Sturm College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 233 graduates from Sturm College of Law, 217 were hired including 200 full-time and 17 part-time positions. Among them, 210 students employed as long-term contract and 7 students employed as short-term contract.

187 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 19 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 8 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Sturm College of Law' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Sturm College of Law	Total Graduates	233	93.13%	217	200	17
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 233 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	233
Bar Passage Required	187	80.26%	182	1	4	0
J.D. Advantage	19	8.15%	15	0	2	2
Professional Position	8	3.43%	2	0	5	1
Other	1	0.43%	0	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.43%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.29%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.43%
Unemployed - Seeking	10	4.29%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.43%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 233 graduates from Sturm College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	217	-	199	1	11	6
Law Firms	111	47.64%	107	0	3	1
Solo	3	1.38%	2	0	1	0
1-10	40	18.43%	37	0	2	1
11-25	12	5.53%	12	0	0	0
26-50	8	3.69%	8	0	0	0
51-100	7	3.23%	7	0	0	0
101-250	6	2.76%	6	0	0	0
251-500	12	5.53%	12	0	0	0
More than 500	22	10.14%	22	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.46%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	24	11.06%	18	0	5	1
Government	21	9.68%	17	0	1	3
Public Interest	29	13.36%	27	0	2	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	1.84%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	23	10.60%	22	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	5	2.30%	4	0	0	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 atSturm College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	217	-	199	1	11	6
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	0.86%	0	0	0	2
Bar Passage Required	2	0.86%	0	0	0	2
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 (179) are employed by law firms or companies in Colorado, where the Sturm College 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	Colorado	179	82.49%
2^nd Largest Employment	Illinois	4	1.84%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	4	1.84%

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