Syracuse University College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 165 graduates from Syracuse University College of Law, 138 were hired including 134 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 132 students employed as long-term contract and 6 students employed as short-term contract.

126 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 7 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 4 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Syracuse University College of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in New York, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 92.16%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Syracuse University College of Law	Total Graduates	165	83.64%	138	134	4
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
New York Law Schools	4,184	92.16%	3,856	3,764	92
Public	325	85.23%	277	260	17
Private	3,859	92.74%	3,579	3,504	75

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 165 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	165
Bar Passage Required	126	76.36%	124	1	0	1
J.D. Advantage	7	4.24%	6	1	0	0
Professional Position	4	2.42%	2	0	0	2
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	4	2.42%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	19	11.52%
Employment Status Unknown	4	2.42%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 165 graduates from Syracuse University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	138	-	132	2	0	4
Law Firms	58	35.15%	57	0	0	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	7	5.07%	7	0	0	0
11-25	2	1.45%	2	0	0	0
26-50	16	11.59%	15	0	0	1
51-100	0	-	0	0	0	0
101-250	14	10.14%	14	0	0	0
251-500	10	7.25%	10	0	0	0
More than 500	6	4.35%	6	0	0	0
Unknown Size	3	2.17%	3	0	0	0
Business and Industry	11	7.97%	9	1	0	1
Government	29	21.01%	28	1	0	0
Public Interest	22	15.94%	21	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	4	2.90%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	12	8.70%	12	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.72%	0	0	0	1
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.72%	1	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 atSyracuse University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	138	-	132	2	0	4
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.61%	0	0	0	1
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.61%	0	0	0	1
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (74) are employed by law firms or companies in New York, where the Syracuse University 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	New York	74	53.62%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	15	10.87%
3^rd Largest Employment	New Jersey	9	6.52%

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