University of Houston Law Center Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 214 graduates from University of Houston Law Center, 197 were hired including 190 full-time and 7 part-time positions. Among them, 194 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

169 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 17 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 10 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Houston Law Center' rate of employed is slightly higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Texas, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 89.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Houston Law Center	Total Graduates	214	92.06%	197	190	7
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 214 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	214
Bar Passage Required	169	78.97%	168	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	17	7.94%	13	0	2	2
Professional Position	10	4.67%	9	0	1	0
Other	1	0.47%	0	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	4	1.87%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.47%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.40%
Unemployed - Seeking	9	4.21%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 214 graduates from University of Houston Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	197	-	190	0	4	3
Law Firms	153	71.50%	149	0	3	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	44	22.34%	40	0	3	1
11-25	21	10.66%	21	0	0	0
26-50	15	7.61%	15	0	0	0
51-100	11	5.58%	11	0	0	0
101-250	8	4.06%	8	0	0	0
251-500	8	4.06%	8	0	0	0
More than 500	46	23.35%	46	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	11.17%	19	0	1	2
Government	15	7.61%	15	0	0	0
Public Interest	3	1.52%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.51%	1	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	3	1.52%	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 atUniversity of Houston Law Center.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	197	-	190	0	4	3
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 (176) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the University of Houston Law Center 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	176	89.34%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	5	2.54%
3^rd Largest Employment	Illinois	3	1.52%

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