Class of 2018
(as of March 15th, 2019)
ABA Employment Summary for 2018 Graduates
NALP Summary Report for the Class of 2018
Class of 2018 Employment Report at 10 Months After Graduation
| Class of 2018 Employment Report at 10 Months After Graduation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Status | Number / % | Full-Time | Part-Time | ||
| Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | ||
| Employed – Bar Passage Required | 190 / 84.07% | 182 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Employed – JD Advantage | 9 / 3.98% | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Employed – Professional Position | 2 / 0.89% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed – Non-Professional Position | 0 / 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employed – Law School/University Funded | 9/ 3.98% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Employed – Job Category Undeterminable | 0 / 0.0% | ||||
| Pursuing Graduate Degree Full-Time | 0/ 0% | ||||
| Unemployed – Start Date Deferred | 2 / 0.89% | ||||
| Unemployed – Not Seeking | 0 / 0% | ||||
| Unemployed – Seeking | 14/ 6.19% | ||||
| Employment Status Unknown | 0 / 0% | ||||
| Total graduates | 226 / 100% | ||||
Law School/University Funded Positions
| Law School/University Funded Positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Employed – Law School/University Funded | Total | Full-Time | Part-Time | ||
| Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | ||
| Bar Passage Required | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| JD Advantage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Professional Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Professional Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Employed by Law School/University | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Employment Type
| Employment Type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Type | Number / % | Full-Time | Part-Time | ||
| Long Term | Short Term | Long Term | Short Term | ||
| Law Firms (Private Practice) | |||||
| Solo Practitioner | 0 / 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 – 10 | 16 / 7.08% | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 – 25 | 4 / 1.77% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 – 50 | 6 / 2.65% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 – 100 | 7 / 3.10% | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 – 250 | 14 / 6.19% | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 251 – 500 | 15 / 6.64% | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 501+ | 75 / 33.19% | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 / 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business & Industry | 19 / 8.41% | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Government | 20 / 8.85% | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Public Interest | 18 / 7.96% | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Judicial Clerkships | |||||
| Federal | 6 / 2.65% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| State & local | 10 / 4.42% | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 / 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education | 0 / 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employer Type Unknown | 0 / 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 210 | 193 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
Breakdown of Salary in Private Practice (Full Time)
Number:133, Number Responded: 125
| Min | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $42,000 | $132,500 | $190,000 | $190,000 | $190,000 |
* full-time employment only
Breakdown of Salary in Public Interest (Full Time - includes all Public Defenders)
Number:12, Number Responded:10
| Min | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $45,000 | $48,000 | $50,000 | $61,000 | $160,000 |
* full-time employment only
Breakdown of Salary in Government (Full Time)
Number:17, Number Responded:15
| Min | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $45,000 | $47,000 | $64,000 | $88,450 | $125,000 |
* full-time employment only
Breakdown of Salary in Judicial Clerkships
Number:15, Number Responded:14
| Min | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $49,750 | $55,000 | $62,000 | $65,986 | $74,051 |
* full-time employment only
Breakdown of Salary in Business & Industry (Full Time)
Number:16, Number Responded:12
| Min | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $67,000 | $85,000 | $102,500 | $160,000 |
* full-time employment only
Employers
| List of Employers/Number | State/Location |
|---|---|
| Akin Gump | NY |
| Alston & Bird | NY |
| Americans for Peace and Tolerance | MA |
| AmeriCorps – Health Law Advocates | MA |
| Athena Global Health Advisors | PA |
| Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider | NY |
| Birndorf Law | CA |
| Bronx District Attorney’s Office | NY |
| Brown Rudnick – 3 | NY |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindell | NY |
