Appalachian School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 55 graduates from Appalachian School of Law, 40 were hired including 36 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 37 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

23 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 11 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 4 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Appalachian School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Georgia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.27%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Appalachian School of Law	Total Graduates	55	72.73%	40	36	4
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
Georgia Law Schools	931	92.27%	859	834	25
Public	394	95.69%	377	367	10
Private	537	89.76%	482	467	15

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 55 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	55
Bar Passage Required	23	41.82%	23	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	11	20.00%	7	0	2	2
Professional Position	4	7.27%	4	0	0	0
Other	2	3.64%	1	1	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	1.82%
Start Date Deferred	1	1.82%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	3.64%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	5.45%
Employment Status Unknown	7	12.73%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 55 graduates from Appalachian School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	40	-	35	1	2	2
Law Firms	19	34.55%	15	1	1	2
Solo	4	10.00%	4	0	0	0
1-10	10	25.00%	8	0	0	2
11-25	3	7.50%	2	1	0	0
26-50	2	5.00%	1	0	1	0
51-100	0	-	0	0	0	0
101-250	0	-	0	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	5	12.50%	4	0	1	0
Government	5	12.50%	5	0	0	0
Public Interest	6	15.00%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	4	10.00%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	2.50%	1	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 atAppalachian School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	40	-	35	1	2	2
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	1.82%	1	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	1.82%	1	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 (9) are employed by law firms or companies in Kentucky. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Kentucky	9	22.50%
2^nd Largest Employment	Virginia	6	15.00%
3^rd Largest Employment	West Virginia	5	12.50%

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