Law school · NY bar alumni
Yale
2,592 graduates of Yale are registered with the New York State Bar, with the largest cohort practicing in , . Status, geography, and admission-year history come straight from the NY OCA registry.
- 2,592
- NY bar alumni
- 0.0%
- currently active
- top market
The short answer
Yale has placed 2,592 graduates on the New York register, of whom 0 (0.0%) remain actively registered today.
- 2,592
- graduates on the NY register
- 0.0%
- currently active and in good standing
- largest alumni market — 1,277 attorneys
- 2018
- most recent class — 7 admitted
What the alumni data reveals
Yale has 2,592 alumni registered with the New York State Bar, with 0 (0.0%) currently in active standing. The active-status share is a meaningful signal for prospective students and employers: it captures how many graduates are still practicing law under their New York bar credential versus those who have retired, moved to other jurisdictions, or transitioned into business, academia, or public service roles that do not require active bar membership. A rate near 0.0% is within the normal range for established law schools with alumni populations spanning multiple decades of admission classes.
Geographic placement is concentrated: , is the single largest market for Yale alumni with 1,277 registered attorneys (49.3% of alumni in this dataset). The top 5 cities for this school's graduates are (1,277), New York (433), Washington (135), New York (44), Los Angeles (34) — placement patterns that reflect both proximity to the school and the historical strength of its alumni network in those markets. The most recent admission class (2018) produced 7 new attorneys, providing a rough pulse on current graduating-class scale; comparing 2018 against earlier years in the distribution below gives a sense of pipeline growth or contraction.
Law school affiliation matters for network effects, signaling, and specific practice pipelines — but it is not a direct predictor of individual attorney competence for your matter. When using this page to evaluate an attorney who graduated from Yale, treat the school as one data point alongside bar status, years of practice, discipline history, practice area alignment, and client references. For students comparing law schools, the alumni-active rate and geographic distribution here reflect outcomes for New York-registered graduates only — consult ABA-required disclosures and the school's own employment reports for complete placement data. The information below is drawn from public bar registration records and is not endorsement, ranking, or evaluation of the school's academic program.
Status Distribution
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Recent Admissions
Yale — NY bar admissions by year
New attorneys from this school admitted to the New York bar each year (most recent classes)
- 2005
2005
71 admitted
- 2006
2006
30 admitted
- 2007 26
2007
26 admitted
- 2008 16
2008
16 admitted
- 2009 21
2009
21 admitted
- 2010 11
2010
11 admitted
- 2011 8
2011
8 admitted
- 2012 16
2012
16 admitted
- 2013 13
2013
13 admitted
- 2014 15
2014
15 admitted
- 2015 11
2015
11 admitted
- 2016 8
2016
8 admitted
- 2017 6
2017
6 admitted
- 2018 7
2018
7 admitted
What this shows Each bar is a single admission year. Rising bars in recent years signal a growing New York pipeline; a peak in earlier years means the school's NY presence is largely historical.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many attorneys graduated from Yale?
2,592 attorneys registered with the New York State Bar graduated from Yale. Of these, 0 (0.0%) are currently registered and active.
Where do Yale graduates practice?
The most common practice location for Yale graduates is , , with 1,277 attorneys. Alumni practice across 10 cities.
What is the bar status rate for Yale alumni?
Of 2,592 alumni, 0.0% are currently registered and active with the New York State Bar. The remaining 100.0% have other statuses including retired, suspended, or voluntarily resigned.
How many attorneys were admitted from Yale recently?
In 2018, 7 attorneys from Yale were admitted to the New York State Bar.
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Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov — attorney registration dataset.
Verification: NY Courts Attorney Registration Search.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.