Widener Law Commonwealth Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 86 graduates from Widener Law Commonwealth, 77 were hired including 75 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 76 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

63 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 3 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Widener Law Commonwealth' rate of employed is lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Pennsylvania, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 93.44%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Widener Law Commonwealth	Total Graduates	86	89.53%	77	75	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
Pennsylvania Law Schools	1,403	93.44%	1,311	1,288	23
Public	561	90.20%	506	494	12
Private	842	95.61%	805	794	11

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 86 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	86
Bar Passage Required	63	73.26%	62	0	1	0
J.D. Advantage	10	11.63%	8	1	1	0
Professional Position	3	3.49%	3	0	0	0
Other	1	1.16%	1	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	1.16%
Start Date Deferred	1	1.16%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	5	5.81%
Employment Status Unknown	2	2.33%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 86 graduates from Widener Law Commonwealth.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	77	-	74	1	2	0
Law Firms	39	45.35%	36	1	2	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	27	35.06%	24	1	2	0
11-25	5	6.49%	5	0	0	0
26-50	1	1.30%	1	0	0	0
51-100	3	3.90%	3	0	0	0
101-250	0	-	0	0	0	0
251-500	3	3.90%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	4	5.19%	4	0	0	0
Government	15	19.48%	15	0	0	0
Public Interest	3	3.90%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	1.30%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	13	16.88%	13	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	2	2.60%	2	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 atWidener Law Commonwealth.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	77	-	74	1	2	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 (54) are employed by law firms or companies in Pennsylvania, where the Widener Law Commonwealth located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Pennsylvania	54	70.13%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	8	10.39%
3^rd Largest Employment	Delaware	2	2.60%

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