Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 172 graduates from Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 124 were hired including 103 full-time and 21 part-time positions. Among them, 112 students employed as long-term contract and 12 students employed as short-term contract.

27 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 57 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 28 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Puerto Rico, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 69.90%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law	Total Graduates	172	72.09%	124	103	21
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
Puerto Rico Law Schools	402	69.90%	281	245	36
Public	146	69.86%	102	92	10
Private	256	69.92%	179	153	26

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 172 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	172
Bar Passage Required	27	15.70%	22	3	2	0
J.D. Advantage	57	33.14%	42	1	10	4
Professional Position	28	16.28%	26	0	2	0
Other	9	5.23%	6	1	1	1
Undeterminable	2	1.16%	1	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.16%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	1.16%
Unemployed - Seeking	41	23.84%
Employment Status Unknown	3	1.74%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 172 graduates from Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	124	-	97	6	15	6
Law Firms	45	26.16%	30	1	11	3
Solo	1	0.81%	1	0	0	0
1-10	33	26.61%	21	0	10	2
11-25	5	4.03%	5	0	0	0
26-50	2	1.61%	2	0	0	0
51-100	1	0.81%	0	0	0	1
101-250	1	0.81%	0	1	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	2	1.61%	1	0	1	0
Business and Industry	27	21.77%	23	0	3	1
Government	27	21.77%	24	2	1	0
Public Interest	2	1.61%	1	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	4.03%	3	2	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	5	4.03%	4	1	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	13	10.48%	12	0	0	1

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 atInteramerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	124	-	97	6	15	6
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.58%	0	1	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.58%	0	1	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (111) are employed by law firms or companies in Puerto Rico, where the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico 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	Puerto Rico	111	89.52%
2^nd Largest Employment	Florida	3	2.42%
3^rd Largest Employment	Texas	3	2.42%

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