Ave Maria School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 68 graduates from Ave Maria School of Law, 53 were hired including 52 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 53 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

43 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 7 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., Ave Maria School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Florida, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 86.39%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Ave Maria School of Law	Total Graduates	68	77.94%	53	52	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
Florida Law Schools	1,998	86.39%	1,726	1,659	67
Public	787	87.80%	691	668	23
Private	1,211	85.47%	1,035	991	44

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 68 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	68
Bar Passage Required	43	63.24%	43	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	7	10.29%	7	0	0	0
Professional Position	3	4.41%	2	0	1	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	1.47%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	6	8.82%
Unemployed - Seeking	8	11.76%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 68 graduates from Ave Maria School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	53	-	52	0	1	0
Law Firms	32	47.06%	32	0	0	0
Solo	2	3.77%	2	0	0	0
1-10	18	33.96%	18	0	0	0
11-25	4	7.55%	4	0	0	0
26-50	1	1.89%	1	0	0	0
51-100	0	-	0	0	0	0
101-250	3	5.66%	3	0	0	0
251-500	2	3.77%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	2	3.77%	2	0	0	0
Business and Industry	8	15.09%	7	0	1	0
Government	9	16.98%	9	0	0	0
Public Interest	3	5.66%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	1	1.89%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	0	-	0	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 atAve Maria School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	53	-	52	0	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 (44) are employed by law firms or companies in Florida, where the Ave Maria School of Law located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Florida	44	83.02%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	3	5.66%
3^rd Largest Employment	Georgia	1	1.89%

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