Southwestern Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 227 graduates from Southwestern Law School, 197 were hired including 183 full-time and 14 part-time positions. Among them, 192 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

151 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 34 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 7 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Southwestern Law School' 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
Southwestern Law School	Total Graduates	227	86.78%	197	183	14
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 227 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	227
Bar Passage Required	151	66.52%	149	0	2	0
J.D. Advantage	34	14.98%	26	0	6	2
Professional Position	7	3.08%	5	0	2	0
Other	1	0.44%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	1	0.44%	0	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	4	1.76%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.44%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.88%
Unemployed - Seeking	22	9.69%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.44%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 227 graduates from Southwestern Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	197	-	182	1	10	4
Law Firms	130	57.27%	123	0	6	1
Solo	2	1.02%	2	0	0	0
1-10	71	36.04%	64	0	6	1
11-25	30	15.23%	30	0	0	0
26-50	11	5.58%	11	0	0	0
51-100	3	1.52%	3	0	0	0
101-250	4	2.03%	4	0	0	0
251-500	2	1.02%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	7	3.55%	7	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	37	18.78%	33	0	3	1
Government	5	2.54%	5	0	0	0
Public Interest	17	8.63%	15	1	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	2	1.02%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	4	2.03%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.51%	0	0	1	0
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.51%	0	0	0	1

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 atSouthwestern Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	197	-	182	1	10	4
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.32%	1	1	0	1
Bar Passage Required	1	0.44%	1	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	0.88%	0	1	0	1
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (188) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Southwestern Law School 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	188	95.43%
2^nd Largest Employment	Michigan	1	0.51%
3^rd Largest Employment	Missouri	1	0.51%

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