William H. Bowen School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 127 graduates from William H. Bowen School of Law, 106 were hired including 95 full-time and 11 part-time positions. Among them, 102 students employed as long-term contract and 4 students employed as short-term contract.

86 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 16 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 4 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., William H. Bowen School of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
William H. Bowen School of Law	Total Graduates	127	83.46%	106	95	11
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

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 127 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	127
Bar Passage Required	86	67.72%	78	1	7	0
J.D. Advantage	16	12.60%	12	0	2	2
Professional Position	4	3.15%	3	1	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.79%
Start Date Deferred	3	2.36%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	2.36%
Unemployed - Seeking	12	9.45%
Employment Status Unknown	2	1.57%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 127 graduates from William H. Bowen School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	106	-	93	2	9	2
Law Firms	58	45.67%	51	0	7	0
Solo	4	3.77%	3	0	1	0
1-10	35	33.02%	30	0	5	0
11-25	14	13.21%	13	0	1	0
26-50	2	1.89%	2	0	0	0
51-100	3	2.83%	3	0	0	0
101-250	0	-	0	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	0	-	0	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	4	3.77%	4	0	0	0
Government	24	22.64%	21	1	1	1
Public Interest	15	14.15%	12	1	1	1
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.94%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	1.89%	2	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	1.89%	2	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 atWilliam H. Bowen School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	106	-	93	2	9	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 (89) are employed by law firms or companies in Arkansas, where the William H. Bowen 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	Arkansas	89	83.96%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	6	5.66%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	2	1.89%

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