Center for Career & Professional Development

• #1 in the nation for Most Improved Law School for Employment, PreLaw Magazine
• 96% nationwide Ultimate Bar Passage Rate for 2020 graduates
• Finished 5th in the nation for the 2023 ABA Competitions Championship
• Between 85% and 94% overall graduate employment rate over the last five years
• Top 25 Law Schools with 2015-2019 Bar Passage Rates Exceeding Predictions Based upon Student’s Entry Statistics (Ryan & Muller, 2022)

Liberty Law students and graduates are uniquely prepared and practice-ready. Our innovative six-semester Lawyering Skills program remains nationally recognized and has received A ratings from preLaw Magazine. In this comprehensive practical skills curriculum, students develop broad communication skills for effective legal writing and advocacy and sharpen their analytical abilities, problem-solving skills, and alternative dispute resolution techniques. Lawyering Skills also provides extensive opportunities for Liberty Law students to develop a wide variety of transactional skills including contract drafting, business information, and negotiations, allowing graduates to best help clients achieve their goals through proper planning.

Nondiscrimination and Equality of Opportunity

The Law School firmly expects that employers will not engage in unlawful discrimination. The American Bar Association Standard 205(d) states: Non-discrimination and equality of opportunity in legal education includes equal employment opportunity. A law school shall communicate to every employer to whom it furnishes assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement services the school’s firm expectation that the employer will observe the principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or military status in regard to hiring, promotion, retention, and conditions of employment.

A copy of the Liberty University School of Law’s Non-discrimination Policy can be found at https://www.liberty.edu/institutional-effectiveness/non-discrimination-policy/

Students

The Center for Career and Professional Development provides many services to assist its students and alumni in obtaining summer, academic year, and post-graduate employment, drafting and revising effective application documents, preparing for interviews, honing their networking skills, and enhancing their professional development.  Please contact CCPD at lawcareer@liberty.edu for assistance on the issues described above or for other individual questions.

Please use these links to log into 12Twenty, our comprehensive career services software.

• Search Job Postings

The 12Twenty Student Toolkit outlines best practices for using all of the software’s features to maximize your search for internships and permanent post-graduation positions. The 12Twenty Resource Library contains a great deal of helpful information and documents, including sample résumés and cover letters, state bar association and state government job postings, job search resources, and more.