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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 131 graduates from University of Akron School of Law, 118 were hired including 110 full-time and 8 part-time positions. Among them, 118 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

90 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 23 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., University of Akron School of Law' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Ohio, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Akron School of Law	Total Graduates	131	90.08%	118	110	8
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
Ohio Law Schools	1,014	89.55%	908	873	35
Public	630	92.22%	581	560	21
Private	384	85.16%	327	313	14

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	90	68.70%	87	0	3	0
J.D. Advantage	23	17.56%	20	0	3	0
Professional Position	4	3.05%	3	0	1	0
Other	1	0.76%	0	0	1	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.76%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.76%
Unemployed - Seeking	9	6.87%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.53%

Employment by Position Types

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

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	118	-	110	0	8	0
Law Firms	57	43.51%	55	0	2	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	30	25.42%	28	0	2	0
11-25	7	5.93%	7	0	0	0
26-50	5	4.24%	5	0	0	0
51-100	6	5.08%	6	0	0	0
101-250	6	5.08%	6	0	0	0
251-500	1	0.85%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	2	1.69%	2	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	25	21.19%	21	0	4	0
Government	18	15.25%	17	0	1	0
Public Interest	14	11.86%	14	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.85%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.69%	1	0	1	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.85%	1	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 atUniversity of Akron School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	118	-	110	0	8	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 (101) are employed by law firms or companies in Ohio, where the University of Akron 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	Ohio	101	85.59%
2^nd Largest Employment	Michigan	3	2.54%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	2	1.69%

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