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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 226 graduates from University of Minnesota Law School, 220 were hired including 216 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 217 students employed as long-term contract and 3 students employed as short-term contract.

200 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 9 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 8 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Minnesota Law School' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Minnesota, its rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 92.70%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Minnesota Law School	Total Graduates	226	97.35%	220	216	4
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
Minnesota Law Schools	699	92.70%	648	610	38
Public	226	97.35%	220	216	4
Private	473	90.49%	428	394	34

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 226 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	226
Bar Passage Required	200	88.50%	199	0	0	1
J.D. Advantage	9	3.98%	9	0	0	0
Professional Position	8	3.54%	7	0	1	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	0.88%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.88%
Unemployed - Seeking	2	0.88%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 226 graduates from University of Minnesota Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	220	-	216	0	1	3
Law Firms	101	44.69%	100	0	0	1
Solo	1	0.45%	1	0	0	0
1-10	16	7.27%	16	0	0	0
11-25	10	4.55%	10	0	0	0
26-50	16	7.27%	15	0	0	1
51-100	9	4.09%	9	0	0	0
101-250	10	4.55%	10	0	0	0
251-500	17	7.73%	17	0	0	0
More than 500	22	10.00%	22	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	22	10.00%	21	0	1	0
Government	14	6.36%	13	0	0	1
Public Interest	24	10.91%	23	0	0	1
Clerkships - Federal	11	5.00%	11	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	45	20.45%	45	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	3	1.36%	3	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 Minnesota Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	220	-	216	0	1	3
Total Employed by Law School or University	3	1.33%	1	0	0	2
Bar Passage Required	3	1.33%	1	0	0	2
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 (139) are employed by law firms or companies in Minnesota, where the University of Minnesota 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	Minnesota	139	63.18%
2^nd Largest Employment	New York	11	5.00%
3^rd Largest Employment	Wisconsin	10	4.55%

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