Notre Dame Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 184 graduates from Notre Dame Law School, 168 were hired including 167 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 165 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

154 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 9 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., Notre Dame Law School' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Illinois, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.71%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Notre Dame Law School	Total Graduates	184	91.30%	168	167	1
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
Illinois Law Schools	1,863	90.71%	1,690	1,647	43
Public	544	86.03%	468	449	19
Private	1,319	92.65%	1,222	1,198	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 184 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	184
Bar Passage Required	154	83.70%	151	2	0	1
J.D. Advantage	9	4.89%	9	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	4	2.17%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.63%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	7	3.80%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.09%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 184 graduates from Notre Dame Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	168	-	165	2	0	1
Law Firms	105	57.07%	105	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	5	2.98%	5	0	0	0
11-25	6	3.57%	6	0	0	0
26-50	6	3.57%	6	0	0	0
51-100	2	1.19%	2	0	0	0
101-250	17	10.12%	17	0	0	0
251-500	13	7.74%	13	0	0	0
More than 500	56	33.33%	56	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	10	5.95%	10	0	0	0
Government	23	13.69%	23	0	0	0
Public Interest	8	4.76%	7	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	17	10.12%	15	2	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	3	1.79%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.60%	1	0	0	0
Education	1	0.60%	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 atNotre Dame Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	168	-	165	2	0	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	5	2.72%	5	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	5	2.72%	5	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 (33) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the Notre Dame 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	Illinois	33	19.64%
2^nd Largest Employment	Indiana	14	8.33%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	14	8.33%

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