Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 280 graduates from Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 273 were hired including 270 full-time and 3 part-time positions. Among them, 271 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

222 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 44 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 5 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law	Total Graduates	280	97.50%	273	270	3
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 280 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	280
Bar Passage Required	222	79.29%	221	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	44	15.71%	44	0	0	0
Professional Position	5	1.79%	5	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.36%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	1.07%
Employment Status Unknown	3	1.07%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 280 graduates from Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	273	-	270	0	1	2
Law Firms	138	49.29%	137	0	1	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	64	23.44%	63	0	1	0
11-25	14	5.13%	14	0	0	0
26-50	12	4.40%	12	0	0	0
51-100	11	4.03%	11	0	0	0
101-250	10	3.66%	10	0	0	0
251-500	9	3.30%	9	0	0	0
More than 500	18	6.59%	18	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	35	12.82%	35	0	0	0
Government	51	18.68%	51	0	0	0
Public Interest	5	1.83%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	8	2.93%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	26	9.52%	26	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	10	3.66%	8	0	0	2
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 atSandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	273	-	270	0	1	2
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	0.71%	0	0	0	2
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	0.71%	0	0	0	2
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (197) are employed by law firms or companies in Arizona, where the Sandra Day O'Connor College 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	Arizona	197	72.16%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	13	4.76%
3^rd Largest Employment	Utah	7	2.56%

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