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.
The number of law graduates in the United States steadily declined between 2013 and 2021. As of 2021, 35,287 students graduated from law school in the United States. 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 2021
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