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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 171 graduates from University of Colorado Boulder School of Law, 148 were hired including 143 full-time and 5 part-time positions. Among them, 144 students employed as long-term contract and 4 students employed as short-term contract.

129 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 16 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., University of Colorado Boulder School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law	Total Graduates	171	86.55%	148	143	5
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

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	129	75.44%	128	0	0	1
J.D. Advantage	16	9.36%	14	0	1	1
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	5	2.92%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.75%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	2.34%
Unemployed - Seeking	8	4.68%
Employment Status Unknown	3	1.75%

Employment by Position Types

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

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	148	-	143	0	1	4
Law Firms	67	39.18%	65	0	0	2
Solo	1	0.68%	1	0	0	0
1-10	23	15.54%	22	0	0	1
11-25	6	4.05%	5	0	0	1
26-50	8	5.41%	8	0	0	0
51-100	1	0.68%	1	0	0	0
101-250	3	2.03%	3	0	0	0
251-500	7	4.73%	7	0	0	0
More than 500	18	12.16%	18	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	9	6.08%	9	0	0	0
Government	25	16.89%	24	0	1	0
Public Interest	17	11.49%	17	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	5	3.38%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	21	14.19%	19	0	0	2
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	4	2.70%	4	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 Colorado Boulder School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	148	-	143	0	1	4
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.75%	1	0	0	2
Bar Passage Required	2	1.17%	0	0	0	2
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 (120) are employed by law firms or companies in Colorado, where the University of Colorado Boulder 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	Colorado	120	81.08%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	6	4.05%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	4	2.70%

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