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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 192 graduates from Georgia State University College of Law, 179 were hired including 169 full-time and 10 part-time positions. Among them, 178 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

148 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 19 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 8 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Georgia State University College of Law' rate of employed is 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
Georgia State University College of Law	Total Graduates	192	93.23%	179	169	10
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 192 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	192
Bar Passage Required	148	77.08%	144	0	4	0
J.D. Advantage	19	9.90%	16	1	2	0
Professional Position	8	4.17%	6	0	2	0
Other	4	2.08%	2	0	2	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.04%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.52%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	10	5.21%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 192 graduates from Georgia State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	179	-	168	1	10	0
Law Firms	114	59.38%	108	1	5	0
Solo	1	0.56%	1	0	0	0
1-10	47	26.26%	42	1	4	0
11-25	14	7.82%	13	0	1	0
26-50	6	3.35%	6	0	0	0
51-100	9	5.03%	9	0	0	0
101-250	12	6.70%	12	0	0	0
251-500	10	5.59%	10	0	0	0
More than 500	15	8.38%	15	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	26	14.53%	23	0	3	0
Government	18	10.06%	17	0	1	0
Public Interest	13	7.26%	12	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	2.23%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	3	1.68%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.56%	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 atGeorgia State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	179	-	168	1	10	0
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 (160) are employed by law firms or companies in Georgia, where the Georgia 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	Georgia	160	89.39%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	3	1.68%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	3	1.68%

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