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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 376 graduates from University of Texas School of Law, 353 were hired including 350 full-time and 3 part-time positions. Among them, 352 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

332 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.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Texas School of Law	Total Graduates	376	93.88%	353	350	3
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 376 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	376
Bar Passage Required	332	88.30%	330	0	2	0
J.D. Advantage	17	4.52%	16	0	0	1
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.53%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.53%
Unemployed - Seeking	17	4.52%
Employment Status Unknown	2	0.53%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 376 graduates from University of Texas School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	353	-	350	0	2	1
Law Firms	220	58.51%	218	0	2	0
Solo	1	0.28%	1	0	0	0
1-10	30	8.50%	29	0	1	0
11-25	14	3.97%	13	0	1	0
26-50	8	2.27%	8	0	0	0
51-100	8	2.27%	8	0	0	0
101-250	12	3.40%	12	0	0	0
251-500	16	4.53%	16	0	0	0
More than 500	131	37.11%	131	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	27	7.65%	27	0	0	0
Government	30	8.50%	30	0	0	0
Public Interest	31	8.78%	30	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	36	10.20%	36	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	8	2.27%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.28%	1	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 Texas School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	353	-	350	0	2	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	4	1.06%	4	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	4	1.06%	4	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 (271) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the University of Texas 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	Texas	271	76.77%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	21	5.95%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	14	3.97%

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