Mitchell Hamline School of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 331 graduates from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 292 were hired including 261 full-time and 31 part-time positions. Among them, 263 students employed as long-term contract and 29 students employed as short-term contract.

158 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 74 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 51 graduates got professional positions.

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

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	Total Graduates	331	88.22%	292	261	31
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 331 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	331
Bar Passage Required	158	47.73%	138	9	5	6
J.D. Advantage	74	22.36%	63	5	3	3
Professional Position	51	15.41%	42	1	8	0
Other	5	1.51%	2	1	2	0
Undeterminable	3	0.91%	0	0	0	3
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	3	0.91%
Start Date Deferred	3	0.91%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	12	3.63%
Unemployed - Seeking	19	5.74%
Employment Status Unknown	2	0.60%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 331 graduates from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	292	-	245	16	18	13
Law Firms	113	34.14%	100	4	5	4
Solo	11	3.77%	10	0	0	1
1-10	53	18.15%	43	2	5	3
11-25	21	7.19%	21	0	0	0
26-50	4	1.37%	4	0	0	0
51-100	7	2.40%	6	1	0	0
101-250	4	1.37%	4	0	0	0
251-500	2	0.68%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	10	3.42%	10	0	0	0
Unknown Size	1	0.34%	0	1	0	0
Business and Industry	84	28.77%	71	5	7	1
Government	40	13.70%	32	5	1	2
Public Interest	11	3.77%	8	0	3	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.34%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	32	10.96%	26	2	0	4
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	10	3.42%	7	0	2	1
Employer Type Unknown	1	0.34%	0	0	0	1

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 atMitchell Hamline School of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	292	-	245	16	18	13
Total Employed by Law School or University	1	0.30%	0	0	0	1
Bar Passage Required	0	-	0	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	1	0.30%	0	0	0	1
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 Mitchell Hamline 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	Minnesota	139	47.60%
2^nd Largest Employment	Texas	12	4.11%
3^rd Largest Employment	Wisconsin	12	4.11%

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