Law school’s graduates achieve 91% employment

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law 2023 graduates achieved a 91 percent employment rate in legal and professional positions. Graduates secured employment in various positions including at top law firms, competitive judicial clerkships, and government, business, and public interest organizations.

The Detroit Mercy Law employment outcomes include graduates of the Canadian & American Dual JD Program, offered in partnership with University of Windsor Faculty of Law.

Detroit Mercy Law is the only ABA-accredited law school that offers a three-year, cross-border, comparative Dual JD program in which graduates earn both a U.S. and Canadian JD and are eligible to pursue licensure in both the U.S. and Canada.

Graduates pursuing licensure in Canada are required to complete post-graduation experiential training, which is like an apprenticeship, before they are admitted to practice law. Of the 2023 Detroit Mercy Law and Windsor Law Dual JD graduates, 96 percent secured articling, Law Practice Program, or other legal employment throughout the U.S. and Canada.