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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 84 graduates from University of Missouri School of Law, 82 were hired including 79 full-time and 3 part-time positions. Among them, 80 students employed as long-term contract and 2 students employed as short-term contract.

70 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 6 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., University of Missouri School of Law' rate of employed is much higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Missouri, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 94.67%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Missouri School of Law	Total Graduates	84	97.62%	82	79	3
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
Missouri Law Schools	450	94.67%	426	413	13
Public	209	91.87%	192	183	9
Private	241	97.10%	234	230	4

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 84 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	84
Bar Passage Required	70	83.33%	69	1	0	0
J.D. Advantage	6	7.14%	6	0	0	0
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	2	2.38%	0	0	2	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	0	0.00%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Seeking	2	2.38%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 84 graduates from University of Missouri School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	82	-	78	1	2	1
Law Firms	29	34.52%	29	0	0	0
Solo	1	1.22%	1	0	0	0
1-10	11	13.41%	11	0	0	0
11-25	4	4.88%	4	0	0	0
26-50	0	-	0	0	0	0
51-100	2	2.44%	2	0	0	0
101-250	3	3.66%	3	0	0	0
251-500	3	3.66%	3	0	0	0
More than 500	5	6.10%	5	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	10	12.20%	8	0	2	0
Government	21	25.61%	21	0	0	0
Public Interest	8	9.76%	8	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	1.22%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	9	10.98%	8	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	4	4.88%	3	0	0	1
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 Missouri School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	82	-	78	1	2	1
Total Employed by Law School or University	4	4.76%	3	0	0	1
Bar Passage Required	3	3.57%	3	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	0	-	0	0	0	0
Professional Position	1	1.19%	0	0	0	1
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (66) are employed by law firms or companies in Missouri, where the University of Missouri 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	Missouri	66	80.49%
2^nd Largest Employment	Illinois	4	4.88%
3^rd Largest Employment	Virginia	2	2.44%

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