Wayne State University Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 126 graduates from Wayne State University Law School, 121 were hired including 119 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 120 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

105 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 13 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Wayne State University Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Michigan, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.88%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Wayne State University Law School	Total Graduates	126	96.03%	121	119	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
Michigan Law Schools	1,551	89.88%	1,394	1,347	47
Public	760	95.92%	729	721	8
Private	791	84.07%	665	626	39

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 126 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	126
Bar Passage Required	105	83.33%	105	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	13	10.32%	13	0	0	0
Professional Position	2	1.59%	0	0	1	1
Other	1	0.79%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.79%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	1.59%
Unemployed - Seeking	1	0.79%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.79%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 126 graduates from Wayne State University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	121	-	119	0	1	1
Law Firms	74	58.73%	74	0	0	0
Solo	1	0.83%	1	0	0	0
1-10	24	19.83%	24	0	0	0
11-25	13	10.74%	13	0	0	0
26-50	8	6.61%	8	0	0	0
51-100	13	10.74%	13	0	0	0
101-250	8	6.61%	8	0	0	0
251-500	5	4.13%	5	0	0	0
More than 500	2	1.65%	2	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	13	10.74%	12	0	1	0
Government	7	5.79%	7	0	0	0
Public Interest	17	14.05%	17	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	3	2.48%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	4.13%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.65%	1	0	0	1
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 atWayne State University Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	121	-	119	0	1	1
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 (114) are employed by law firms or companies in Michigan, where the Wayne State University Law School located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Michigan	114	94.21%
2^nd Largest Employment	Florida	2	1.65%
3^rd Largest Employment	Illinois	1	0.83%

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