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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 118 graduates from Columbus School of Law, 104 were hired including 100 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 99 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

68 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 33 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Columbus School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in District of Columbia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.76%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Columbus School of Law	Total Graduates	118	88.14%	104	100	4
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
District of Columbia Law Schools	1,948	90.76%	1,768	1,741	27
Public	48	79.17%	38	35	3
Private	1,900	91.05%	1,730	1,706	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 118 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	118
Bar Passage Required	68	57.63%	68	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	33	27.97%	28	2	1	2
Professional Position	2	1.69%	2	0	0	0
Other	1	0.85%	0	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	11	9.32%
Employment Status Unknown	3	2.54%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 118 graduates from Columbus School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	104	-	98	2	1	3
Law Firms	29	24.58%	28	0	1	0
Solo	1	0.96%	1	0	0	0
1-10	13	12.50%	12	0	1	0
11-25	3	2.88%	3	0	0	0
26-50	1	0.96%	1	0	0	0
51-100	1	0.96%	1	0	0	0
101-250	2	1.92%	2	0	0	0
251-500	2	1.92%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	6	5.77%	6	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	21.15%	20	1	0	1
Government	25	24.04%	23	0	0	2
Public Interest	6	5.77%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	3.85%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	15	14.42%	15	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	2.88%	2	1	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 atColumbus School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	104	-	98	2	1	3
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 (43) are employed by law firms or companies in District of Columbia, where the Columbus 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	District of Columbia	43	41.35%
2^nd Largest Employment	Virginia	19	18.27%
3^rd Largest Employment	Maryland	18	17.31%

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