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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 228 graduates from University of San Diego School of Law, 212 were hired including 200 full-time and 12 part-time positions. Among them, 202 students employed as long-term contract and 10 students employed as short-term contract.

166 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 23 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 San Diego School of Law' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in California, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 89.55%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of San Diego School of Law	Total Graduates	228	92.98%	212	200	12
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
California Law Schools	3,772	89.55%	3,378	3,255	123
Public	1,367	93.78%	1,282	1,253	29
Private	2,405	87.15%	2,096	2,002	94

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 228 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	228
Bar Passage Required	166	72.81%	161	0	4	1
J.D. Advantage	23	10.09%	13	5	1	4
Professional Position	2	0.88%	1	0	1	0
Other	3	1.32%	2	0	1	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.44%
Start Date Deferred	3	1.32%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.44%
Unemployed - Seeking	11	4.82%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 228 graduates from University of San Diego School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	212	-	195	5	7	5
Law Firms	122	53.51%	113	0	4	5
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	48	22.64%	39	0	4	5
11-25	15	7.08%	15	0	0	0
26-50	12	5.66%	12	0	0	0
51-100	7	3.30%	7	0	0	0
101-250	11	5.19%	11	0	0	0
251-500	4	1.89%	4	0	0	0
More than 500	25	11.79%	25	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	23	10.85%	19	2	2	0
Government	24	11.32%	22	1	1	0
Public Interest	30	14.15%	28	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	2	0.94%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	0.94%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	9	4.25%	9	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 San Diego School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	212	-	195	5	7	5
Total Employed by Law School or University	18	7.89%	18	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	11	4.82%	11	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	7	3.07%	7	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (185) are employed by law firms or companies in California, where the University of San Diego 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	California	185	87.26%
2^nd Largest Employment	Arizona	3	1.42%
3^rd Largest Employment	New Mexico	3	1.42%

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