Yale Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 218 graduates from Yale Law School, 208 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 205 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

164 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 11 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., Yale Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Connecticut, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 91.21%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Yale Law School	Total Graduates	218	95.41%	208	208	0
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
Connecticut Law Schools	455	91.21%	415	406	9
Public	136	88.97%	121	120	1
Private	319	92.16%	294	286	8

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 218 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	218
Bar Passage Required	164	75.23%	163	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	11	5.05%	11	0	0	0
Professional Position	1	0.46%	1	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	7	3.21%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.46%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.46%
Unemployed - Seeking	0	0.00%
Employment Status Unknown	1	0.46%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 218 graduates from Yale Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	208	-	205	3	0	0
Law Firms	92	42.20%	92	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	1	0.48%	1	0	0	0
11-25	0	-	0	0	0	0
26-50	2	0.96%	2	0	0	0
51-100	1	0.48%	1	0	0	0
101-250	4	1.92%	4	0	0	0
251-500	6	2.88%	6	0	0	0
More than 500	78	37.50%	78	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	6	2.88%	6	0	0	0
Government	20	9.62%	19	1	0	0
Public Interest	40	19.23%	39	1	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	43	20.67%	42	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	4	1.92%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.48%	1	0	0	0
Education	2	0.96%	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 atYale Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	208	-	205	3	0	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	32	14.68%	30	2	0	0
Bar Passage Required	23	10.55%	22	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	9	4.13%	8	1	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (66) are employed by law firms or companies in New York. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	New York	66	31.73%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	46	22.12%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	26	12.50%

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