Where Our Alumni Go
Overview
Wherever you land, the Jayhawk Lawyer network will be there to welcome and support you. More than 8,000 KU Law alumni live and work in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and many U.S. territories and foreign countries.
Hover over a location on the map below for information on jobs in top locations. An accessible text version of alumni location data is available below the map.
KU Law Alumni Locations Map
While many of our students and graduates choose to work in communities throughout Kansas or in the Kansas City metropolitan region, our students and graduates come from and work across the U.S. and abroad. Our loyal alumni are found in all 50 states and around the globe.
Geographic distribution for the classes of 2016-2020
Recent graduates have been law clerks at all levels, including federal courts ranging from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to numerous district, magistrate and bankruptcy courts. They have also served as judges on the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Our students and graduates have accepted summer and/or permanent employment with firms, businesses, public interest organizations, judges and government agencies all over the country.
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Alumni employment by state updated July 28, 2022.
State | # Reported |
---|---|
Alabama | 16 |
Alaska | 16 |
Arizona | 168 |
Arkansas | 24 |
California | 242 |
Colorado | 361 |
Connecticut | 14 |
Delaware | 9 |
District of Columbia | 62 |
Florida | 146 |
Georgia | 62 |
Hawaii | 26 |
Idaho | 24 |
Illinois | 134 |
Indiana | 32 |
Iowa | 54 |
Kansas | 4,209 |
Kentucky | 14 |
Louisiana | 14 |
Maine | 6 |
Maryland | 72 |
Massachusetts | 30 |
Michigan | 36 |
Minnesota | 61 |
Mississippi | 4 |
Missouri | 714 |
Montana | 11 |
Nebraska | 59 |
Nevada | 45 |
New Hampshire | 8 |
New Jersey | 26 |
New Mexico | 50 |
New York | 57 |
North Carolina | 59 |
North Dakota | 8 |
Ohio | 35 |
Oklahoma | 106 |
Oregon | 50 |
Pennsylvania | 45 |
Rhode Island | 4 |
South Carolina | 26 |
South Dakota | 24 |
Tennessee | 35 |
Texas | 390 |
Utah | 43 |
Vermont | 6 |
Virginia | 163 |
Washington | 107 |
West Virginia | 2 |
Wisconsin | 34 |
Wyoming | 8 |
Employers
KU Law students go on to careers at law firms, public interest organizations, government agencies, corporations and many other types of organizations.
The following is a list of employers who hired KU Law graduates from the classes of 2020 and 2021.
- 23rd Judicial District of West Virginia - Judge Debra McLaughlin
- ACLU Foundation of Kansas
- Agustus Intelligence Inc.
- Air Force JAG
- Alaska Supreme Court - Justice Peter Maassen
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
- Barber Emerson
- Barnett Law Office LLC
- Berkowitz Oliver
- Bever Dye, LC
- Brien D. Stockman, PA
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Butler County Attorney's Office
- Cameron Family Law, PA
- Canavan Law PLC
- Colorado State Public Defender's Office
- Copilevitz, Lam & Raney
- DeBruhi & Pretus
- Department of Human Health & Services, Office of Inspector General
- Depew Gillen Rathbun McInteer
- DeVaughn James
- DiPasquale Moore
- Disability Rights Center, Topeka, KS
- Douglas County District Attorney
- Erise IP
- Evans & Mullinix
- Fey Law, LLC
- Fidelity National Title Group
- Fisher & Hunter
- Fisher Patterson Sayler Smith
- Ford County District Attorney's Office
- Foulston Siefkin
- Franke Schultz & Mullen
- Hale Robinson & Robinson
- Hill's Pet Nutrition
- Hinkle Law Firm
- Hite Fanning Honeyman
- Hovey Williams
- Husch Blackwell
- Hutton & Hutton
- Johnson County District Attorney's Office
- Johnson County District Court - Judge Thomas Sutherland
- Joseph Hollander & Craft
- Journey Homes
- Justis Law Firm
- Kansas Court of Appeals - Judge Amy Cline, Judge Stephen Hill, Judge Jacy Hurst, Judge Leslie Isherwood, Judge Sarah Warner
- Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Kansas Department of Transportation
- Kansas Legal Services
- Karstetter & Bina LLC
- Kasaby & Schmoke
- Kearney and Associate
- Klenda Austerman
- KU Athletics
- KU Legal Services for Students
- KU Office of General Counsel
- Lathrop GPM
- Law Office of Jerry Joseph
- Law Offices of Scott M. Clark
- Leavenworth County Attorney's Office
- Leverage Law Group
- Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
- Lewis Rice
- Lifescape Law & Development
- Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer
- McCausland, Barrett, & Bartalos
- McCrummen Immigration Group
- Microsoft
- Missouri State Public Defender System
- Moore & Company
- Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy
- Navajo Nation Department of Justice
- New Mexico Supreme Court - Chief Justice Michael Vigil
- North Central Regional Public Defenders Office
- Norton, Wasserman, Jones & Kelly
- Oath Law
- PAB Legal
- PayIt
- Payne & Jones
- Pepper
- Polsinelli
- Raytheon Technologies
- Reddick Langworthy Family Law
- Renew Missouri
- Riling Burkhead & Nitcher
- Riordan Fincher & Mayo, P.A.
- Sage Law
- Saline County Attorney's Office
- Sanders Warren Russell & Scheer
- Sedgwick County Public Defender, Conflicts Office
- Shawnee County Public Defender
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Sloan Law Firm
- Snell & Wilmer
- Stinson Lasswell
- Stinson LLP
- Stockton & Stern
- Supreme Court of Kansas - Justice Caleb Stegall
- Terry Humphrey Public Affairs
- The Trust Co.
- Third Judicial District Public Defender
- Thompson Coburn
- Thompson Hall
- Treviño Law Office
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - Judge Jonathan Kobes
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - Judge Nancy Moritz
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. District Court of Kansas - Judge Daniel Crabtree, Judge Eric Melgren, Magistrate Judge Angel Mitchell, Judge Julie Robinson
- U.S. Marine Corps JAG
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- UMB Bank
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Wallace Saunders
- Wheeler & Mitchelson
- Wichita District Attorney's Office
Contact the Career Services Office
Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean of Career Services
staceyblakeman@ku.edu
785-864-0239
Meredith Wiggins, Assistant Director of Career Services
meredith.wiggins@ku.edu
785-864-4377