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Class of 2019 Graduate Employment Profile

Class of 2019 Employment Report at 10 Months after Graduation

Employment Status	Full Time Long Term	Full Time Short Term	Part Time Long Term	Part Time Short Term	Number
Employed – Bar Passage Required	131	1	2	0	134
Employed – JD Advantage	14	1	0	0	15
Employed – Professional Position	1	0	0	1	2
Employed – Non-Professional Position	0	0	0	0	0
Employed – Indeterminable*	0	0	0	0	0
Total Employed					151
Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time					4
Unemployed – Start Date Deferred					0
Unemployed – Not Seeking					1
Unemployed – Seeking					5
Employment Status Unknown					0
Total graduates					161

* A graduate in indeterminable category may or may not have a term defined

Employment Type	Number
Law Firms
Solo	0
2 – 10	22
11 – 25	5
26 – 50	6
51 – 100	6
101 – 250	6
251 – 500	7
501 +	27
Unknown	0
Business & industry	18
Government	18
Public Interest	9
Clerkships – Federal	8
Clerkships – State & Local	17
Clerkships – Other	0
Education	2
Employer type unknown	0
Total	151

Law School/University Funded Positions	Number
Law School/University Funded Full-time Short Term	0
Law School/University Funded Full-time Long Term	0

Employment Location	State	Number
State – largest employment	North Carolina	70
State – 2nd largest employment	New York	16
State – 3rd largest employment	District of Columbia	12
# employed in foreign countries		1

2019 ABA Employment Summary