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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 236 graduates from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 205 were hired including 203 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 202 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

170 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 28 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 7 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Loyola University Chicago School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Illinois, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.71%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	Total Graduates	236	86.86%	205	203	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
Illinois Law Schools	1,863	90.71%	1,690	1,647	43
Public	544	86.03%	468	449	19
Private	1,319	92.65%	1,222	1,198	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 236 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	236
Bar Passage Required	170	72.03%	168	2	0	0
J.D. Advantage	28	11.86%	27	0	0	1
Professional Position	7	2.97%	6	0	1	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	4	1.69%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.27%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.85%
Unemployed - Seeking	19	8.05%
Employment Status Unknown	3	1.27%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 236 graduates from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	205	-	201	2	1	1
Law Firms	114	48.31%	113	0	0	1
Solo	1	0.49%	1	0	0	0
1-10	42	20.49%	41	0	0	1
11-25	16	7.80%	16	0	0	0
26-50	6	2.93%	6	0	0	0
51-100	7	3.41%	7	0	0	0
101-250	7	3.41%	7	0	0	0
251-500	7	3.41%	7	0	0	0
More than 500	28	13.66%	28	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	38	18.54%	37	0	1	0
Government	15	7.32%	14	1	0	0
Public Interest	21	10.24%	21	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	1.95%	3	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	12	5.85%	12	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.49%	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 atLoyola University Chicago School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	205	-	201	2	1	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 (157) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the Loyola University Chicago 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	Illinois	157	76.59%
2^nd Largest Employment	Florida	6	2.93%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	4	1.95%

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