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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 135 graduates from Howard University School of Law, 118 were hired including 117 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 115 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

98 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. 5 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Howard University School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in District of Columbia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.76%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Howard University School of Law	Total Graduates	135	87.41%	118	117	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
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 135 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	135
Bar Passage Required	98	72.59%	96	1	0	1
J.D. Advantage	15	11.11%	15	0	0	0
Professional Position	5	3.70%	4	1	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.74%
Start Date Deferred	3	2.22%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.74%
Unemployed - Seeking	12	8.89%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 135 graduates from Howard University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	118	-	115	2	0	1
Law Firms	56	41.48%	56	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	3	2.54%	3	0	0	0
11-25	4	3.39%	4	0	0	0
26-50	0	-	0	0	0	0
51-100	4	3.39%	4	0	0	0
101-250	5	4.24%	5	0	0	0
251-500	6	5.08%	6	0	0	0
More than 500	32	27.12%	32	0	0	0
Unknown Size	2	1.69%	2	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	18.64%	20	1	0	1
Government	11	9.32%	11	0	0	0
Public Interest	14	11.86%	14	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	6	5.08%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	8	6.78%	7	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.85%	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 atHoward University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	118	-	115	2	0	1
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 (43) are employed by law firms or companies in District of Columbia, where the Howard 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	District of Columbia	43	36.44%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	27	22.88%
3^rd Largest Employment	Maryland	9	7.63%

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