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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 347 graduates from University of Miami School of Law, 309 were hired including 302 full-time and 7 part-time positions. Among them, 304 students employed as long-term contract and 5 students employed as short-term contract.

272 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 30 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 4 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Miami School of Law' rate of employed is lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Florida, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 86.39%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Miami School of Law	Total Graduates	347	89.05%	309	302	7
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
Florida Law Schools	1,998	86.39%	1,726	1,659	67
Public	787	87.80%	691	668	23
Private	1,211	85.47%	1,035	991	44

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 347 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	347
Bar Passage Required	272	78.39%	269	1	2	0
J.D. Advantage	30	8.65%	28	0	0	2
Professional Position	4	1.15%	3	0	1	0
Other	1	0.29%	0	0	0	1
Undeterminable	1	0.29%	0	0	0	1
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	6	1.73%
Start Date Deferred	1	0.29%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	11	3.17%
Unemployed - Seeking	8	2.31%
Employment Status Unknown	12	3.46%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 347 graduates from University of Miami School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	309	-	301	1	3	4
Law Firms	214	61.67%	210	0	2	2
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	69	22.33%	66	0	1	2
11-25	35	11.33%	34	0	1	0
26-50	12	3.88%	12	0	0	0
51-100	13	4.21%	13	0	0	0
101-250	18	5.83%	18	0	0	0
251-500	13	4.21%	13	0	0	0
More than 500	54	17.48%	54	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	34	11.00%	32	0	1	1
Government	27	8.74%	26	1	0	0
Public Interest	25	8.09%	25	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.32%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	4	1.29%	4	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	0.97%	3	0	0	0
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.32%	0	0	0	1

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 Miami School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	309	-	301	1	3	4
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.29%	1	0	0	0
Bar Passage Required	1	0.29%	1	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 (248) are employed by law firms or companies in Florida, where the University of Miami 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	Florida	248	80.26%
2^nd Largest Employment	California	13	4.21%
3^rd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	11	3.56%

Articles to Prepare for Law School Admission