Irvine School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 211 graduates from Irvine School of Law, 191 were hired including 188 full-time and 3 part-time positions. Among them, 186 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

166 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 13 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., Irvine School of Law' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Irvine School of Law	Total Graduates	211	90.52%	191	188	3
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
California Law Schools	3,772	89.55%	3,378	3,255	123
Public	1,367	93.78%	1,282	1,253	29
Private	2,405	87.15%	2,096	2,002	94

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 211 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	211
Bar Passage Required	166	78.67%	163	2	1	0
J.D. Advantage	13	6.16%	9	2	1	1
Professional Position	2	0.95%	2	0	0	0
Other	1	0.47%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	5	2.37%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.95%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	1.90%
Unemployed - Seeking	9	4.27%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 211 graduates from Irvine School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	191	-	184	4	2	1
Law Firms	137	64.93%	135	0	1	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	28	14.66%	27	0	1	0
11-25	12	6.28%	12	0	0	0
26-50	4	2.09%	4	0	0	0
51-100	9	4.71%	8	0	0	1
101-250	6	3.14%	6	0	0	0
251-500	8	4.19%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	70	36.65%	70	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	12	6.28%	11	0	1	0
Government	13	6.81%	11	2	0	0
Public Interest	23	12.04%	21	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	2	1.05%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.05%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.52%	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 atIrvine School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	191	-	184	4	2	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	9	4.27%	9	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	9	4.27%	9	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 (159) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Irvine 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	California	159	83.25%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	6	3.14%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	5	2.62%

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