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, 2021 and 2022.
- 1st Judicial District Court of Colorado - Chief Judge Jeffrey Pilkington
- 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Atlanta, Georgia
- 16th District Court of Jackson County, Missouri - Judge Travis Willingham
- 23rd Judicial District of West Virginia - Judge Debra McLaughlin
- ACLU Foundation of Kansas
- A. Clarke Law LLC
- Ad Astra Recovery Services
- Agustus Intelligence Inc.
- Air Force JAG
- Alaska Supreme Court - Justice Peter Maassen
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Arthur-Green LLP
- Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
- Baird Holm LLP
- Barber Emerson
- Barnett Law Office LLC
- Berkowitz Oliver
- Bever Dye, LC
- Blake & Uhlig PA
- Brien D. Stockman, PA
- Brown Immigration Law PC, LLO
- Brown & James, P.C.
- 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
- Crabtree Law Office
- Davis, Bethune & Jones LLC
- DeBruhi & Pretus
- Dentons
- Denton Peterson Dun, PLLC
- 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
- Duggan Shadwick Doerr & Kurlbaum
- Edelman & Thompson
- EPA Region 7
- 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
- Goodell Stratton Edmonds & Palmer, LLP
- Goza & Honnold LLC
- Hale Robinson & Robinson
- Hampton & Royce, L.C.
- Haynes Law Firm LLC
- Hill's Pet Nutrition
- Hinkle Law Firm
- Hite Fanning Honeyman
- HKM Employment Attorneys
- Hovey Williams
- Husch Blackwell
- Hutchinson County Public Defender's Office
- Hutton & Hutton
- Jack Henry & Associates
- Johnson County District Attorney's Office
- Johnson County District Court - Judge Thomas Sutherland
- Joseph Hollander & Craft
- Journey Homes
- Justis Law Firm
- Kansas Appellate Federal Defender's Office
- Kansas Court of Appeals - Judge Amy Cline, Judge Stephen Hill, Judge Jacy Hurst, Judge Leslie Isherwood, Judge Sarah Warner
- Kansas City Public Schools
- Kansas Department of Aging & Disability Services
- Kansas Department of Agriculture
- Kansas Department of Education
- Kansas Department of Transportation
- Kansas Insurance Department
- Kansas Legal Services
- Kansas Municipal Utilities
- Kansas Revisor of Statutes
- Kansas State Board of Indigent Defense Services
- Karstetter & Bina LLC
- Kasaby & Schmoke
- Kearney and Associate
- Ketchmark & McCreight, P.C.
- 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
- Liberty Justice Center
- Lifescape Law & Development
- Malouf Companies
- Martin Pringle Attorneys at Law
- McCausland, Barrett, & Bartalos
- McCrummen Immigration Group
- McManis Faulkner
- Microsoft
- Mishler & Sunderland Law Offices
- Missouri Attorney General's Office
- Missouri Court of Appeals - Judge Janet Sutton
- 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
- Peruvian Connection LLC
- 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 District Attorney
- Sedgwick County Public Defender, Conflicts Office
- Seigfreid Bingham, P.C.
- Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
- Shawnee County Public Defender
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Sloan Law Firm
- Snell & Wilmer
- Spencer Fane LLP
- Stinson Lasswell
- Stinson LLP
- Stockton & Stern
- Supreme Court of Kansas - Justice Caleb Stegall
- Terry Humphrey Public Affairs
- The Smith Law Group, P.C.
- The Trust Co.
- The Williams Law Group, LLC
- Third Judicial District Public Defender
- Thomas J. Henry Law
- Thompson Coburn
- Thompson-Hall P.A.
- Townsend Allala, Coulter & Kludt, PLLC
- Treviño Law Office
- Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC
- Tyler Technology
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- 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 Labor
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. District Court of Kansas - Judge Daniel Crabtree, Judge Toby Crouse, Judge Eric Melgren, Magistrate Judge Angel Mitchell, Judge Julie Robinson, Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil
- U.S. Marine Corps JAG
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- UMB Bank
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP
- Wallace Saunders
- Ward Law Offices
- Wheeler & Mitchelson
- Wichita District Attorney's Office