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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 145 graduates from Chapman University School of Law, 132 were hired including 130 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 131 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

112 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 19 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 1 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Chapman University School of Law	Total Graduates	145	91.03%	132	130	2
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 145 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	145
Bar Passage Required	112	77.24%	111	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	19	13.10%	18	0	0	1
Professional Position	1	0.69%	1	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	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	6	4.14%
Unemployed - Seeking	7	4.83%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 145 graduates from Chapman University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	132	-	130	0	1	1
Law Firms	98	67.59%	96	0	1	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	52	39.39%	50	0	1	1
11-25	14	10.61%	14	0	0	0
26-50	8	6.06%	8	0	0	0
51-100	7	5.30%	7	0	0	0
101-250	8	6.06%	8	0	0	0
251-500	4	3.03%	4	0	0	0
More than 500	5	3.79%	5	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	18	13.64%	18	0	0	0
Government	11	8.33%	11	0	0	0
Public Interest	4	3.03%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.76%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	0	-	0	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 atChapman University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	132	-	130	0	1	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	0	-	0	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	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 (122) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Chapman 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	California	122	92.42%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	3	2.27%
3^rd Largest Employment	Virginia	2	1.52%

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