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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 173 graduates from Wake Forest University School of Law, 169 were hired including 168 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 169 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

151 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., Wake Forest University School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in North Carolina, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 94.43%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Wake Forest University School of Law	Total Graduates	173	97.69%	169	168	1
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
North Carolina Law Schools	1,005	94.43%	949	931	18
Public	296	92.23%	273	264	9
Private	709	95.35%	676	667	9

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 173 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	173
Bar Passage Required	151	87.28%	150	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	17	9.83%	17	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0.58%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	1.73%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.58%
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 173 graduates from Wake Forest University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	169	-	168	0	1	0
Law Firms	115	66.47%	115	0	0	0
Solo	1	0.59%	1	0	0	0
1-10	22	13.02%	22	0	0	0
11-25	13	7.69%	13	0	0	0
26-50	15	8.88%	15	0	0	0
51-100	11	6.51%	11	0	0	0
101-250	13	7.69%	13	0	0	0
251-500	6	3.55%	6	0	0	0
More than 500	34	20.12%	34	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	21	12.43%	20	0	1	0
Government	16	9.47%	16	0	0	0
Public Interest	5	2.96%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	6	3.55%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	6	3.55%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	0	-	0	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 atWake Forest University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	169	-	168	0	1	0
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 (81) are employed by law firms or companies in North Carolina, where the Wake Forest University 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	North Carolina	81	47.93%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	12	7.10%
3^rd Largest Employment	Florida	12	7.10%

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