University of California College of the Law, San Francisco Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 285 graduates from University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, 265 were hired including 250 full-time and 15 part-time positions. Among them, 254 students employed as long-term contract and 11 students employed as short-term contract.

210 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 34 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 3 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	Total Graduates	285	92.98%	265	250	15
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
California Law Schools	3,772	89.55%	3,378	3,255	123
Public	1,367	93.78%	1,282	1,253	29
Private	2,405	87.15%	2,096	2,002	94

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 285 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	285
Bar Passage Required	210	73.68%	201	2	7	0
J.D. Advantage	34	11.93%	28	2	1	3
Professional Position	3	1.05%	2	0	1	0
Other	1	0.35%	0	0	1	0
Undeterminable	1	0.35%	0	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.35%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.05%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	1.40%
Unemployed - Seeking	10	3.51%
Employment Status Unknown	2	0.70%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 285 graduates from University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	265	-	244	6	10	5
Law Firms	156	54.74%	148	0	7	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	36	13.58%	29	0	6	1
11-25	16	6.04%	16	0	0	0
26-50	11	4.15%	10	0	1	0
51-100	12	4.53%	12	0	0	0
101-250	16	6.04%	16	0	0	0
251-500	10	3.77%	10	0	0	0
More than 500	55	20.75%	55	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	35	13.21%	29	1	3	2
Government	20	7.55%	19	1	0	0
Public Interest	34	12.83%	30	4	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	3	1.13%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	10	3.77%	10	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	6	2.26%	5	0	0	1
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.38%	0	0	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 atUniversity of California College of the Law, San Francisco.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	265	-	244	6	10	5
Total Employed by Law School or University	16	5.61%	13	2	0	1
Bar Passage Required	14	4.91%	13	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	0.70%	0	1	0	1
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (234) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	California	234	88.30%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	5	1.89%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	4	1.51%

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