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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 184 graduates from Stanford Law School, 178 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 173 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

153 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Stanford Law School	Total Graduates	184	96.74%	178	178	0
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 184 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	184
Bar Passage Required	153	83.15%	152	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	10	5.43%	8	2	0	0
Professional Position	2	1.09%	2	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	5	2.72%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	1	0.54%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 184 graduates from Stanford Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	178	-	173	5	0	0
Law Firms	75	40.76%	75	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	0	-	0	0	0	0
11-25	1	0.56%	1	0	0	0
26-50	1	0.56%	1	0	0	0
51-100	3	1.69%	3	0	0	0
101-250	5	2.81%	5	0	0	0
251-500	3	1.69%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	62	34.83%	62	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	7	3.93%	7	0	0	0
Government	12	6.74%	11	1	0	0
Public Interest	25	14.04%	23	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	49	27.53%	48	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	8	4.49%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.56%	0	1	0	0
Education	1	0.56%	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 atStanford Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	178	-	173	5	0	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	13	7.07%	11	2	0	0
Bar Passage Required	11	5.98%	10	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	1.09%	1	1	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (61) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the Stanford 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	61	34.27%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	30	16.85%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	29	16.29%

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