Vanderbilt University Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 192 graduates from Vanderbilt University Law School, 184 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 180 students employed as long-term contract and 4 students employed as short-term contract.

173 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 5 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., Vanderbilt University Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Tennessee, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 92.64%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Vanderbilt University Law School	Total Graduates	192	95.83%	184	184	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
Tennessee Law Schools	598	92.64%	554	525	29
Public	233	92.70%	216	205	11
Private	365	92.60%	338	320	18

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 192 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	192
Bar Passage Required	173	90.10%	173	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	5	2.60%	5	0	0	0
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	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.52%
Unemployed - Seeking	7	3.65%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 192 graduates from Vanderbilt University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	184	-	180	4	0	0
Law Firms	140	72.92%	140	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	5	2.72%	5	0	0	0
11-25	5	2.72%	5	0	0	0
26-50	1	0.54%	1	0	0	0
51-100	6	3.26%	6	0	0	0
101-250	7	3.80%	7	0	0	0
251-500	24	13.04%	24	0	0	0
More than 500	92	50.00%	92	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	2	1.09%	2	0	0	0
Government	12	6.52%	12	0	0	0
Public Interest	10	5.43%	8	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	17	9.24%	16	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.09%	1	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.54%	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 atVanderbilt University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	184	-	180	4	0	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	6	3.13%	2	4	0	0
Bar Passage Required	5	2.60%	1	4	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.52%	1	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (34) 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	34	18.48%
2^nd Largest Employment	Tennessee	28	15.22%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	25	13.59%

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