Thurgood Marshall School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 171 graduates from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 127 were hired including 121 full-time and 6 part-time positions. Among them, 109 students employed as long-term contract and 18 students employed as short-term contract.

97 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 12 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., Thurgood Marshall School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Texas, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 89.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Thurgood Marshall School of Law	Total Graduates	171	74.27%	127	121	6
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 171 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	171
Bar Passage Required	97	56.73%	89	6	0	2
J.D. Advantage	12	7.02%	6	4	0	2
Professional Position	8	4.68%	7	0	0	1
Other	8	4.68%	5	2	0	1
Undeterminable	1	0.58%	1	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	9	5.26%
Unemployed - Seeking	17	9.94%
Employment Status Unknown	17	9.94%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 171 graduates from Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	128	-	109	12	0	6
Law Firms	75	43.86%	68	5	0	2
Solo	19	14.84%	19	0	0	0
1-10	33	25.78%	29	3	0	1
11-25	5	3.91%	4	0	0	1
26-50	4	3.13%	4	0	0	0
51-100	3	2.34%	3	0	0	0
101-250	4	3.13%	4	0	0	0
251-500	1	0.78%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	1	0.78%	1	0	0	0
Unknown Size	5	3.91%	3	2	0	0
Business and Industry	20	15.63%	15	3	0	2
Government	21	16.41%	18	3	0	0
Public Interest	5	3.91%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.56%	1	0	0	1
Employer Type Unknown	5	3.91%	2	1	0	1

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 atThurgood Marshall School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	128	-	109	12	0	6
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	1.17%	2	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.58%	1	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.58%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (110) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the Thurgood Marshall 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	110	85.94%
2^nd Largest Employment	Minnesota	2	1.56%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	2	1.56%

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