According to the Business Insider, 31% of San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law 2012 grads did not have a job of any kind nine months after graduation -- highest of any U.S. law school. Also, Jefferson graduates have an average debt load of $168,800 -- highest of any law school. Fully 98% of grads had debt. Not far behind was San Diego's California Western School of Law with average indebtedness of $167,867 with 89% of grads laden with debt. In March, the American Bar Association Journal reported that around half of all law school grads had the kind of permanent, full-time legal jobs that people go to law school to get, according to Business Insider.
According to the Business Insider, 31% of San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law 2012 grads did not have a job of any kind nine months after graduation -- highest of any U.S. law school. Also, Jefferson graduates have an average debt load of $168,800 -- highest of any law school. Fully 98% of grads had debt. Not far behind was San Diego's California Western School of Law with average indebtedness of $167,867 with 89% of grads laden with debt. In March, the American Bar Association Journal reported that around half of all law school grads had the kind of permanent, full-time legal jobs that people go to law school to get, according to Business Insider.