Ben Parker breaks down the newly released 2025 ABA law school employment data and what it says about the current state of legal hiring. The big picture is surprisingly positive: BigLaw placement has grown over the past decade, private law jobs are up, public interest placement has doubled, and law graduate unemployment is meaningfully lower than it was ten years ago.

Ben also digs into the law schools with the biggest BigLaw gains over the last decade, including USC, UCLA, Howard, Florida, Washington and Lee, Boston College, SMU, BYU, Wake Forest, and Texas A&M. He explains why trend data matters, why one-year employment spikes can be misleading, and why applicants should look beyond rankings when evaluating law school outcomes.

The episode also includes a fake LSAT weakener question to show how Ben approaches arguments in a readi ...