Boston College Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 228 graduates from Boston College Law School, 218 were hired including 213 full-time and 5 part-time positions. Among them, 217 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

199 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. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Boston College Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Massachusetts, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 92.40%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Boston College Law School	Total Graduates	228	95.61%	218	213	5
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
Massachusetts Law Schools	2,091	92.40%	1,932	1,880	52
Public	86	82.56%	71	65	6
Private	2,005	92.82%	1,861	1,815	46

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 228 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	228
Bar Passage Required	199	87.28%	198	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	11	4.82%	10	0	0	1
Professional Position	2	0.88%	1	0	1	0
Other	3	1.32%	1	0	2	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	10	4.39%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 228 graduates from Boston College Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	218	-	213	0	4	1
Law Firms	144	63.16%	143	0	0	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	11	5.05%	10	0	0	1
11-25	5	2.29%	5	0	0	0
26-50	4	1.83%	4	0	0	0
51-100	10	4.59%	10	0	0	0
101-250	19	8.72%	19	0	0	0
251-500	8	3.67%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	87	39.91%	87	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	10.09%	18	0	4	0
Government	19	8.72%	19	0	0	0
Public Interest	8	3.67%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	13	5.96%	13	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	11	5.05%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.46%	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 atBoston College Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	218	-	213	0	4	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.32%	3	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	2	0.88%	2	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.44%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (115) are employed by law firms or companies in Massachusetts, where the Boston College 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	Massachusetts	115	52.75%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	37	16.97%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	9	4.13%

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