DePaul University College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 191 graduates from DePaul University College of Law, 164 were hired including 158 full-time and 6 part-time positions. Among them, 161 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

135 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 24 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., DePaul University College of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Illinois, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.71%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
DePaul University College of Law	Total Graduates	191	85.86%	164	158	6
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
Illinois Law Schools	1,863	90.71%	1,690	1,647	43
Public	544	86.03%	468	449	19
Private	1,319	92.65%	1,222	1,198	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 191 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	191
Bar Passage Required	135	70.68%	132	2	1	0
J.D. Advantage	24	12.57%	22	0	2	0
Professional Position	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Other	4	2.09%	1	0	2	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	1.57%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	2.09%
Unemployed - Seeking	18	9.42%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.05%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 191 graduates from DePaul University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	164	-	156	2	5	1
Law Firms	113	59.16%	111	0	2	0
Solo	2	1.22%	2	0	0	0
1-10	48	29.27%	46	0	2	0
11-25	16	9.76%	16	0	0	0
26-50	12	7.32%	12	0	0	0
51-100	2	1.22%	2	0	0	0
101-250	6	3.66%	6	0	0	0
251-500	5	3.05%	5	0	0	0
More than 500	22	13.41%	22	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	24	14.63%	21	0	3	0
Government	12	7.32%	12	0	0	0
Public Interest	5	3.05%	4	1	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	6	3.66%	5	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.22%	2	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	2	1.22%	1	0	0	1

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 atDePaul University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	164	-	156	2	5	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 (137) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the DePaul University College 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	Illinois	137	83.54%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	5	3.05%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	4	2.44%

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