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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 80 graduates from Duncan School of Law, 69 were hired including 60 full-time and 9 part-time positions. Among them, 62 students employed as long-term contract and 7 students employed as short-term contract.

53 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 5 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Duncan School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Tennessee, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.64%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Duncan School of Law	Total Graduates	80	86.25%	69	60	9
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
Tennessee Law Schools	598	92.64%	554	525	29
Public	233	92.70%	216	205	11
Private	365	92.60%	338	320	18

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 80 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	80
Bar Passage Required	53	66.25%	52	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	10	12.50%	3	2	3	2
Professional Position	5	6.25%	1	2	2	0
Other	1	1.25%	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	5	6.25%
Unemployed - Seeking	6	7.50%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 80 graduates from Duncan School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	69	-	56	4	6	3
Law Firms	42	52.50%	36	2	2	2
Solo	3	4.35%	3	0	0	0
1-10	33	47.83%	27	2	2	2
11-25	4	5.80%	4	0	0	0
26-50	0	-	0	0	0	0
51-100	1	1.45%	1	0	0	0
101-250	0	-	0	0	0	0
251-500	1	1.45%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	10	14.49%	5	2	2	1
Government	8	11.59%	8	0	0	0
Public Interest	6	8.70%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	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	3	4.35%	1	0	2	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 atDuncan School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	69	-	56	4	6	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 (49) are employed by law firms or companies in Tennessee, where the Duncan 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	Tennessee	49	71.01%
2^nd Largest Employment	Virginia	4	5.80%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	3	4.35%

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