Southern University Law Center Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 192 graduates from Southern University Law Center, 150 were hired including 132 full-time and 18 part-time positions. Among them, 145 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

93 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 26 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 20 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Southern University Law Center' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Louisiana, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 88.15%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Southern University Law Center	Total Graduates	192	78.13%	150	132	18
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
Louisiana Law Schools	844	88.15%	744	699	45
Public	490	84.49%	414	392	22
Private	354	93.22%	330	307	23

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 192 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	192
Bar Passage Required	93	48.44%	88	0	5	0
J.D. Advantage	26	13.54%	18	1	6	1
Professional Position	20	10.42%	17	0	2	1
Other	10	5.21%	5	2	3	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	6	3.13%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.56%
Unemployed - Seeking	24	12.50%
Employment Status Unknown	9	4.69%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 192 graduates from Southern University Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	150	-	129	3	16	2
Law Firms	64	33.33%	58	1	5	0
Solo	11	7.33%	11	0	0	0
1-10	28	18.67%	23	1	4	0
11-25	4	2.67%	4	0	0	0
26-50	4	2.67%	4	0	0	0
51-100	4	2.67%	4	0	0	0
101-250	3	2.00%	3	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	10	6.67%	9	0	1	0
Business and Industry	29	19.33%	21	0	7	1
Government	25	16.67%	22	0	3	0
Public Interest	5	3.33%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	17	11.33%	17	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	10	6.67%	6	2	1	1
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 atSouthern University Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	150	-	129	3	16	2
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (94) are employed by law firms or companies in Louisiana, where the Southern University Law Center located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Louisiana	94	62.67%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	6	4.00%
3^rd Largest Employment	Georgia	4	2.67%

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