Employment Data

Class of 2017

	On March 15, 2018
Graduates whose employment status is known	142
Graduates known to be employed	127*
Graduates with start date deferred	0
Graduates who are enrolled in a full-time degree program	2
Graduates who are unemployed and seeking work	9
Graduates who are unemployed and not seeking work	4
Graduates whose employment status is unknown	0
Total graduates from 9/1/2015 – 8/31/2016	142

*As of March 15, 2018, 125 of these positions were classified as long-term, and 1 was funded in some manner by the University of Illinois.

	On March 15, 2018
Bar Admission Required/Anticipated (includes Judicial clerks)	111
JD Preferred (law degree enhances position, e.g. accounting firm, management consulting firm, law school, or law firm administration)	13
Professional Position	1
Non-Professional Position	1
University Funded Position	1

As of March 15, 2018. All of these positions were reported to the College of Law as full-time.

Area	Number
Law Firm
Solo	0
2-10	21
11-25	8
26-50	5
51-100	2
101-250	6
251-500	10
501+	20
Unknown Size	0
Business & Industry	16
Government	17
Public Interest	2
Judicial Clerkships/Federal	9
Judicial Clerkships/State & Local	8
Education	3

As of March 15, 2018. Areas of Legal Practice as defined by the American Bar Association.

	Number
Largest Employment – Illinois	88
2nd Largest Employment – California	10
3rd Largest Employment – District of Columbia	4
International	2