Brooklyn Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 357 graduates from Brooklyn Law School, 313 were hired including 299 full-time and 14 part-time positions. Among them, 299 students employed as long-term contract and 14 students employed as short-term contract.

268 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 30 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 12 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Brooklyn Law School' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in New York, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.16%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Brooklyn Law School	Total Graduates	357	87.68%	313	299	14
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
New York Law Schools	4,184	92.16%	3,856	3,764	92
Public	325	85.23%	277	260	17
Private	3,859	92.74%	3,579	3,504	75

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 357 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	357
Bar Passage Required	268	75.07%	262	1	3	2
J.D. Advantage	30	8.40%	23	3	2	2
Professional Position	12	3.36%	9	1	0	2
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	0.84%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.28%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	11	3.08%
Unemployed - Seeking	24	6.72%
Employment Status Unknown	5	1.40%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 357 graduates from Brooklyn Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	313	-	294	5	5	9
Law Firms	185	51.82%	175	3	4	3
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	46	14.70%	39	1	4	2
11-25	21	6.71%	21	0	0	0
26-50	15	4.79%	14	1	0	0
51-100	14	4.47%	14	0	0	0
101-250	9	2.88%	9	0	0	0
251-500	8	2.56%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	70	22.36%	69	1	0	0
Unknown Size	2	0.64%	1	0	0	1
Business and Industry	36	11.50%	32	2	0	2
Government	43	13.74%	41	0	0	2
Public Interest	28	8.95%	25	0	1	2
Clerkships - Federal	8	2.56%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	13	4.15%	13	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 atBrooklyn Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	313	-	294	5	5	9
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	0.84%	0	0	0	3
Bar Passage Required	2	0.56%	0	0	0	2
J.D. Advantage	1	0.28%	0	0	0	1
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (269) are employed by law firms or companies in New York, where the Brooklyn 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	New York	269	85.94%
2^nd Largest Employment	New Jersey	12	3.83%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	5	1.60%

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