University of Chicago Law School Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 213 graduates from University of Chicago Law School, 211 were hired including 209 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 211 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

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

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Chicago Law School	Total Graduates	213	99.06%	211	209	2
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 213 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	213
Bar Passage Required	200	93.90%	200	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	5	2.35%	3	0	2	0
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	0.94%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	0	0.00%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 213 graduates from University of Chicago Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	211	-	209	0	2	0
Law Firms	122	57.28%	122	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	2	0.95%	2	0	0	0
11-25	1	0.47%	1	0	0	0
26-50	2	0.95%	2	0	0	0
51-100	4	1.90%	4	0	0	0
101-250	0	-	0	0	0	0
251-500	5	2.37%	5	0	0	0
More than 500	108	51.18%	108	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	6	2.84%	4	0	2	0
Government	7	3.32%	7	0	0	0
Public Interest	10	4.74%	10	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	59	27.96%	59	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	5	2.37%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.47%	1	0	0	0
Education	1	0.47%	1	0	0	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 atUniversity of Chicago Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	211	-	209	0	2	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	6	2.82%	6	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	6	2.82%	6	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 (65) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the University of Chicago Law School 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	65	30.81%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	33	15.64%
3^rd Largest Employment	New York	30	14.22%

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