Employment Questionnaire Resources

Class of  2024 - CURRENT REPORTING CYCLE

September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024 J.D. Graduates

• Class of  2024 Employment Protocols – Issued September 2023
• Class of  2024 Employment Protocols Memo – Issued September 2023
• Class of  2024 Dates & Deadlines – Updated January 30, 2025
• Class of  2024 Listserv Emails – Updated March 24, 2025
• Employment Questionnaire Instructions – Added January 2025
  • ABA + NALP Error-Check Guide
  • Overview of the Employment Questionnaire (January 28 Webinar Video Recording and PowerPoint Slides).
  • Accessing the Employment Questionnaire
  • Completing the Employment Questionnaire Using a Vendor System Spreadsheet
  • Completing the Employment Questionnaire Using the ABA Spreadsheet Template 
  • Completing the Employment Questionnaire By Manually Entering Graduate Profiles
  • Making Edits or Deleting Graduate Profiles in the Employment Questionnaire 
  • Common Spreadsheet Errors and Resolutions
  • Dean’s Signature Page Instructions
  • Employment Summary Report Instructions
  • Law School’s Questionnaire Administrator Instructions
• Class of  2024 Graduate Employment File Sample Audit Checklist – Added September 2023
• Example Class of  2024 Employment Summary Report – Updated December 2024; Amended and Re-Issued December 2023; Originally Issued September 2023
• NALP Annual Education Conference Presentation PowerPoint and Audio Recording – Added April 2024
• Class of  2023 & Class of  2024 Employment Outcomes Reporting Webinar Video Recording and PowerPoint – Added November 2023

Class of  2025

September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 J.D. Graduates

• Class of 2025 Employment Protocols – Issued September 2024
  
• Class of 2025 Employment Protocols Memo – Issued September 2024
• Class of  2025 Dates & Deadlines – Added August 12, 2024  
• Class of  2025 Listserv Emails  – Updated September 26, 2024
• Example Class of 2025 Employment Summary Report – Issued September 2024

General Resources

• ABA Questionnaire System
• Dean’s Signature Page
• How to join the Career Services Listserv 
• NALP Resources
  • NALP Employment Reporting (including student/graduate FAQs)
  • NALP Research on Employment and Salary Outcomes for Recent Law Graduates
• Vendor System Resources
  •  12twenty Resource Hub
  • Symplicity Help Center – Graduate Employment Survey

Consumer Information

Each April the ABA requires every ABA-approved law school accepting new JD students to report the employment outcomes of their graduates, reflecting their employment status approximately 10 months after graduation. 

• Class of 2023 One-Page Summary
  An explanation of the main classifications for Class of 2023 law graduate employment outcomes reporting. Each law school must have its Class of 2023 Employment Summary Report available via its ABA Required Disclosures (Consumer Information) webpage by Monday, April 15, 2024. 
• Law School Graduate Employment Data – ABA Required Disclosures
  A link to the ABA Required Disclosures site. Following the national press release, anticipated to be Monday, April 22, 2024, this site will allow consumers to download the Class of 2023 Employment Summary Report for each of the aforementioned law schools, as well as a compilation spreadsheet of this data.

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