New York Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 308 graduates from New York Law School, 274 were hired including 259 full-time and 15 part-time positions. Among them, 270 students employed as long-term contract and 4 students employed as short-term contract.

204 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 61 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 4 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., New York Law School' rate of employed is lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in New York, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.16%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
New York Law School	Total Graduates	308	88.96%	274	259	15
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
New York Law Schools	4,184	92.16%	3,856	3,764	92
Public	325	85.23%	277	260	17
Private	3,859	92.74%	3,579	3,504	75

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 308 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	308
Bar Passage Required	204	66.23%	200	2	2	0
J.D. Advantage	61	19.81%	53	1	7	0
Professional Position	4	1.30%	3	0	1	0
Other	4	1.30%	0	0	4	0
Undeterminable	1	0.32%	0	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	9	2.92%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.32%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	7	2.27%
Unemployed - Seeking	17	5.52%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 308 graduates from New York Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	274	-	256	3	14	1
Law Firms	137	44.48%	129	2	6	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	43	15.69%	37	0	6	0
11-25	18	6.57%	18	0	0	0
26-50	11	4.01%	11	0	0	0
51-100	9	3.28%	9	0	0	0
101-250	12	4.38%	12	0	0	0
251-500	9	3.28%	7	2	0	0
More than 500	35	12.77%	35	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	60	21.90%	53	1	6	0
Government	40	14.60%	39	0	1	0
Public Interest	17	6.20%	16	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	18	6.57%	18	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.36%	1	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.36%	0	0	0	1

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 atNew York Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	274	-	256	3	14	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 (194) are employed by law firms or companies in New York, where the New York 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	New York	194	70.80%
2^nd Largest Employment	New Jersey	31	11.31%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	10	3.65%

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