Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander law school graduates had the lowest overall employment rates last year compared with their peers, according to a survey report released by the National Association for Law Placement Inc. on Wednesday.
Returning for his second year at UConn Law School, Andrés Jiménez-Franck had a definite edge.
He had spent the summer at law firm Pullman & Comley in a new program that allowed him to do the work of a summer associate, a post typically reserved for students prior to their third year of law school.
“I think I got the real experience early on,” Jiménez-Franck said. “They gave me the same materials that the second-year law students received, my workload was very similar to what they had.”
Associate and partner lateral hiring across the U.S. increased 111% in 2021 compared to 2020, when hiring dipped 30%, marking the largest year-over-year gain since 2011, according to survey data released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement Inc.
Ten years ago, Roseland law firm Post Polak looked like the typical firm, comprised of mostly middle-aged white men and a handful of women attorneys. Today, the 45-year-old firm is comprised of one-third attorneys of color and one-third women.