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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 287 graduates from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, 244 were hired including 234 full-time and 10 part-time positions. Among them, 231 students employed as long-term contract and 13 students employed as short-term contract.

172 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 46 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 21 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	Total Graduates	287	85.02%	244	234	10
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 287 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	287
Bar Passage Required	172	59.93%	171	0	0	1
J.D. Advantage	46	16.03%	36	6	2	2
Professional Position	21	7.32%	18	2	0	1
Other	5	1.74%	1	0	3	1
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	0.70%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.70%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	1.05%
Unemployed - Seeking	32	11.15%
Employment Status Unknown	4	1.39%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 287 graduates from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	244	-	226	8	5	5
Law Firms	121	42.16%	119	0	1	1
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	54	22.13%	52	0	1	1
11-25	26	10.66%	26	0	0	0
26-50	8	3.28%	8	0	0	0
51-100	13	5.33%	13	0	0	0
101-250	6	2.46%	6	0	0	0
251-500	1	0.41%	1	0	0	0
More than 500	12	4.92%	12	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.41%	1	0	0	0
Business and Industry	46	18.85%	32	7	4	3
Government	48	19.67%	47	0	0	1
Public Interest	10	4.10%	10	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	4	1.64%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	11	4.51%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	4	1.64%	3	1	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 Illinois Chicago School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	244	-	226	8	5	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 (191) are employed by law firms or companies in Illinois, where the University of Illinois Chicago School 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	191	78.28%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	8	3.28%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	5	2.05%

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