Employment Summary for the Class of 2024
The employment chart represents data reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) in March 2025.
Category definitions can be found here.
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Class of 2024 Employment Summary at 10 Months After Graduation
Widener University Commonwealth Law School [Download a PDF of the ABA Employment Summary for 2024 Graduates.]
| EMPLOYMENT STATUS | FULL TIME LONG TERM |
FULL TIME SHORT TERM |
PART TIME LONG TERM |
PART TIME SHORT TERM |
NUMBER |
| Employed - Bar Passage Required/Anticipated | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| Employed - J.D. Advantage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Employed - Professional Position | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Employed - Law School/University Funded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Other Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed - Undeterminable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrolled in Graduate Studies | 0 | ||||
| Employed - Start Date After March 17, 2025 | 0 | ||||
| Unemployed - Not Seeking | 0 | ||||
| Unemployed - Seeking | 12 | ||||
| Employment Status Unknown | 3 | ||||
| Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section. |
97 |
| EMPLOYMENT TYPE | FULL TIME LONG TERM |
FULL TIME SHORT TERM |
PART TIME LONG TERM |
PART TIME SHORT TERM |
NUMBER |
| Law Firms | |||||
| Solo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 - 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 - 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 - 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 51 - 100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 101 - 250 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 251 - 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 501 + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Size | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business & Industry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Government | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Public Interest | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Clerkships - Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Clerkships - Tribal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerkships - International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Employer Type Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 82 |
| 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 | 63 |
| State - 2nd Largest Employment | New York | 5 |
| State - 3rd Largest Employment | District of Columbia | 3 |
| Employed in Foreign Countries | 0 |