Charleston School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 186 graduates from Charleston School of Law, 154 were hired including 141 full-time and 13 part-time positions. Among them, 145 students employed as long-term contract and 9 students employed as short-term contract.

121 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. 9 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Charleston School of Law	Total Graduates	186	82.80%	154	141	13
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

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 186 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	186
Bar Passage Required	121	65.05%	115	3	1	2
J.D. Advantage	19	10.22%	11	2	5	1
Professional Position	9	4.84%	8	0	1	0
Other	4	2.15%	2	0	2	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.08%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.54%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	1.08%
Unemployed - Seeking	23	12.37%
Employment Status Unknown	4	2.15%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 186 graduates from Charleston School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	154	-	136	5	9	4
Law Firms	93	50.00%	86	1	4	2
Solo	3	1.95%	3	0	0	0
1-10	58	37.66%	52	1	3	2
11-25	19	12.34%	18	0	1	0
26-50	3	1.95%	3	0	0	0
51-100	3	1.95%	3	0	0	0
101-250	2	1.30%	2	0	0	0
251-500	3	1.95%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	2	1.30%	2	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	15	9.74%	9	4	1	1
Government	20	12.99%	18	0	2	0
Public Interest	12	7.79%	11	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	10	6.49%	10	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.30%	1	0	0	1
Employer Type Unknown	2	1.30%	1	0	1	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 atCharleston School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	154	-	136	5	9	4
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.54%	0	0	0	1
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	0	-	0	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0.54%	0	0	0	1

Employed Location

The most graduates (94) are employed by law firms or companies in South Carolina, where the Charleston 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	South Carolina	94	61.04%
2^nd Largest Employment	Georgia	9	5.84%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	7	4.55%

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