California Western School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 207 graduates from California Western School of Law, 170 were hired including 154 full-time and 16 part-time positions. Among them, 137 students employed as long-term contract and 33 students employed as short-term contract.

119 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 41 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., California Western School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
California Western School of Law	Total Graduates	207	82.13%	170	154	16
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 207 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	207
Bar Passage Required	119	57.49%	112	3	1	3
J.D. Advantage	41	19.81%	18	17	0	6
Professional Position	6	2.90%	1	0	2	3
Other	1	0.48%	0	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	0.97%
Start Date Deferred	5	2.42%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.45%
Unemployed - Seeking	24	11.59%
Employment Status Unknown	3	1.45%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 207 graduates from California Western School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	170	-	134	20	3	13
Law Firms	96	46.38%	82	6	1	7
Solo	2	1.18%	2	0	0	0
1-10	51	30.00%	44	3	0	4
11-25	19	11.18%	15	2	1	1
26-50	7	4.12%	6	0	0	1
51-100	5	2.94%	5	0	0	0
101-250	8	4.71%	7	1	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	3	1.76%	3	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.59%	0	0	0	1
Business and Industry	24	14.12%	12	7	2	3
Government	24	14.12%	19	4	0	1
Public Interest	18	10.59%	15	2	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	2	1.18%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	3	1.76%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	1.76%	1	1	0	1
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 atCalifornia Western School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	170	-	134	20	3	13
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.45%	3	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	3	1.45%	3	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 (143) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the California Western 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	143	84.12%
2^nd Largest Employment	Nevada	5	2.94%
3^rd Largest Employment	Colorado	2	1.18%

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