Judicial Clerkships
One employment trend for Widener graduates shows that a larger percentage of Widener's employed graduates obtain judicial clerkships than do employed graduates nationally. A judicial clerkship is a position with a sitting judge, usually for a term of one year, where a law graduate works closely with the judge on his or her cases. Judicial clerkships are highly sought after positions because they offer an outstanding opportunity to enrich a graduate's legal training under the tutelage of a judge. Many legal employers prefer to hire graduates who have had judicial clerkships.

Class of 2008 Profile
Graduates of the Class of 2008 had a 94% employment advanced degree rate within nine months of graduation

Full Time Legal Employers

• Private Practice 51%
• Judicial Clerkship 26%
• Government 10%
• Business/Industry 8%
• Public Interest 5%

Employer Locations

• Pennsylvania 57%
• Delaware 16%
• New Jersey 16%
• Maryland 3%

Other graduates are located in  California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia,  Washington, D.C. and Tennessee.