Harvard Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 594 graduates from Harvard Law School, 574 were hired including 572 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 567 students employed as long-term contract and 7 students employed as short-term contract.

515 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 14 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 15 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Harvard Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Massachusetts, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 92.40%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Harvard Law School	Total Graduates	594	96.63%	574	572	2
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
Massachusetts Law Schools	2,091	92.40%	1,932	1,880	52
Public	86	82.56%	71	65	6
Private	2,005	92.82%	1,861	1,815	46

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 594 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	594
Bar Passage Required	515	86.70%	510	5	0	0
J.D. Advantage	14	2.36%	13	0	1	0
Professional Position	15	2.53%	13	1	1	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	9	1.52%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	7	1.18%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	0.51%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.17%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 594 graduates from Harvard Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	574	-	565	7	2	0
Law Firms	345	58.08%	345	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	0	-	0	0	0	0
11-25	6	1.05%	6	0	0	0
26-50	6	1.05%	6	0	0	0
51-100	7	1.22%	7	0	0	0
101-250	3	0.52%	3	0	0	0
251-500	24	4.18%	24	0	0	0
More than 500	299	52.09%	299	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	21	3.66%	20	0	1	0
Government	21	3.66%	21	0	0	0
Public Interest	69	12.02%	68	1	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	87	15.16%	85	2	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	21	3.66%	18	3	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	4	0.70%	4	0	0	0
Education	6	1.05%	4	1	1	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 atHarvard Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	574	-	565	7	2	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	30	5.05%	29	1	0	0
Bar Passage Required	22	3.70%	22	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	6	1.01%	6	0	0	0
Professional Position	2	0.34%	1	1	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (183) are employed by law firms or companies in New York. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	New York	183	31.88%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	106	18.47%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	66	11.50%

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