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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 150 graduates from Pepperdine University School of Law, 143 were hired including 139 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 143 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

118 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 21 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Pepperdine University School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Pepperdine University School of Law	Total Graduates	150	95.33%	143	139	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
California Law Schools	3,772	89.55%	3,378	3,255	123
Public	1,367	93.78%	1,282	1,253	29
Private	2,405	87.15%	2,096	2,002	94

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 150 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	150
Bar Passage Required	118	78.67%	116	0	2	0
J.D. Advantage	21	14.00%	19	0	2	0
Professional Position	2	1.33%	2	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.67%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.67%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	3.33%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 150 graduates from Pepperdine University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	143	-	139	0	4	0
Law Firms	94	62.67%	90	0	4	0
Solo	3	2.10%	3	0	0	0
1-10	39	27.27%	36	0	3	0
11-25	18	12.59%	17	0	1	0
26-50	7	4.90%	7	0	0	0
51-100	7	4.90%	7	0	0	0
101-250	6	4.20%	6	0	0	0
251-500	1	0.70%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	13	9.09%	13	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	21	14.69%	21	0	0	0
Government	14	9.79%	14	0	0	0
Public Interest	4	2.80%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	5	3.50%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.40%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	2.10%	3	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 atPepperdine University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	143	-	139	0	4	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	1.33%	2	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	2	1.33%	2	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 California, where the Pepperdine 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	California	100	69.93%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	13	9.09%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	5	3.50%

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