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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96.8%

employment rate for the class of 2024, as of March 2025, 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.

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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.

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)

Our Alumni Speak from Experience

Our Achievements Drive Your Success

Accolade Badges ranking UMKC Law School in top 100 law schools

Barbara Glesner Fines Recognized by Missouri Bar Association for Expanding Access to Justice

Dean emerita and professor receives Spurgeon Smithson Award

UMKC Climbs National Rankings; Undergraduate Nursing Top in Missouri

Kansas City’s Carnegie R1 university receives continued recognition for its degree programs

UMKC Streetcar Stop to Open in October

The KC Streetcar will connect campus and community

UMKC School of Law is approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions of the American Bar Association, 321, North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738.