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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 327 graduates from Berkeley School of Law, 313 were hired including 312 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 312 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

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

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Berkeley School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Berkeley School of Law	Total Graduates	327	95.72%	313	312	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
California Law Schools	3,772	89.55%	3,378	3,255	123
Public	1,367	93.78%	1,282	1,253	29
Private	2,405	87.15%	2,096	2,002	94

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 327 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	327
Bar Passage Required	292	89.30%	292	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	4	1.22%	3	0	0	1
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0.31%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	7	2.14%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.31%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	1.53%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.31%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 327 graduates from Berkeley School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	313	-	312	0	0	1
Law Firms	222	67.89%	222	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	9	2.88%	9	0	0	0
11-25	5	1.60%	5	0	0	0
26-50	5	1.60%	5	0	0	0
51-100	6	1.92%	6	0	0	0
101-250	7	2.24%	7	0	0	0
251-500	15	4.79%	15	0	0	0
More than 500	175	55.91%	175	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	5	1.60%	4	0	0	1
Government	15	4.79%	15	0	0	0
Public Interest	35	11.18%	35	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	25	7.99%	25	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	11	3.51%	11	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 atBerkeley School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	313	-	312	0	0	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	16	4.89%	16	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	13	3.98%	13	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	3	0.92%	3	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (207) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Berkeley 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	California	207	66.13%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	29	9.27%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	21	6.71%

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