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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 220 graduates from Dedman School of Law, 207 were hired including 206 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 205 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

192 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 14 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Dedman School of Law' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Texas, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Dedman School of Law	Total Graduates	220	94.09%	207	206	1
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
Texas Law Schools	2,039	89.31%	1,821	1,780	41
Public	1,170	90.26%	1,056	1,035	21
Private	869	88.03%	765	745	20

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 220 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	220
Bar Passage Required	192	87.27%	192	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	14	6.36%	12	1	0	1
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0.45%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	6	2.73%
Start Date Deferred	4	1.82%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	1.36%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 220 graduates from Dedman School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	207	-	205	1	0	1
Law Firms	146	66.36%	145	1	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	36	17.39%	36	0	0	0
11-25	14	6.76%	14	0	0	0
26-50	12	5.80%	12	0	0	0
51-100	16	7.73%	15	1	0	0
101-250	8	3.86%	8	0	0	0
251-500	11	5.31%	11	0	0	0
More than 500	49	23.67%	49	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	25	12.08%	24	0	0	1
Government	14	6.76%	14	0	0	0
Public Interest	6	2.90%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	11	5.31%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	2.42%	5	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 atDedman School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	207	-	205	1	0	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 (188) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the Dedman 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	Texas	188	90.82%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	5	2.42%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	3	1.45%

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