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Start your career at UMKC School of Law where education extends beyond campus into the heart of Kansas City, providing you with rich hands-on learning experiences, bar preparation and direct access to a thriving legal community.

Our Value Makes Us Stand Out

Kansas City is Our Classroom

Gain unparalleled access to our city’s expansive law network through clerkships, internships and clinical opportunities with judges, government agencies, private law practices and more.

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Set and Achieve Career Goals

Graduate as a well-rounded lawyer prepared for a career in the ever-evolving legal field. Our robust J.D. program offers top-ranked emphasis areas while dedicated faculty provide the foundation for your success. Roughly 93% of our 2022 graduates work in Bar Passage Required or JD Advantage positions.

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94.4%

employment rate for the class of 2023, as of March 2024, as defined by the ABA and NALP

Your Bar Prep is Covered

Your success on the bar exam is important to us. We take pride in being one of the select law schools to offer both an online commercial bar preparation program through Helix Bar Review as well as supplemental in-person courses covered by your tuition and fees.

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You Belong Here

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Our empowering environment

We are committed to providing an inclusive environment and embrace the diverse differences of our students and the communities we serve. Our mission is to empower our students on their journeys to becoming practice-ready lawyers.

Inclusive Opportunity and Excellence

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Our student community

Our students get involved through organizations matching a variety of interests within the law school. UMKC Law Emissaries mentor potential and incoming students as peer advisors by answering questions, sharing experiences and providing support as you get started.

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What Our Students Say

“Getting that real-life understanding of how it actually is working in the legal field while still in school helps figure out if you actually like that area of law. I figured out that I love sports law.”

Annmarie Orlando

UMKC School of Law (J.D.'24)

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Our Alumni Speak from Experience

"My law-student days were some of the best of my life, which inspired me to join the Law Alumni Association in 2014, the year I graduated. I am honored to serve the law school that built my career."

Ashley Grace, J.D. '14
Attorney at Law, Andersen & Associates
Law Alumni Association

"It's an honor to support UMKC Law financially to ensure that the law school continues to empower future law students to exceed their own visions of success."

Eric Honea, J.D. '22
Assistant Prosector, Jackson County Missouri
Diverse Alumni Network

"UMKC Law paved the way to a comprehensive legal education while opening doors to a legal community that supports its students and future lawyers through networking, clerkship and career opportunities."

Charnissa Holliday Scott, J.D. '11
Attorney, Guin Mundorf
UMKC Law Foundation Board of Trustees

"The ambition and curiosity of the students, faculty and staff drive my, and countless other alumni's, support of UMKC Law."

Scott Aripoli, J.D. '07
Senior Corporate Counsel, H&R Block
UMKC Law Foundation Board of Trustees

Our Achievements Drive Your Success

Badges describe the UMKC rankings including Best Value Law School and Top School for Family Law, Technology Law, Business Law, Tax Law and Trial Advocacy and a Best Grad School for Law Legal Writing by 2024 U.S. News and World Report.

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