Marshall-Wythe School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 179 graduates from Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 160 were hired including 156 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 153 students employed as long-term contract and 7 students employed as short-term contract.

140 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 20 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Marshall-Wythe School of Law' rate of employed is lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Virginia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 94.41%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Marshall-Wythe School of Law	Total Graduates	179	89.39%	160	156	4
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
Virginia Law Schools	1,055	94.41%	996	973	23
Public	658	95.44%	628	618	10
Private	397	92.70%	368	355	13

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 179 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	179
Bar Passage Required	140	78.21%	139	0	0	1
J.D. Advantage	20	11.17%	14	3	0	3
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	1.68%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.56%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	13	7.26%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.12%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 179 graduates from Marshall-Wythe School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	160	-	153	3	0	4
Law Firms	72	40.22%	69	2	0	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	18	11.25%	17	0	0	1
11-25	3	1.88%	3	0	0	0
26-50	8	5.00%	7	1	0	0
51-100	5	3.13%	4	1	0	0
101-250	4	2.50%	4	0	0	0
251-500	4	2.50%	4	0	0	0
More than 500	30	18.75%	30	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	15	9.38%	13	0	0	2
Government	30	18.75%	29	1	0	0
Public Interest	16	10.00%	15	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	9	5.63%	9	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	18	11.25%	18	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	0	-	0	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 atMarshall-Wythe School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	160	-	153	3	0	4
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 (60) are employed by law firms or companies in Virginia, where the Marshall-Wythe 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	Virginia	60	37.50%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	33	20.63%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	13	8.13%

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