University of Miami School of Law - Alumni and Job Placement

Alumni and Job Placement

The University of Miami School of Law has more than 20,000 alumni practicing law throughout the United States and nearly eighty countries around the world.

The job placement rate for graduates of the University of Miami School of Law is greater than or equal to the average national job placement rate for the past six years. The American Bar Association reports that within nine months of graduation, slightly more than 71% of the 385 students in the Class of 2011 were employed in jobs requiring a JD. 44 of those positions were funded by the law school itself while another 44 students were reported unemployed. Most graduates (83 students) are employed in small law firms consisting of 2-10 attorneys followed closely by non-legal employment in business/industry (56 students). 18 out of the total 385 graduating students were placed in large law firms of 251+ lawyers.