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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 146 graduates from University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 102 were hired including 92 full-time and 10 part-time positions. Among them, 87 students employed as long-term contract and 15 students employed as short-term contract.

48 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 30 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 18 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Puerto Rico School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Puerto Rico, its rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 69.90%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Puerto Rico School of Law	Total Graduates	146	69.86%	102	92	10
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
Puerto Rico Law Schools	402	69.90%	281	245	36
Public	146	69.86%	102	92	10
Private	256	69.92%	179	153	26

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 146 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	146
Bar Passage Required	48	32.88%	43	4	1	0
J.D. Advantage	30	20.55%	22	3	2	3
Professional Position	18	12.33%	15	2	1	0
Other	4	2.74%	3	0	0	1
Undeterminable	2	1.37%	0	0	0	2
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	2.05%
Start Date Deferred	5	3.42%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	11	7.53%
Unemployed - Seeking	21	14.38%
Employment Status Unknown	4	2.74%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 146 graduates from University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	102	-	83	9	4	6
Law Firms	35	23.97%	32	1	2	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	19	18.63%	16	1	2	0
11-25	4	3.92%	4	0	0	0
26-50	0	-	0	0	0	0
51-100	3	2.94%	3	0	0	0
101-250	6	5.88%	6	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	1	0.98%	1	0	0	0
Unknown Size	2	1.96%	2	0	0	0
Business and Industry	23	22.55%	20	1	0	2
Government	18	17.65%	14	2	2	0
Public Interest	8	7.84%	5	1	0	2
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	14	13.73%	11	3	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.96%	1	1	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	2	1.96%	0	0	0	2

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 Puerto Rico School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	102	-	83	9	4	6
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 (94) are employed by law firms or companies in Puerto Rico, where the University of Puerto Rico 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	Puerto Rico	94	92.16%
2^nd Largest Employment	Florida	2	1.96%
3^rd Largest Employment	Virginia	2	1.96%

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