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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 257 graduates from University of Pennsylvania Law School, 255 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 255 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

226 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 13 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 1 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Pennsylvania Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Pennsylvania, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 93.44%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Pennsylvania Law School	Total Graduates	257	99.22%	255	255	0
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
Pennsylvania Law Schools	1,403	93.44%	1,311	1,288	23
Public	561	90.20%	506	494	12
Private	842	95.61%	805	794	11

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 257 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	257
Bar Passage Required	226	87.94%	226	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	13	5.06%	13	0	0	0
Professional Position	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.39%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.39%
Unemployed - Seeking	0	0.00%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 257 graduates from University of Pennsylvania Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	255	-	255	0	0	0
Law Firms	185	71.98%	185	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	0	-	0	0	0	0
11-25	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
26-50	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
51-100	5	1.96%	5	0	0	0
101-250	4	1.57%	4	0	0	0
251-500	9	3.53%	9	0	0	0
More than 500	165	64.71%	165	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	10	3.92%	10	0	0	0
Government	8	3.14%	8	0	0	0
Public Interest	20	7.84%	20	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	21	8.24%	21	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	7	2.75%	7	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
Education	3	1.18%	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 Pennsylvania Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	255	-	255	0	0	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	15	5.84%	15	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	14	5.45%	14	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.39%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (119) are employed by law firms or companies in New York. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	New York	119	46.67%
2^nd Largest Employment	Pennsylvania	35	13.73%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	31	12.16%

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