University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s 2025 graduates achieved a 93 percent employment rate in legal and professional positions. Graduates secured employment in a variety of settings, including positions with law firms, courts, and government, business, and public interest organizations across the United States and Canada.
Nicholas Schroeck, Dean of the School of Law, remarked:
“As part of our mission of educating the complete lawyer, we integrate career readiness and professional development into our program of legal education—starting in the first year—to best support our students and graduates with achieving career success. We are proud of our graduates and look forward to all they will accomplish throughout their careers.”
Gene LaPouttre, Director of Career Services for Graduate Employment, added:
“The legal employment market remains strong, and our graduates have consistently achieved remarkable employment outcomes in recent years. The class of 2025 extended that tradition and delivered the highest levels we’ve recorded in over a decade.”
Each year, Detroit Mercy Law supports graduates with securing employment and is required to report the employment outcomes of graduates as of ten months following graduation to the American Bar Association. The 93 percent employment rate includes mostly bar passage required positions. It also includes J.D. advantage positions, professional positions, and start date deferred positions.
Detroit Mercy Law graduates surpassed the national average for securing full-time, long-term legal employment. Per the ABA employment summaries, 91 percent of 2025 Detroit Mercy Law graduates secured full-time, long-term legal employment, compared to 88 percent of law graduates nationwide.
The Detroit Mercy Law employment outcomes include graduates of the Canadian & American Dual JD Program. For the 2025 Dual JD graduates, 100 percent secured articling or other legal employment. The Dual JD program is the only program of its kind in North America in which students earn two law degrees in three years. Graduates earn a JD from both Detroit Mercy Law and Windsor Law and graduate eligible to be licensed in both the United States and Canada.
Employers seeking to hire 2026 law graduates or current law students are invited to partner with the Career Services Office at cso@udmercy.edu.
Nicholas Schroeck, Dean of the School of Law, remarked:
“As part of our mission of educating the complete lawyer, we integrate career readiness and professional development into our program of legal education—starting in the first year—to best support our students and graduates with achieving career success. We are proud of our graduates and look forward to all they will accomplish throughout their careers.”
Gene LaPouttre, Director of Career Services for Graduate Employment, added:
“The legal employment market remains strong, and our graduates have consistently achieved remarkable employment outcomes in recent years. The class of 2025 extended that tradition and delivered the highest levels we’ve recorded in over a decade.”
Each year, Detroit Mercy Law supports graduates with securing employment and is required to report the employment outcomes of graduates as of ten months following graduation to the American Bar Association. The 93 percent employment rate includes mostly bar passage required positions. It also includes J.D. advantage positions, professional positions, and start date deferred positions.
Detroit Mercy Law graduates surpassed the national average for securing full-time, long-term legal employment. Per the ABA employment summaries, 91 percent of 2025 Detroit Mercy Law graduates secured full-time, long-term legal employment, compared to 88 percent of law graduates nationwide.
The Detroit Mercy Law employment outcomes include graduates of the Canadian & American Dual JD Program. For the 2025 Dual JD graduates, 100 percent secured articling or other legal employment. The Dual JD program is the only program of its kind in North America in which students earn two law degrees in three years. Graduates earn a JD from both Detroit Mercy Law and Windsor Law and graduate eligible to be licensed in both the United States and Canada.
Employers seeking to hire 2026 law graduates or current law students are invited to partner with the Career Services Office at cso@udmercy.edu.
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