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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 466 graduates from New York University School of Law, 457 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 456 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

424 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 12 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., New York University School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in New York, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 92.16%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
New York University School of Law	Total Graduates	466	98.07%	457	457	0
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 466 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	466
Bar Passage Required	424	90.99%	423	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	12	2.58%	12	0	0	0
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	0.64%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	4	0.86%
Employment Status Unknown	2	0.43%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 466 graduates from New York University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	457	-	456	1	0	0
Law Firms	323	69.31%	323	0	0	0
Solo	1	0.22%	1	0	0	0
1-10	3	0.66%	3	0	0	0
11-25	3	0.66%	3	0	0	0
26-50	7	1.53%	7	0	0	0
51-100	2	0.44%	2	0	0	0
101-250	9	1.97%	9	0	0	0
251-500	47	10.28%	47	0	0	0
More than 500	251	54.92%	251	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	9	1.97%	9	0	0	0
Government	18	3.94%	17	1	0	0
Public Interest	81	17.72%	81	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	18	3.94%	18	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	7	1.53%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.22%	1	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 atNew York University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	457	-	456	1	0	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	21	4.51%	21	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	18	3.86%	18	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	3	0.64%	3	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (327) are employed by law firms or companies in New York, where the New York University 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	New York	327	71.55%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	32	7.00%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	27	5.91%

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