Peter A Allard School of Law

Career Outcomes

JD Student Annual Employment Statistics

Employment Success Rate:

  CLASS of 2020 Class of 2019 Class of 2018 Class of 2017 Class of 2016 Class of 2015
Secured Articles 95.74%
(180/188)
97.8%
(176/180)
96.5%
(166/171)
94.5%
(172/182)
93.2%
(150/161)
94.4%
(153/162)
Still Seeking Articles 4.26%
(8/188)
2.2%
(4/180)
3.5%
(6/171)
5.5%
(10/182)
6.8%
(11/161)
5.6%
(9/162)
Did Not Seek Articles 8 5 9 4 12 18
Unknown 1 1 12 4 4 4
Graduating Class Size 197 186 192 190 177 184

Employer Size:

  Class of 2020 Class of 2019 Class of 2018 Class of 2017 Class of 2016 Class of 2015
50+ Lawyers 41.7% 43.8% 39.8% 38.4% 37.3% 45.8%
2-50 Lawyers 50.0% 55.1% 53.0% 57.0% 55.3% 48.4%
Solo Practitioner 5.5% - 4.2% 4.7% 5.3% 5.9%
Unknown 2.8% 1.1% 3.0% - 2.0% -

Employer Location:

  Class of 2020 Class of 2019 Class of 2018 Class of 2017 Class of 2016 Class of 2015
Alberta 2.2% 4.0% 2.4% 6.4% 6.0% 3.9%
British Columbia 90.1% 85.2% 86.7% 82% 81.3% 85.0%
Ontario 5.6% 9.7% 9.7% 9.9% 10.7% 9.8%
Yukon 0.6% - 0.6% 1.2% - -
Other
(Includes Canada &  International)
1.5% 1.1% 0.6% 0.6% 2.0% 1.3%

Notes:

  • Statistics are finalized and reported at 9 months post-graduation, as per North American reporting norms.
  • Students who did not seek articles include those pursing graduate studies (in law or otherwise), pursing a JD Advantage career, or deferring their articling search to a future year.
  • Allard School of Law students and alumni may view detailed annual statistics via the Allard Careers & Events (ACE) Resource Library.

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