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

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 271 graduates from University of Wisconsin Law School, 254 were hired including 250 full-time and 4 part-time positions. Among them, 248 students employed as long-term contract and 6 students employed as short-term contract.

232 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 20 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 Wisconsin Law School' rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Michigan, its rate of employed is higher than the average rate of 89.88%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
University of Wisconsin Law School	Total Graduates	271	93.73%	254	250	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
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 271 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	271
Bar Passage Required	232	85.61%	224	5	3	0
J.D. Advantage	20	7.38%	19	0	0	1
Professional Position	2	0.74%	2	0	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	2	0.74%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.74%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	2	0.74%
Unemployed - Seeking	11	4.06%
Employment Status Unknown	0	0.00%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 271 graduates from University of Wisconsin Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	254	-	245	5	3	1
Law Firms	117	43.17%	114	1	2	0
Solo	6	2.36%	5	0	1	0
1-10	29	11.42%	28	0	1	0
11-25	18	7.09%	18	0	0	0
26-50	11	4.33%	11	0	0	0
51-100	6	2.36%	6	0	0	0
101-250	13	5.12%	13	0	0	0
251-500	10	3.94%	10	0	0	0
More than 500	24	9.45%	23	1	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	27	10.63%	25	1	0	1
Government	41	16.14%	39	1	1	0
Public Interest	47	18.50%	47	0	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	5	1.97%	4	1	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	17	6.69%	16	1	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 Wisconsin Law School.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	254	-	245	5	3	1
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 (142) are employed by law firms or companies in Wisconsin. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Wisconsin	142	55.91%
2^nd Largest Employment	Illinois	25	9.84%
3^rd Largest Employment	Minnesota	14	5.51%

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