Chicago-Kent College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 222 graduates from Chicago-Kent College of Law, 207 were hired including 194 full-time and 13 part-time positions. Among them, 197 students employed as long-term contract and 10 students employed as short-term contract.

155 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 45 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 5 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., Chicago-Kent College of Law' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Illinois, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.71%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Chicago-Kent College of Law	Total Graduates	222	93.24%	207	194	13
All Law Schools	35,529	90.60%	32,188	31,164	1,024
Public	13,852	91.04%	12,611	12,223	388
Private	21,677	90.31%	19,577	18,941	636
Illinois Law Schools	1,863	90.71%	1,690	1,647	43
Public	544	86.03%	468	449	19
Private	1,319	92.65%	1,222	1,198	24

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 222 graduates. The category definition can be found at ABA's employment protocol

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	222
Bar Passage Required	155	69.82%	152	2	0	1
J.D. Advantage	45	20.27%	31	3	8	3
Professional Position	5	2.25%	5	0	0	0
Other	2	0.90%	1	0	0	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.45%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.45%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	1	0.45%
Unemployed - Seeking	12	5.41%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 222 graduates from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	207	-	189	5	8	5
Law Firms	126	56.76%	115	3	6	2
Solo	3	1.45%	2	0	1	0
1-10	48	23.19%	38	3	5	2
11-25	20	9.66%	20	0	0	0
26-50	12	5.80%	12	0	0	0
51-100	1	0.48%	1	0	0	0
101-250	11	5.31%	11	0	0	0
251-500	7	3.38%	7	0	0	0
More than 500	24	11.59%	24	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	29	14.01%	26	0	1	2
Government	36	17.39%	36	0	0	0
Public Interest	10	4.83%	8	1	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	4	1.93%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	2	0.97%	0	1	1	0
Employer Type Unknown	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed at Law schools/Universities Funded Position

The below table summarizes the graduated who employed law school or its parent university funded position by term and working status atChicago-Kent College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	207	-	189	5	8	5
Total Employed by Law School or University	0	-	0	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	0	-	0	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (168) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the Chicago-Kent College of Law located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Illinois	168	81.16%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	6	2.90%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	3	1.45%

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