Employment Summary for the Class of 2022
The employment chart represents data reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) in March 2023.
Category definitions can be found here.
Widener University - Commonwealth
Class of 2022 Employment Summary at 10 Months After Graduation
Widener - Commonwealth [Download a PDF of the ABA Employment Summary for 2022 Graduates.]
| EMPLOYMENT STATUS | FULL TIME LONG TERM |
FULL TIME SHORT TERM |
PART TIME LONG TERM |
PART TIME SHORT TERM |
NUMBER |
| Employed - Bar Passage Required | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 |
| Employed - J.D. Advantage | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Employed - Professional Position | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Employed - Other Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Law School/University Funded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Undeterminable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrolled in Graduate Studies | 2 | ||||
| Employed - Start Date Deferred | 2 | ||||
| Unemployed - Not Seeking | 1 | ||||
| Unemployed - Seeking | 14 | ||||
| Employment Status Unknown | 2 | ||||
| Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section. |
98 |
| EMPLOYMENT TYPE | FULL TIME LONG TERM |
FULL TIME SHORT TERM |
PART TIME LONG TERM |
PART TIME SHORT TERM |
NUMBER |
| Law Firms | |||||
| Solo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 - 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 - 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 - 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 - 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 101 - 250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 251 - 500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 501 + | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Size | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business & Industry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Government | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Public Interest | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Clerkships - Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Clerkships - Tribal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerkships - International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Employer Type Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 77 |
| LAW SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY FUNDED POSITIONS | FULL TIME LONG TERM |
FULL TIME SHORT TERM |
PART TIME LONG TERM |
PART TIME SHORT TERM |
NUMBER |
| Employed - Bar Passage Required | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - J.D. Advantage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Professional Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Other Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Employed by Law School/University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EMPLOYMENT LOCATION | STATE | NUMBER |
| State - Largest Employment | PENNSYLVANIA | 61 |
| State - 2nd Largest Employment | NEW JERSEY | 6 |
| State - 3rd Largest Employment | CALIFORNIA | 2 |
| Employed in Foreign Countries | 0 |