Suffolk University Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 338 graduates from Suffolk University Law School, 303 were hired including 288 full-time and 15 part-time positions. Among them, 295 students employed as long-term contract and 8 students employed as short-term contract.

226 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 62 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 5 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Suffolk University Law School' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Massachusetts, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.40%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Suffolk University Law School	Total Graduates	338	89.64%	303	288	15
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
Massachusetts Law Schools	2,091	92.40%	1,932	1,880	52
Public	86	82.56%	71	65	6
Private	2,005	92.82%	1,861	1,815	46

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 338 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	338
Bar Passage Required	226	66.86%	224	0	1	1
J.D. Advantage	62	18.34%	56	0	4	2
Professional Position	5	1.48%	4	0	0	1
Other	10	2.96%	3	1	3	3
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	6	1.78%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.59%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	6	1.78%
Unemployed - Seeking	20	5.92%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.30%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 338 graduates from Suffolk University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	303	-	287	1	8	7
Law Firms	174	51.48%	168	0	4	2
Solo	1	0.33%	1	0	0	0
1-10	64	21.12%	59	0	3	2
11-25	21	6.93%	20	0	1	0
26-50	15	4.95%	15	0	0	0
51-100	10	3.30%	10	0	0	0
101-250	16	5.28%	16	0	0	0
251-500	6	1.98%	6	0	0	0
More than 500	41	13.53%	41	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	65	21.45%	56	1	3	5
Government	40	13.20%	40	0	0	0
Public Interest	12	3.96%	11	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	2	0.66%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	7	2.31%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	0.99%	3	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 atSuffolk University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	303	-	287	1	8	7
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 (249) are employed by law firms or companies in Massachusetts, where the Suffolk University 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	Massachusetts	249	82.18%
2^nd Largest Employment	New Hampshire	8	2.64%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	8	2.64%

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