Five of Florida’s 11 law schools posted a higher-than-average employment rate for class of 2017 graduates, according to American Bar Association law school employment data.
Nationwide, 75.3 percent of 2017 graduates were employed 10 months after graduation in full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage or for which a law degree offers an advantage. In Florida, the percentages were 86.4 percent at the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 82.7 percent at the University of Miami School of Law, 80.7 percent at Florida International University College of Law, 80.3 percent at Florida State University College of Law, and 77.2 percent at Stetson University College of Law.
