Employment Summary for the Class of 2025
The employment chart represents data reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) in March 2026.
Category definitions can be found here.
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Class of 2025 Employment Summary at 10 Months After Graduation
Widener University Commonwealth Law School [Download a PDF of the ABA Employment Summary for 2025 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 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Employed - J.D. Advantage | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Employed - Professional Position | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 16, 2026 | 1 | ||||
| Unemployed - Not Seeking | 0 | ||||
| Unemployed - Seeking | 13 | ||||
| Employment Status Unknown | 1 | ||||
| Total Graduates Each graduate is counted only once in this section. |
105 |
| 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 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 - 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 26 - 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 51 - 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 101 - 250 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 251 - 500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 501 + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Size | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business & Industry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Government | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Public Interest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Clerkships - Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Clerkships - Tribal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerkships - International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employer Type Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 89 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 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 in Law School Funded Positions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EMPLOYMENT LOCATION | STATE | NUMBER |
| State - Largest Employment | PENNSYLVANIA | 68 |
| State - 2nd Largest Employment | Maryland | 4 |
| State - 3rd Largest Employment | New Jersey | 4 |
| Employed in Foreign Countries | 0 |