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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 198 graduates from Seattle University School of Law, 174 were hired including 165 full-time and 9 part-time positions. Among them, 172 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

135 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 31 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., Seattle University School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Seattle University School of Law	Total Graduates	198	87.88%	174	165	9
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 198 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	198
Bar Passage Required	135	68.18%	133	0	2	0
J.D. Advantage	31	15.66%	24	2	5	0
Professional Position	5	2.53%	4	0	1	0
Other	2	1.01%	1	0	1	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	1.52%
Start Date Deferred	5	2.53%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.52%
Unemployed - Seeking	8	4.04%
Employment Status Unknown	5	2.53%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 198 graduates from Seattle University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	174	-	163	2	9	0
Law Firms	80	40.40%	74	1	5	0
Solo	1	0.57%	1	0	0	0
1-10	41	23.56%	35	1	5	0
11-25	10	5.75%	10	0	0	0
26-50	9	5.17%	9	0	0	0
51-100	3	1.72%	3	0	0	0
101-250	6	3.45%	6	0	0	0
251-500	2	1.15%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	7	4.02%	7	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.57%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	30	17.24%	28	0	2	0
Government	27	15.52%	25	1	1	0
Public Interest	22	12.64%	21	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	3	1.72%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	11	6.32%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.57%	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 atSeattle University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	174	-	163	2	9	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.51%	1	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.51%	1	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 (139) are employed by law firms or companies in Washington, where the Seattle 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	Washington	139	79.89%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	5	2.87%
3^rd Largest Employment	Alaska	4	2.30%

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