Michigan State University College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 203 graduates from Michigan State University College of Law, 181 were hired including 177 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 176 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

139 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 35 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., Michigan State University College of Law' rate of employed is lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Michigan, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 89.88%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Michigan State University College of Law	Total Graduates	203	89.16%	181	177	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
Michigan Law Schools	1,551	89.88%	1,394	1,347	47
Public	760	95.92%	729	721	8
Private	791	84.07%	665	626	39

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 203 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	203
Bar Passage Required	139	68.47%	139	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	35	17.24%	31	1	3	0
Professional Position	3	1.48%	2	0	0	1
Other	1	0.49%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.49%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.49%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.99%
Unemployed - Seeking	11	5.42%
Employment Status Unknown	7	3.45%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 203 graduates from Michigan State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	181	-	173	4	3	1
Law Firms	99	48.77%	95	1	2	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	41	22.65%	39	0	2	0
11-25	21	11.60%	21	0	0	0
26-50	8	4.42%	8	0	0	0
51-100	9	4.97%	8	1	0	0
101-250	7	3.87%	7	0	0	0
251-500	2	1.10%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	10	5.52%	10	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.55%	0	0	0	1
Business and Industry	27	14.92%	27	0	0	0
Government	18	9.94%	18	0	0	0
Public Interest	24	13.26%	21	2	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	5	2.76%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	2.76%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	1.66%	2	1	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 atMichigan State University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	181	-	173	4	3	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.48%	0	3	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	3	1.48%	0	3	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (105) are employed by law firms or companies in Michigan, where the Michigan State University College 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	Michigan	105	58.01%
2^nd Largest Employment	Illinois	10	5.52%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	8	4.42%

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