Emory University School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 280 graduates from Emory University School of Law, 258 were hired including 254 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 252 students employed as long-term contract and 6 students employed as short-term contract.

226 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 29 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., Emory University School of Law' rate of employed is slightly higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Georgia, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 92.27%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Emory University School of Law	Total Graduates	280	92.14%	258	254	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
Georgia Law Schools	931	92.27%	859	834	25
Public	394	95.69%	377	367	10
Private	537	89.76%	482	467	15

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 280 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	280
Bar Passage Required	226	80.71%	225	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	29	10.36%	24	1	1	3
Professional Position	1	0.36%	1	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	9	3.21%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.71%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	5	1.79%
Unemployed - Seeking	6	2.14%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 280 graduates from Emory University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	258	-	251	3	1	3
Law Firms	176	62.86%	173	0	1	2
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	34	13.18%	32	0	1	1
11-25	13	5.04%	12	0	0	1
26-50	9	3.49%	9	0	0	0
51-100	6	2.33%	6	0	0	0
101-250	15	5.81%	15	0	0	0
251-500	13	5.04%	13	0	0	0
More than 500	85	32.95%	85	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	13	5.04%	11	1	0	1
Government	24	9.30%	24	0	0	0
Public Interest	18	6.98%	16	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	14	5.43%	14	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	11	4.26%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	0.78%	2	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 atEmory University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	258	-	251	3	1	3
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	0.71%	1	1	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.36%	1	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.36%	0	1	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (110) are employed by law firms or companies in Georgia, where the Emory University 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	Georgia	110	42.64%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	35	13.57%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	15	5.81%

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