Willamette University College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 101 graduates from Willamette University College of Law, 82 were hired including 75 full-time and 7 part-time positions. Among them, 77 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

72 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., Willamette University College of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Oregon, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 89.36%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Willamette University College of Law	Total Graduates	101	81.19%	82	75	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
Oregon Law Schools	404	89.36%	361	342	19
Public	128	91.41%	117	111	6
Private	276	88.41%	244	231	13

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 101 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	101
Bar Passage Required	72	71.29%	69	2	1	0
J.D. Advantage	8	7.92%	3	1	3	1
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	2	1.98%	0	0	1	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	1.98%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.99%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	16	15.84%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 101 graduates from Willamette University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	82	-	72	3	5	2
Law Firms	53	52.48%	49	1	2	1
Solo	3	3.66%	3	0	0	0
1-10	34	41.46%	31	0	2	1
11-25	10	12.20%	10	0	0	0
26-50	3	3.66%	3	0	0	0
51-100	1	1.22%	1	0	0	0
101-250	1	1.22%	1	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	1	1.22%	0	1	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	3	3.66%	1	0	2	0
Government	8	9.76%	8	0	0	0
Public Interest	10	12.20%	9	0	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	7	8.54%	5	2	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	1	1.22%	0	0	0	1

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 atWillamette University College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	82	-	72	3	5	2
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 (60) are employed by law firms or companies in Oregon, where the Willamette University 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	Oregon	60	73.17%
2^nd Largest Employment	Washington	5	6.10%
3^rd Largest Employment	Alaska	2	2.44%

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