The disparities are widest when looking at legal jobs that require bar admission, which are considered by many as the gold standard for J.D. employment.
Among white law grads, 84% had secured those positions within 10 months of graduation. But of Black law grads and Native American or Alaska Natives, 73% were in those jobs.
Just 80% of Latino law grads secured those jobs, four percentage points lower than their white classmates. Asian law grads had 81% employment rate for bar passage, with Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders at 67%.
It is hard to know the exact reasons for the employment disparities, but it's worth recognizing as we contemplate the fall out of the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision that the 14th Amendment is race-neutral.
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