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Employment Statistics for the Class of 2025

Hofstra Law reported 10-month employment data as of March 16, 2026, for its Class of 2025 to the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Accreditation Standard 509 requires that graduate employment data — including employment status; employment type; whether employment is full or part-time, long or short term; whether funded by the law school or university; and employment location — be displayed in a uniform chart provided by the Council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (the “Council”) and in accordance with instructions and definitions which the Council approves.

The chart for the Class of 2025 appears below:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Employed – Bar Admission Required/Anticipated	227	0	1	0	228
Employed – J.D. Advantage	10	0	0	0	10
Employed – Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed – Other Position	0	0	2	1	3
Employed – Undeterminable	0	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies					3
Employed – Start Date After March 16, 2026					3
Unemployed – Not Seeking					4
Unemployed – Seeking					12
Employment Status Unknown					0
Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section.					263

EMPLOYMENT TYPE	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Law Firms
Solo	2	0	0	0	2
1 – 10	35	0	1	0	36
11 – 25	24	0	0	0	24
26 – 50	19	0	0	0	19
51 – 100	10	0	0	0	10
101 – 250	19	0	0	0	19
251 – 500	8	0	0	0	8
501 +	27	0	0	0	27
Unknown Size	1	0	0	0	1
Business & Industry	8	0	2	1	11
Government	48	0	0	0	48
Public Interest	15	0	0	0	15
Clerkships – Federal	2	0	0	0	2
Clerkships – State, Local, and Territorial	19	0	0	0	19
Clerkships – Tribal	0	0	0	0	0
Clerkships – International	0	0	0	0	0
Education	0	0	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Total	237	0	3	1	241

LAW SCHOOL FUNDED POSITIONS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Employed – Bar Admission Required/Anticipated	0	0	0	0	0
Employed – J.D. Advantage	0	0	0	0	0
Employed – Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed – Other Position	0	0	0	0	0
Total Employed in Law School Funded Positions	0	0	0	0	0

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	LOCATION	Number
State/U.S. Territory – Largest Employment	NEW YORK	210
State/U.S. Territory – 2nd Largest Employment	NEW JERSEY	15
State/U.S. Territory – 3rd Largest Employment	GEORGIA	2

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	NUMBER
Employed in Foreign Countries	1

Employment Summary for 2025 Graduates

Employment Statistics for the Class of 2024

Hofstra Law reported 10-month employment data as of April 2, 2025, for its Class of 2024 to the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Accreditation Standard 509 requires that graduate employment data — including employment status; employment type; whether employment is full or part time, long or short term; whether employment is funded by the law school or university; and employment location — be displayed in a uniform chart provided by the Council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (the “Council”) and in accordance with instructions and definitions that the Council approves.

The chart for the Class of 2024 follows:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	NUMBER
Employed — Bar Admission Required/Anticipated	237	0	1	2	240
Employed — JD Advantage	19	0	0	1	20
Employed — Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Law School/University Funded	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Other Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Undeterminable	1	0	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies					1
Employed — Start Date After March 17, 2025					2
Unemployed — Not Seeking					1
Unemployed — Seeking					12
Employment Status Unknown					1
Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section.					278

EMPLOYMENT TYPE	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Law Firms
Solo	1	0	0	0	1
2-10	44	0	1	2	47
11-25	27	0	0	0	27
26-50	13	0	0	0	13
51-100	19	0	0	0	19
101-250	11	0	0	0	11
251-500	6	0	0	0	6
501+	36	0	0	0	36
Unknown Size	2	0	0	1	3
Business and Industry	22	0	0	0	22
Government	53	0	0	0	53
Public Interest	12	0	0	0	12
Clerkships — Federal	1	0	0	0	1
Clerkships — State, Local, and Territorial	6	0	0	0	6
Clerkships — Tribal	0	0	0	0	0
Clerkships — International	0	0	0	0	0
Education	3	0	0	0	3
Employer Type Unknown	1	0	0	0	1
Total	257	0	1	3	261

LAW SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY FUNDED POSITIONS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Employed — Bar Passage Required	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — JD Advantage	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Nonprofessional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Total Employed by Law School/University	0	0	0	0	0

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	STATE	NUMBER
State — Largest Employment	New York	245
State — 2nd Largest Employment	New Jersey	5
State — 3rd Largest Employment	Florida	2
Employed in Foreign Countries		0

Employment Summary for 2024 Graduates

Employment Statistics for the Class of 2023

Hofstra Law reported 10-month employment data as of March 8, 2024, for its Class of 2023 to the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Accreditation Standard 509 requires that graduate employment data — including employment status; employment type; whether employment is full or part time, long or short term; whether employment is funded by the law school or university; and employment location — be displayed in a uniform chart provided by the Council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (the “Council”) and in accordance with instructions and definitions that the Council approves.

The chart for the Class of 2023 follows:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Employed — Bar Passage Required	217	1	0	2	220
Employed — JD Advantage	12	0	0	1	13
Employed — Professional Position	2	0	0	0	2
Employed — Nonprofessional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Law School/University Funded	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Undeterminable	0	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies					1
Unemployed — Start Date Deferred					0
Unemployed — Not Seeking					0
Unemployed — Seeking					9
Employment Status Unknown					14
Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section.					259

EMPLOYMENT TYPE	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Law Firms
Solo	0	0	0	0	0
2-10	46	1	0	1	48
11-25	19	0	0	0	19
26-50	11	0	0	1	12
51-100	20	0	0	0	20
101-250	12	0	0	0	12
251-500	5	0	0	0	5
501+	31	0	0	0	31
Unknown Size	0	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	15	0	0	1	16
Government	49	0	0	0	49
Public Interest	18	0	0	0	18
Clerkships — Federal	2	0	0	0	2
Clerkships — State, Local, and Territorial	3	0	0	0	3
Clerkships — Tribal	0	0	0	0	0
Clerkships — International	0	0	0	0	0
Education	0	0	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Total	231	1	0	3	235

LAW SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY FUNDED POSITIONS	FULL TIME LONG TERM	FULL TIME SHORT TERM	PART TIME LONG TERM	PART TIME SHORT TERM	NUMBER
Employed — Bar Passage Required	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — JD Advantage	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed — Nonprofessional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Total Employed by Law School/University	0	0	0	0	0

EMPLOYMENT LOCATION	STATE	NUMBER
State — Largest Employment	New York	218
State — 2nd Largest Employment	New Jersey	5
State — 3rd Largest Employment	California	2
Employed in Foreign Countries		0

Employment Summary for 2023 Graduates

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