Texas Tech University School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 131 graduates from Texas Tech University School of Law, 127 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 125 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

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

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Texas Tech University School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Texas, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Texas Tech University School of Law	Total Graduates	131	96.95%	127	127	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
Texas Law Schools	2,039	89.31%	1,821	1,780	41
Public	1,170	90.26%	1,056	1,035	21
Private	869	88.03%	765	745	20

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 131 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	131
Bar Passage Required	119	90.84%	117	2	0	0
J.D. Advantage	8	6.11%	8	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	4	3.05%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 131 graduates from Texas Tech University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	127	-	125	2	0	0
Law Firms	92	70.23%	92	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	39	30.71%	39	0	0	0
11-25	19	14.96%	19	0	0	0
26-50	18	14.17%	18	0	0	0
51-100	7	5.51%	7	0	0	0
101-250	1	0.79%	1	0	0	0
251-500	3	2.36%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	5	3.94%	5	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	11	8.66%	10	1	0	0
Government	15	11.81%	15	0	0	0
Public Interest	4	3.15%	3	1	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.79%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.57%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.57%	2	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 atTexas Tech University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	127	-	125	2	0	0
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 (102) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the Texas Tech 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	Texas	102	80.31%
2^nd Largest Employment	Colorado	7	5.51%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	5	3.94%

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