University of Kentucky College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 133 graduates from University of Kentucky College of Law, 127 were hired ( all full-time status). Among them, 126 students employed as long-term contract and 1 students employed as short-term contract.

111 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 14 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 2 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Kentucky College of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Kentucky College of Law	Total Graduates	133	95.49%	127	127	0
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

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 133 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	133
Bar Passage Required	111	83.46%	111	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	14	10.53%	14	0	0	0
Professional Position	2	1.50%	1	1	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	1	0.75%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	1.50%
Unemployed - Seeking	3	2.26%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 133 graduates from University of Kentucky College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	127	-	126	1	0	0
Law Firms	64	48.12%	64	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	22	17.32%	22	0	0	0
11-25	11	8.66%	11	0	0	0
26-50	9	7.09%	9	0	0	0
51-100	4	3.15%	4	0	0	0
101-250	8	6.30%	8	0	0	0
251-500	5	3.94%	5	0	0	0
More than 500	5	3.94%	5	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	18	14.17%	18	0	0	0
Government	9	7.09%	9	0	0	0
Public Interest	5	3.94%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	14	11.02%	14	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	16	12.60%	16	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	1	0.79%	0	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 Kentucky College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	127	-	126	1	0	0
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 (83) are employed by law firms or companies in Kentucky, where the University of Kentucky 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	Kentucky	83	65.35%
2^nd Largest Employment	Tennessee	7	5.51%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	5	3.94%

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