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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 118 graduates from Washington and Lee University School of Law, 109 were hired including 107 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 109 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

99 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 8 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., Washington and Lee University School of Law' rate of employed is slightly higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Virginia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 94.41%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Washington and Lee University School of Law	Total Graduates	118	92.37%	109	107	2
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
Virginia Law Schools	1,055	94.41%	996	973	23
Public	658	95.44%	628	618	10
Private	397	92.70%	368	355	13

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 118 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	118
Bar Passage Required	99	83.90%	99	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	8	6.78%	7	0	1	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	3	2.54%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.85%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	4.24%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 118 graduates from Washington and Lee University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	109	-	107	0	2	0
Law Firms	72	61.02%	72	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	9	8.26%	9	0	0	0
11-25	9	8.26%	9	0	0	0
26-50	8	7.34%	8	0	0	0
51-100	10	9.17%	10	0	0	0
101-250	6	5.50%	6	0	0	0
251-500	7	6.42%	7	0	0	0
More than 500	23	21.10%	23	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	6	5.50%	6	0	0	0
Government	8	7.34%	8	0	0	0
Public Interest	6	5.50%	5	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	6	5.50%	6	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	9	8.26%	9	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.83%	1	0	1	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 atWashington and Lee University School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	109	-	107	0	2	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	2	1.69%	1	0	1	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.85%	0	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.85%	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 Virginia, where the Washington and Lee 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	Virginia	34	31.19%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	12	11.01%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	11	10.09%

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