Marquette University Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 192 graduates from Marquette University Law School, 180 were hired including 178 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 175 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

162 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. 3 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Marquette University Law School' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Marquette University Law School	Total Graduates	192	93.75%	180	178	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

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 192 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	192
Bar Passage Required	162	84.38%	157	4	1	0
J.D. Advantage	14	7.29%	13	0	0	1
Professional Position	3	1.56%	3	0	0	0
Other	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.52%
Start Date Deferred	2	1.04%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	1.04%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	2.60%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.04%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 192 graduates from Marquette University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	180	-	174	4	1	1
Law Firms	113	58.85%	111	0	1	1
Solo	1	0.56%	1	0	0	0
1-10	54	30.00%	52	0	1	1
11-25	26	14.44%	26	0	0	0
26-50	4	2.22%	4	0	0	0
51-100	2	1.11%	2	0	0	0
101-250	7	3.89%	7	0	0	0
251-500	8	4.44%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	11	6.11%	11	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	12.22%	21	1	0	0
Government	23	12.78%	21	2	0	0
Public Interest	12	6.67%	12	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	2	1.11%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	2.78%	4	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	1.67%	3	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 atMarquette University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	180	-	174	4	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 (132) are employed by law firms or companies in Wisconsin, where the Marquette University Law School located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Wisconsin	132	73.33%
2^nd Largest Employment	Illinois	8	4.44%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	5	2.78%

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