Mercer Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 124 graduates from Mercer Law School, 116 were hired including 114 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 113 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

103 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 1 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Mercer Law School' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Georgia, its rate of employed is slightly higher than the average rate of 92.27%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Mercer Law School	Total Graduates	124	93.55%	116	114	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
Georgia Law Schools	931	92.27%	859	834	25
Public	394	95.69%	377	367	10
Private	537	89.76%	482	467	15

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 124 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	124
Bar Passage Required	103	83.06%	101	2	0	0
J.D. Advantage	10	8.06%	8	1	1	0
Professional Position	1	0.81%	1	0	0	0
Other	2	1.61%	1	0	1	0
Undeterminable	1	0.81%	1	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.61%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.81%
Unemployed - Seeking	2	1.61%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.61%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 124 graduates from Mercer Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	117	-	111	3	2	0
Law Firms	62	50.00%	62	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	36	30.77%	36	0	0	0
11-25	11	9.40%	11	0	0	0
26-50	4	3.42%	4	0	0	0
51-100	4	3.42%	4	0	0	0
101-250	3	2.56%	3	0	0	0
251-500	2	1.71%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	2	1.71%	2	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	7	5.98%	6	0	1	0
Government	22	18.80%	21	1	0	0
Public Interest	12	10.26%	12	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	2	1.71%	1	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	10	8.55%	9	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.85%	0	0	1	0
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.85%	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 atMercer Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	117	-	111	3	2	0
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 (100) are employed by law firms or companies in Georgia, where the Mercer 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	Georgia	100	85.47%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	3	2.56%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	3	2.56%

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