Rutgers Law School - Camden campus Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 388 graduates from Rutgers Law School - Camden campus, 355 were hired including 345 full-time and 10 part-time positions. Among them, 343 students employed as long-term contract and 12 students employed as short-term contract.

293 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 37 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 21 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Rutgers Law School - Camden campus' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus	Total Graduates	388	91.49%	355	345	10
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

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 388 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	388
Bar Passage Required	293	75.52%	287	4	1	1
J.D. Advantage	37	9.54%	33	1	1	2
Professional Position	21	5.41%	16	1	2	2
Other	3	0.77%	2	0	1	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	4	1.03%
Start Date Deferred	3	0.77%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	1.03%
Unemployed - Seeking	14	3.61%
Employment Status Unknown	8	2.06%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 388 graduates from Rutgers Law School - Camden campus.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	355	-	338	7	5	5
Law Firms	112	28.87%	108	0	2	2
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	41	11.55%	38	0	1	2
11-25	11	3.10%	10	0	1	0
26-50	4	1.13%	4	0	0	0
51-100	10	2.82%	10	0	0	0
101-250	9	2.54%	9	0	0	0
251-500	9	2.54%	9	0	0	0
More than 500	27	7.61%	27	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.28%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	45	12.68%	41	1	1	2
Government	25	7.04%	23	1	1	0
Public Interest	16	4.51%	14	1	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	6	1.69%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	146	41.13%	142	4	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	5	1.41%	4	0	1	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 atRutgers Law School - Camden campus.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	355	-	338	7	5	5
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.26%	0	1	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.26%	0	1	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (234) are employed by law firms or companies in New Jersey, where the Rutgers Law School - Camden campus 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 Jersey	234	65.92%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	54	15.21%
3^rd Largest Employment	Pennsylvania	30	8.45%

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