Pandemic Clobbers Job Starts for Law Graduates (1)

A significant number of 2020 law school graduates are having job offers withdrawn or delayed due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.

Nearly half of the 167 schools participating in the National Association for Law Placement survey reported that graduates had employment offers rescinded and 85% of schools said most involved private practice.

Half of graduates didn’t have start dates when the survey was taken in the last half of June, and nearly two thirds of those who do won’t begin work until January, months after the traditional fall starting dates.

The data snapshot is one ...