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Legal Research at The John Marshall Law School

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Legal Research at The John Marshall Law School

If you plan to study legal research, take a look at what The John Marshall Law School has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

JMLS is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,005. During the 2018-2019 academic year, 28 students received their master's degree in legal research.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Online Classes Are Available at JMLS

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, JMLS does offer online courses in legal research for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at The John Marshall Law School.

46% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 28 students earned a master's degree in legal research from JMLS. About 46% of these graduates were women and the other 54% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 43% men graduate in legal research each year. JMLS does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

JMLS Gender Breakdown of Legal Research Master's Degree Grads

In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The John Marshall Law School with a master's in legal research.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Legal Research Majors at The John Marshall Law School
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for The John Marshall Law School.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Lawyers 31,260 $152,980
Law Professors 950 $152,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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