The professional careers of its Master’s students is a priority for the Católica | Lisbon School of Law.

In order to raise the employability rate, the Career Office conducts annual surveys for the most prestigious law firms to take part in, and analyses official data issued by the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (Direção Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência, or DGEEC) and the Directorate-General for Higher Education (Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, or DGES).

According to the DGEEC, 98.8% of students who obtained a master's degree in Law and 100% in Law and Management at the Catolica | Lisbon School of Law between the academic years 2017/18 and 2021/22 are employed. (1)

In 2024, 61% of all Trainee Lawyers recruited in 2024 had attended or completed a Master's degree, with 41% either holding a Master's degree or currently enrolled in the second cycle of studies having studied at Católica | Lisbon School of Law. (2)

(1) Source: DGEEC “Graduate Unemployment” for the academic years 2017/18 to 2021/22 | Registered with IEFP as unemployed in December 2023.

(2) Source: Survey conducted in December 2024 among law firms that participated in JobShop’24.