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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 128 graduates from University of Oregon School of Law, 117 were hired including 111 full-time and 6 part-time positions. Among them, 109 students employed as long-term contract and 8 students employed as short-term contract.

102 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 11 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Oregon School of Law' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Oregon, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 89.36%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Oregon School of Law	Total Graduates	128	91.41%	117	111	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
Oregon Law Schools	404	89.36%	361	342	19
Public	128	91.41%	117	111	6
Private	276	88.41%	244	231	13

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 128 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	128
Bar Passage Required	102	79.69%	97	2	1	2
J.D. Advantage	11	8.59%	10	1	0	0
Professional Position	2	1.56%	1	0	0	1
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	5	3.91%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.78%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	3.91%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 128 graduates from University of Oregon School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	117	-	108	3	1	5
Law Firms	56	43.75%	53	0	1	2
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	25	21.37%	23	0	0	2
11-25	14	11.97%	14	0	0	0
26-50	8	6.84%	8	0	0	0
51-100	0	-	0	0	0	0
101-250	2	1.71%	2	0	0	0
251-500	4	3.42%	3	0	1	0
More than 500	3	2.56%	3	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	6	5.13%	5	1	0	0
Government	19	16.24%	19	0	0	0
Public Interest	7	5.98%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	3.42%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	19	16.24%	17	2	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	6	5.13%	3	0	0	3
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 Oregon School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	117	-	108	3	1	5
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	1.56%	0	0	0	2
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	1.56%	0	0	0	2
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (74) are employed by law firms or companies in Oregon, where the University of Oregon 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	Oregon	74	63.25%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	9	7.69%
3^rd Largest Employment	Colorado	5	4.27%

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