The University of Alabama School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 119 graduates from The University of Alabama School of Law, 111 were hired including 107 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 110 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

95 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 13 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 1 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., The University of Alabama School of Law' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Alabama, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 88.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
The University of Alabama School of Law	Total Graduates	119	93.28%	111	107	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
Alabama Law Schools	308	88.31%	272	262	10
Public	119	93.28%	111	107	4
Private	189	85.19%	161	155	6

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 119 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	119
Bar Passage Required	95	79.83%	94	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	13	10.92%	12	0	1	0
Professional Position	1	0.84%	0	0	1	0
Other	2	1.68%	1	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.84%
Start Date Deferred	2	1.68%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	2.52%
Unemployed - Seeking	2	1.68%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 119 graduates from The University of Alabama School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	111	-	107	0	3	1
Law Firms	48	40.34%	47	0	1	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	17	15.32%	16	0	1	0
11-25	3	2.70%	3	0	0	0
26-50	8	7.21%	8	0	0	0
51-100	3	2.70%	3	0	0	0
101-250	4	3.60%	4	0	0	0
251-500	4	3.60%	4	0	0	0
More than 500	9	8.11%	9	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	16	14.41%	13	0	2	1
Government	19	17.12%	19	0	0	0
Public Interest	7	6.31%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	13	11.71%	13	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	4.50%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	2.70%	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 atThe University of Alabama School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	111	-	107	0	3	1
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 (58) are employed by law firms or companies in Alabama, where the The University of Alabama 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	Alabama	58	52.25%
2^nd Largest Employment	Florida	8	7.21%
3^rd Largest Employment	Georgia	7	6.31%

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