Boston University School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 282 graduates from Boston University School of Law, 266 were hired including 260 full-time and 6 part-time positions. Among them, 264 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

230 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 22 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 6 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Boston University School of Law	Total Graduates	282	94.33%	266	260	6
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 282 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	282
Bar Passage Required	230	81.56%	230	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	22	7.80%	19	1	1	1
Professional Position	6	2.13%	4	0	2	0
Other	3	1.06%	1	0	2	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	1.06%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.71%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.06%
Unemployed - Seeking	7	2.48%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.35%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 282 graduates from Boston University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	266	-	259	1	5	1
Law Firms	178	63.12%	176	1	1	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	17	6.39%	16	0	1	0
11-25	11	4.14%	11	0	0	0
26-50	7	2.63%	7	0	0	0
51-100	7	2.63%	7	0	0	0
101-250	15	5.64%	15	0	0	0
251-500	18	6.77%	18	0	0	0
More than 500	103	38.72%	102	1	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	30	11.28%	25	0	4	1
Government	21	7.89%	21	0	0	0
Public Interest	17	6.39%	17	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	3	1.13%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	15	5.64%	15	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	0.75%	2	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 University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	266	-	259	1	5	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	5	1.77%	5	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	5	1.77%	5	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 (135) are employed by law firms or companies in Massachusetts, where the Boston University 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	Massachusetts	135	50.75%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	50	18.80%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	12	4.51%

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