Analysis on employment of third batch of law school graduates, second place in nation for general employment rates
Great accomplishment following nation’s top passing rate of the 4th bar exam in 2015
Reconfirming prestigious status as cradle for legal professions
[Sep 15, 2015]
YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) reconfirmed that it is a prestigious university as a cradle for the legal profession.
According to data submitted by the Ministry of Education to National Assemblyman Kim Jin-tae (Chuncheon) of the Saenuri Party, who is a member of the National Assembly Legislation Private Law Committee, the legal profession employment rate compared to the number of graduates in the third batch of graduates (2,000) of the 25 law schools in Korea, YU came in first place in the nation.
The employment rate of the third YU Law School in the legal profession was 67.1%, followed by Pusan National University (56.7%), Wonkwang University (55%), and much higher than even Seoul National University, which recorded only 46.7%. Meanwhile, Sogang University had the lowest legal profession employment rate at 17.5%, which was outranked by Jeju National University at 20%, Chungbuk National University 34.3%, and Kangwon National University at 35%. The average legal profession employment rate of the 25 third law schools in the nation was only 44.9%.
YU also took second place in the nation (80%) for general employment rates. The national average of the general employment rate of the third batch of graduates of law schools was 69.2%, and was in the order of Hanyang University (83%), YU (80%), Yonsei University (80%), Seoul National University (79.3%), and Sogang University (77.5%). The universities with the lowest employment rates were Jeju National University (30%), Kangwon National University (40%), Chungbuk National University (50%), Dong-A University (51.3%), and Wonkwang University (58.3%).
Meanwhile, YU also rose to the top of the nation by recording a 98.44% passing rate (63 out of 64) for first-time test passing rate in the ‘4th Bar Exam’ announced in April. In the previous year, it was second place in passing rate in the nation in the 3rd bar exam, once again proving that it is truly a prestigious university and a cradle for the legal profession.
