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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 71 graduates from University of Montana School of Law, 65 were hired including 64 full-time and 1 part-time positions. Among them, 65 students employed as long-term contract and 0 students employed as short-term contract.

63 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 2 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 Montana School of Law' rate of employed is slightly lower than the average rate of 90.60%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Montana School of Law	Total Graduates	71	91.55%	65	64	1
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 71 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	71
Bar Passage Required	63	88.73%	63	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	2	2.82%	1	0	1	0
Professional Position	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	2.82%
Start Date Deferred	0	0.00%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	3	4.23%
Unemployed - Seeking	0	0.00%
Employment Status Unknown	1	1.41%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 71 graduates from University of Montana School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	65	-	64	0	1	0
Law Firms	30	42.25%	30	0	0	0
Solo	1	1.54%	1	0	0	0
1-10	19	29.23%	19	0	0	0
11-25	4	6.15%	4	0	0	0
26-50	2	3.08%	2	0	0	0
51-100	1	1.54%	1	0	0	0
101-250	2	3.08%	2	0	0	0
251-500	0	-	0	0	0	0
More than 500	1	1.54%	1	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	5	7.69%	4	0	1	0
Government	9	13.85%	9	0	0	0
Public Interest	3	4.62%	3	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	5	7.69%	5	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	13	20.00%	13	0	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	0	-	0	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 Montana School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	65	-	64	0	1	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 (56) are employed by law firms or companies in Montana, where the University of Montana 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	Montana	56	86.15%
2^nd Largest Employment	Washington	3	4.62%
3^rd Largest Employment	Alaska	2	3.08%

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