Georgetown University Law Center Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 672 graduates from Georgetown University Law Center, 639 were hired including 630 full-time and 9 part-time positions. Among them, 625 students employed as long-term contract and 14 students employed as short-term contract.

568 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 39 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., Georgetown University Law Center' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in District of Columbia, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.76%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Georgetown University Law Center	Total Graduates	672	95.09%	639	630	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
District of Columbia Law Schools	1,948	90.76%	1,768	1,741	27
Public	48	79.17%	38	35	3
Private	1,900	91.05%	1,730	1,706	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 672 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	672
Bar Passage Required	568	84.52%	568	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	39	5.80%	35	2	1	1
Professional Position	2	0.30%	1	1	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	0.45%
Start Date Deferred	6	0.89%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.30%
Unemployed - Seeking	22	3.27%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 672 graduates from Georgetown University Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	639	-	624	6	1	8
Law Firms	416	61.90%	415	0	0	1
Solo	3	0.47%	2	0	0	1
1-10	7	1.10%	7	0	0	0
11-25	11	1.72%	11	0	0	0
26-50	8	1.25%	8	0	0	0
51-100	13	2.03%	13	0	0	0
101-250	19	2.97%	19	0	0	0
251-500	49	7.67%	49	0	0	0
More than 500	305	47.73%	305	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.16%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	28	4.38%	26	1	0	1
Government	54	8.45%	50	2	0	2
Public Interest	66	10.33%	59	2	1	4
Clerkships - Federal	38	5.95%	37	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	33	5.16%	33	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	2	0.31%	2	0	0	0
Education	2	0.31%	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 atGeorgetown University Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	639	-	624	6	1	8
Total Employed by Law School or University	30	4.46%	20	3	0	7
Bar Passage Required	17	2.53%	13	1	0	3
J.D. Advantage	12	1.79%	7	1	0	4
Professional Position	1	0.15%	0	1	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (273) are employed by law firms or companies in District of Columbia, where the Georgetown University Law Center located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	District of Columbia	273	42.72%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	138	21.60%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	30	4.69%

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