Albany Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 164 graduates from Albany Law School, 150 were hired including 149 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 147 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

129 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 18 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 3 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Albany Law School' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in New York, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 92.16%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Albany Law School	Total Graduates	164	91.46%	150	149	1
All Law Schools	35,529	90.60%	32,188	31,164	1,024
Public	13,852	91.04%	12,611	12,223	388
Private	21,677	90.31%	19,577	18,941	636
New York Law Schools	4,184	92.16%	3,856	3,764	92
Public	325	85.23%	277	260	17
Private	3,859	92.74%	3,579	3,504	75

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 164 graduates. The category definition can be found at ABA's employment protocol

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	164
Bar Passage Required	129	78.66%	128	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	18	10.98%	15	3	0	0
Professional Position	3	1.83%	3	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.22%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.61%
Unemployed - Seeking	9	5.49%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.22%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 164 graduates from Albany Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	150	-	146	3	1	0
Law Firms	74	45.12%	73	0	1	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	29	19.33%	29	0	0	0
11-25	17	11.33%	16	0	1	0
26-50	8	5.33%	8	0	0	0
51-100	6	4.00%	6	0	0	0
101-250	2	1.33%	2	0	0	0
251-500	8	5.33%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	4	2.67%	4	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	15	10.00%	14	1	0	0
Government	32	21.33%	30	2	0	0
Public Interest	15	10.00%	15	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	3	2.00%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	8	5.33%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	2.00%	3	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed at Law schools/Universities Funded Position

The below table summarizes the graduated who employed law school or its parent university funded position by term and working status atAlbany Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	150	-	146	3	1	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	0	-	0	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	0	-	0	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (125) are employed by law firms or companies in New York, where the Albany Law School located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	New York	125	83.33%
2^nd Largest Employment	New Jersey	5	3.33%
3^rd Largest Employment	Alaska	3	2.00%

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