Washington College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 411 graduates from Washington College of Law, 352 were hired including 345 full-time and 7 part-time positions. Among them, 340 students employed as long-term contract and 12 students employed as short-term contract.

280 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 71 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 1 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Washington College of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in District of Columbia, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.76%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Washington College of Law	Total Graduates	411	85.64%	352	345	7
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
District of Columbia Law Schools	1,948	90.76%	1,768	1,741	27
Public	48	79.17%	38	35	3
Private	1,900	91.05%	1,730	1,706	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 411 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	411
Bar Passage Required	280	68.13%	275	3	1	1
J.D. Advantage	71	17.27%	61	5	2	3
Professional Position	1	0.24%	1	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	12	2.92%
Start Date Deferred	3	0.73%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	0.73%
Unemployed - Seeking	35	8.52%
Employment Status Unknown	6	1.46%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 411 graduates from Washington College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	352	-	337	8	3	4
Law Firms	138	33.58%	133	0	2	3
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	34	9.66%	29	0	2	3
11-25	16	4.55%	16	0	0	0
26-50	7	1.99%	7	0	0	0
51-100	3	0.85%	3	0	0	0
101-250	11	3.13%	11	0	0	0
251-500	19	5.40%	19	0	0	0
More than 500	48	13.64%	48	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	53	15.06%	48	3	1	1
Government	61	17.33%	60	1	0	0
Public Interest	39	11.08%	37	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	15	4.26%	15	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	45	12.78%	43	2	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 atWashington College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	352	-	337	8	3	4
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 (153) are employed by law firms or companies in District of Columbia, where the Washington College 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	District of Columbia	153	43.47%
2^nd Largest Employment	Virginia	52	14.77%
3^rd Largest Employment	Maryland	43	12.22%

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