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==Employment==
Living Georgia Law graduates work in all 50 states and more than 60 countries.<ref name="Global network of more than 10,500">{{cite web |title=Global network of more than 10,500 |url=http://www.law.uga.edu/about |website=law.uga.edu |publisher=University of Georgia |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Those who graduated in 2021 are working in 26 states and abroad.<ref name=NAT/> According to ABA required disclosures, ''not including'' those choosing to open their own practices, to pursue additional education, etc., 9798% of the 20212022 graduating class were hired to perform high-value jobs within nine months after graduation, and 9294.5779% held full-time, long-term, JD-required positions at that point (Georgia Law being the nation's #1 law school for high-value jobs out of 199 ABA-approved schools).<ref name=reuters/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name=NAT>{{cite web |title=National Champions! |url=https://apps.dar.uga.edu/html-emails/-/gail-email/national-champions |website=apps.dar.uga.edu |publisher=University of Georgia |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> For the class graduating in 20212022, Georgia Law was ranked 5th4th of all ABA approved law schools for the highest percentage of graduates obtaining full-time legal jobs requiring bar passage.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news |last1=Sloan |first1=Karen |title=These law schools crushed the job market in 2021 2022|url= https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/these-law-schools-crushedaced-job-market-2021-2022-2023-04-1927/ |access-date=173 AugustNovember 20222023 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=April 1927, 20222023}}</ref> Georgia Law was among the top law schools that sent the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates into associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charnosky |first1=Christine |title=Here Are the Law Schools Most Likely to Land You a Job in Big Law |url=https://www.law.com/2022/03/13/2022-go-to-law-schools-columbia-tops-list-for-9th-straight-year-but-there-is-some-reshuffling-near-the-top/?slreturn=20220723003129 |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=ALM Global - Law.com |date=March 13, 2022}}</ref> Of 202 students who graduated in 2021 - ''not including'' those who opened their own practices, pursued additional education, etc. - 57 went to law firms with up to 50 attorneys, 54 to law firms with 51 to over 500 attorneys including 25 to law firms of over 500 attorneys, 5 to business organizations, 38 to government and public interest organizations (not including judicial clerkships that 38 graduates obtained) and six to academia.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |title=ABA Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates |url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/EmploymentOutcomes.aspx |website=abarequireddisclosures.org |publisher=[[American Bar Association]] |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
 
Serving as a [[Law clerk|judicial clerk]] is considered one of the most prestigious positions in legal circles, and often opens up wide-ranging opportunities in private practice, high-ranking government work, and academia.<ref>{{cite web |title=New law school rankings: judicial clerkship jobs|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2009/09/03/new-law-school-ranking-judicial-clerkship-jobs|website=usnews.com|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> Georgia Law has had six alumni serve as [[Law clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States|judicial clerks]] for [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|justices]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] since 2005. Based on the 2005-2021 graduating classes, the School of Law was ranked 14th among the nation's law schools for sending its graduates to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABA 2021 |url=http://law.uga.edu/sites/default/files/aba_2017_web.jpg |website=aba_2021_web.jbg |publisher=American Bar Association |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=ALM/> For the class of 2021, Georgia Law placed 38 graduates in federal and state court clerkships (for 2020 Georgia Law had a top eight placement rate of all ABA approved law schools in the nation for [[Federal judiciary of the United States|federal court clerkships]]).<ref name=ALM>{{cite web |last1=Zaretsky |first1=Staci |title=The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Federal Clerkships (2020) - These law schools may help you get the most prestigious jobs |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2019/05/the-law-schools-where-the-most-graduates-got-federal-clerkships-2018/ |website=abovethelaw.com |date=14 May 2020 |publisher=Breaking Media, Inc. |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>