Throughout recent years, roughly 95% of Queen’s Law students have secured articling positions or LPP positions by September following graduation.
Placement Rates
| Class of 2021 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | |
| Total Graduates | 202 | 198 | 210 |
| Graduates Reporting Placements | 192 (95%) | 189 (95.5%) | 200 (95.2%) |
| Articling and Clerkship Placements | 188 | 184 | 196 |
| Law Practice Program (LPP) | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Graduates Seeking Position – September Following Graduation | 6 (2.9%) | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.5%) |
| Other Plans (further study, non-legal employment) | 2 (0.01%) | 4 (2.0%) | 3 (1.4%) |
| No Response | 1 (0.004%) | 3 (1.5%) | 6 (2.8%) |
Employment Locations
Location for Graduates with Law Related Employment
| Class of 2021 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | |
| Toronto | 66% | 64% | 61% |
| Ottawa | 8.5% | 12% | 9% |
| Ontario - Other | 16.5% | 20.5% | 19% |
| BC | 5.3% | 2% | 6% |
| Alberta | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Other | 0.5% | 1% | 3% |
Employment Types for Graduates with Law-Related Employment
| Class of 2021 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | |
| Firms | 76.5% | 79.9% | 81.5% |
| (large / national firms) | 42.6% | 33.8% | 33.5% |
| Government | 9.0% | 10.1% | 8.5% |
| In-house | 2.7% | 4.8% | 4% |
| Public interest | 7.4% | 1.0% | 2.5% |
| Clerkships | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| LPP | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2% |
Sources of Job Offers
Approximately half of students find their 2L summer jobs through a formal recruit, and the other half find jobs through individual job postings and self-driven job searches.
1L & 2L Summer Data
Law students spend their summers in a variety of different ways. Queen’s Law defines Law-Related Employment as work that involves assisting lawyers and other legal staff or faculty with legal tasks. This work might involve working in a law firm, at a legal clinic, for the government, in-house, or as a research assistant to a professor.