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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 363 graduates from University of Michigan Law School, 354 were hired including 352 full-time and 2 part-time positions. Among them, 348 students employed as long-term contract and 6 students employed as short-term contract.

333 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 8 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 Michigan Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Michigan, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 89.88%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Michigan Law School	Total Graduates	363	97.52%	354	352	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
Michigan Law Schools	1,551	89.88%	1,394	1,347	47
Public	760	95.92%	729	721	8
Private	791	84.07%	665	626	39

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 363 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	363
Bar Passage Required	333	91.74%	331	2	0	0
J.D. Advantage	8	2.20%	7	1	0	0
Professional Position	2	0.55%	2	0	0	0
Other	1	0.28%	0	0	1	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	0.83%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.55%
Unemployed - Seeking	4	1.10%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 363 graduates from University of Michigan Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	354	-	346	6	2	0
Law Firms	219	60.33%	219	0	0	0
Solo	0	-	0	0	0	0
1-10	6	1.69%	6	0	0	0
11-25	4	1.13%	4	0	0	0
26-50	4	1.13%	4	0	0	0
51-100	5	1.41%	5	0	0	0
101-250	12	3.39%	12	0	0	0
251-500	23	6.50%	23	0	0	0
More than 500	165	46.61%	165	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	8	2.26%	6	1	1	0
Government	16	4.52%	16	0	0	0
Public Interest	46	12.99%	42	3	1	0
Clerkships - Federal	40	11.30%	39	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	21	5.93%	21	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	1	0.28%	1	0	0	0
Education	3	0.85%	2	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 Michigan Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	354	-	346	6	2	0
Total Employed by Law School or University	10	2.75%	6	3	1	0
Bar Passage Required	9	2.48%	6	3	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.28%	0	0	1	0
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (88) are employed by law firms or companies in New York. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	New York	88	24.86%
2^nd Largest Employment	District of Columbia	48	13.56%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	42	11.86%

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