Irvine
  86.8%
  0.4
  85
  3
  11
  114
  86.5%
  72
  4
  7
  96
 

  3.4
  University of California-Davis
  86.4%
  2.0
  135
  8
  10
  177
  84.4%
  119
  10
  12
  167
 

  2.7
  Loyola Law School-Los Angeles
  85.7%
  6.1
  213
  24
  3
  280
  79.6%
  204
  31
  3
  299
 

  3.1
  University of California-Hastings
  78.7%
  11.2
  178
  28
  12
  277
  67.5%
  166
  22
  1
  280
 

  2.7
  Pepperdine University
  78.6%
  2.8
  114
  18
  0
  168
  75.8%
  134
  34
  1
  223
 

  1.9
  Chapman University
  73.9%
  5.6
  75
  24
  0
  134
  68.2%
  81
  20
  0
  148
 

  2.7
  University of San Diego
  72.3%
  4.7
  172
  19
  0
  264
  67.6%
  121
  17
  0
  204
 

  2.5
  Santa Clara University
  68.7%
  4.7
  127
  22
  0
  217
  64.0%
  77
  10
  0
  136
 

  1.9
  McGeorge School of Law
  63.9%
  4.8
  66
  19
  0
  133
  59.1%
  62
  16
  0
  132
 

  1.8
  Southwestern Law School
  63.2%
  4.6
  128
  39
  1
  266
  58.6%
  124
  43
  0
  285
 

  1.5
  California Western School of Law
  61.1%
  -3.3
  86
  32
  0
  193
  64.5%
  106
  21
  0
  197
 

  1.1
  Western State College of Law
  57.0%
  4.9
  49
  8
  0
  100
  52.1%
  32
  6
  0
  73
 

  1.5
  Golden Gate University
  48.2%
  -3.5
  27
  11
  2
  83
  51.7%
  33
  11
  1
  87
 

  1.9
  University of San Francisco
  45.0%
  -15.8
  49
  26
  1
  169
  60.8%
  75
  18
  0
  153
 

  1.2
  University of La Verne
  43.1%
  6.3
  13
  12
  0
  58
  36.8%
  12
  2
  0
  38
 

  nr
  Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  29.9%
  -2.3
  28
  15
  0
  144
  32.2%
  41
  15
  0
  174
 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

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