St. Thomas University School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 161 graduates from St. Thomas University School of Law, 128 were hired including 120 full-time and 8 part-time positions. Among them, 118 students employed as long-term contract and 10 students employed as short-term contract.

104 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 11 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., St. Thomas University School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Florida, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 86.39%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
St. Thomas University School of Law	Total Graduates	161	79.50%	128	120	8
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
Florida Law Schools	1,998	86.39%	1,726	1,659	67
Public	787	87.80%	691	668	23
Private	1,211	85.47%	1,035	991	44

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 161 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	161
Bar Passage Required	104	64.60%	103	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	11	6.83%	5	2	1	3
Professional Position	11	6.83%	7	1	0	3
Other	2	1.24%	1	1	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	6	3.73%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.62%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.86%
Unemployed - Seeking	23	14.29%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 161 graduates from St. Thomas University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	128	-	116	4	2	6
Law Firms	83	51.55%	79	1	1	2
Solo	2	1.56%	2	0	0	0
1-10	49	38.28%	46	1	0	2
11-25	13	10.16%	13	0	0	0
26-50	5	3.91%	5	0	0	0
51-100	3	2.34%	3	0	0	0
101-250	3	2.34%	2	0	1	0
251-500	1	0.78%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	7	5.47%	7	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	19	14.84%	13	2	0	4
Government	12	9.38%	10	1	1	0
Public Interest	11	8.59%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.56%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.78%	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 atSt. Thomas University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	128	-	116	4	2	6
Total Employed by Law School or University	0	-	0	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	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 (119) are employed by law firms or companies in Florida, where the St. Thomas 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	Florida	119	92.97%
2^nd Largest Employment	Colorado	2	1.56%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	2	1.56%

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