Disclosures: 509 ABA & Employment

• 2020 Standard 509 Information Report
• 2019 Standard 509 Information Report
• 2018 Standard 509 Information Report
• 2017 Standard 509 Information Report

• 2021 ABA Bar Passage Report
• 2020 ABA Bar Passage Report
• 2019 ABA Bar Passage Report

• NALP & ABA Employment Outcomes Summaries

• 2020 ABA Employment Statistics
  • Information on employment outcomes for the Class of 2020 may not reflect a particular law school’s typical results in this area. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, bar admission exams were canceled or delayed in many jurisdictions, thus making it more challenging for graduates to secure employment by the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at www.abarequireddisclosures.org.
• 2019 ABA Employment Statistics
• 2018 ABA Employment Statistics
• 2017 ABA Employment Statistics
• 2016 ABA Employment Statistics

All state supreme courts recognize ABA-approved law schools as meeting the legal education requirements to qualify for the bar examination. Every American jurisdiction also requires each applicant for admission to the bar to meet character & fitness requirements as a condition of eligibility for admission. All students and prospective students are encouraged to review the National Council of Bar Examiners’ Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements and to contact the state bar authority directly for further information.

The LL.M. program for the Practice of Law in the United States (bar track) allows currently licensed foreign-trained lawyers who received a first professional degree in law from an approved school in a foreign-jurisdiction to sit for the Georgia bar exam under Rule 4(c) of the Rules Governing Admission. Foreign-trained lawyers not in the LL.M. Program for the Practice of Law in the United States are not eligible to sit for the Georgia Bar.

Foreign-trained lawyers in any of the LL.M. tracks who want to seek admission in jurisdictions other than Georgia should consult the eligibility requirements for that jurisdiction at www.ncbex.org prior to beginning a course of study.

Completion of the LL.M. program by U.S. trained lawyers does not confer eligibility for the bar, although they may be eligible for admission based on the completion of their J.D. program.

Every American jurisdiction also requires each applicant for admission to the bar to meet character & fitness requirements as a condition of eligibility for admission. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available at www.ncbex.org.