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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 216 graduates from Santa Clara University School of Law, 173 were hired including 157 full-time and 16 part-time positions. Among them, 156 students employed as long-term contract and 17 students employed as short-term contract.

130 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 25 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 11 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Santa Clara University School of Law	Total Graduates	216	80.09%	173	157	16
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 216 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	216
Bar Passage Required	130	60.19%	119	5	6	0
J.D. Advantage	25	11.57%	19	2	2	2
Professional Position	11	5.09%	9	2	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	1	0.46%	1	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.46%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.39%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.46%
Unemployed - Seeking	36	16.67%
Employment Status Unknown	2	0.93%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 216 graduates from Santa Clara University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	173	-	148	9	8	8
Law Firms	99	45.83%	86	4	7	2
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	40	23.12%	29	3	6	2
11-25	6	3.47%	5	0	1	0
26-50	3	1.73%	3	0	0	0
51-100	6	3.47%	5	1	0	0
101-250	7	4.05%	7	0	0	0
251-500	6	3.47%	6	0	0	0
More than 500	30	17.34%	30	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.58%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	38	21.97%	35	2	1	0
Government	18	10.40%	15	3	0	0
Public Interest	10	5.78%	10	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	8	4.62%	2	0	0	6
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 atSanta Clara University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	173	-	148	9	8	8
Total Employed by Law School or University	6	2.78%	0	0	0	6
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	6	2.78%	0	0	0	6
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (156) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Santa Clara 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	156	90.17%
2^nd Largest Employment	Arizona	3	1.73%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	2	1.16%

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