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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 218 graduates from Florida State University College of Law, 196 were hired including 195 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 196 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

177 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 15 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., Florida State University College of Law' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Florida, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 86.39%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Florida State University College of Law	Total Graduates	218	89.91%	196	195	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
Florida Law Schools	1,998	86.39%	1,726	1,659	67
Public	787	87.80%	691	668	23
Private	1,211	85.47%	1,035	991	44

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 218 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	218
Bar Passage Required	177	81.19%	176	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	15	6.88%	15	0	0	0
Professional Position	2	0.92%	2	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	8	3.67%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.92%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	1.38%
Employment Status Unknown	9	4.13%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 218 graduates from Florida State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	196	-	195	0	1	0
Law Firms	102	46.79%	101	0	1	0
Solo	1	0.51%	1	0	0	0
1-10	37	18.88%	36	0	1	0
11-25	19	9.69%	19	0	0	0
26-50	8	4.08%	8	0	0	0
51-100	9	4.59%	9	0	0	0
101-250	10	5.10%	10	0	0	0
251-500	3	1.53%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	15	7.65%	15	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	15	7.65%	15	0	0	0
Government	42	21.43%	42	0	0	0
Public Interest	20	10.20%	20	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	7	3.57%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	9	4.59%	9	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.51%	1	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 atFlorida State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	196	-	195	0	1	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	0.92%	2	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.46%	1	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.46%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (173) are employed by law firms or companies in Florida, where the Florida State 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	Florida	173	88.27%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	6	3.06%
3^rd Largest Employment	Georgia	5	2.55%

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