percentage of law students who did not find a job after graduating in 2019 was roughly half the share recorded in 2013, before increasing again in 2020, and falling in the following years.
The number of law graduates in the United States steadily declined between 2013 and 2019. Between 2020 and 2022 there was a slight increase in the number of graduates, however this number fell again in 2023. The share of unemployed law graduates in the United States followed approximately the same trend: the Number of law graduates in the United States from 2013 to 2023
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