| Cain Hibbard & Myers | MA |
| Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services | MA |
| Campbell Conroy & O’Neil | MA |
| Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights | IL |
| Chin Law | MA |
| Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick | RI |
| Choate Hall & Stewart – 2 | MA |
| Colorado Court of Appeals | CO |
| Connecticut Superior Court | CT |
| Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office | IL |
| Cooley | CA |
| Cooley | NY |
| Cotiviti | MA |
| Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | DC |
| Covington & Burling | DC |
| Dane Schulman Associates | MA |
| Davis Stephenson | TX |
| Dechert – 2 | MA |
| Delaware Supreme Court | DE |
| Dwyer, Ruggieri, Spino & Goncalves | MA |
| Eaton Peabody | ME |
| Ernst & Young | MA |
| Ernst & Young | MA |
| Ernst & Young – 3 | MA |
| Essex County District Attorney’s Office | MA |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | CA |
| Fish & Richardson – 2 | MA |
| Fletcher Tilton | MA |
| Foley & Lardner | WI |
| Foley & Lardner | MA |
| Foley Hoag – 3 | MA |
| Fox Rothschild | MN |
| Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | NY |
| Freiberger & Washienko | MA |
| Fresenius Medical Care | MA |
| Fresno County District Attorney’s Office | CA |
| Gesmer Updegrove | MA |
| Giannuzzi Group | NY |
| Gilt | MA |
| Goodwin Procter – 2 | NY |
| Goodwin Procter – 4 | MA |
| Goulston & Storrs – 2 | MA |
| Graves Law Group | MA |
| Greene | MA |
| Greenspan Marder | FL |
| Grimaldi & Pesiridis | MA |
| GS Group | South Korea |
| Haemonetics Corporation | MA |
| Hampden County District Attorney’s Office | MA |
| HNL Properties | GA |
| Hogan Lovells | NY |
| Husch Blackwell | CO |
| Immigrant Justice Corps | CT |
| Internal Revenue Service | CA |
| Internal Revenue Service | MA |
| Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel | DC |
| Jones Law Firm | NY |
| Joshpe Mooney & Paltzik | NY |
| K&L Gates | MA |
| K&L Gates | IL |
| K.B. Chau & Co. | Hong Kong |
| Katten Muchin Rosemann | IL |
| King & Spalding | GA |
| King & Wood Mallesons | CA |
| Kirkland & Ellis | IL |
| Kirkland & Ellis | CA |
| Kirkland & Ellis | MA |
| Klein Hornig | MA |
| KPMG | MA |
| Lane Powell | WA |
| Lane Powell | OR |
| Latham & Watkins | MA |
| Lauletta Birnbaum | NJ |
| Law Offices of Matthew Watsky | MA |
| Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian | MA |
| Lester and Associates | NY |
| Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | CA |
| Locke Lord | MA |
| Los Angeles Immigration Court | CA |
| Lowenstein Sandler | NY |
| Maine District Court | ME |
| Manatt Phelps and Phillips | CA |
| Massachusetts Appeals Court – 2 | MA |
| Massachusetts Probate & Family Court | MA |
| Massachusetts Securities Division | MA |
| Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | MA |
| Mayer Brown | NY |
| McDermott Will and Emery – 2 | MA |
| McGarth & Kane | MA |
| McLane Middleton | NH |
| Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office | MA |
| Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy – 2 | NY |
| Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo | MA |
| Mirick O’Connell | MA |
| Mobilization for Justice | NY |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius – 2 | MA |
| Murphy Lamere Murphy | MA |
| New Hampshire Public Defender’s Office | NH |
| New Jersey Superior Court | NJ |
| New York City Law Department | NY |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission Honors Program | DC |
| Nutter McClennan & Fish – 4 | MA |
| Olinksy Law Group | NY |
| Pfizer Consulting | NY |
| Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office | PA |
| Phillips Black Project | NY |
| Phillips Lytle | NY |
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers | MA |
| Proskauer Rose – 5 | MA |
| PwC | MA |
| RA Capital Management | MA |
| Reed Smith | PA |
| Ropes & Gray – 13 | MA |
| Ropes & Gray – 3 | NY |
| Rush Moore | HI |
| Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office | CA |
| SEB LLC | MA |
| Seyfarth Shaw | NY |
| Seyfarth Shaw – 3 | MA |
| Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom | NY |
| Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom – 2 | MA |
| South Coast County Legal Services | MA |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | MS |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | CA |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | NY |
| Sullivan & Worcester | MA |
| Supreme Court of Nevada | NV |
| Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid | TX |
| Thompson Hine | OH |
| TripAdvisor | MA |
| United States Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser | DC |
| United States District Court, District of Massachusetts | MA |
| United States District Court, District of Northern Texas | TX |
| United States Army JAG Corps | VA |
| United States Army JAG Corps | MD |
| United States Coast Guard | MA |
| United States District Court, District of Colorado | CO |
| United States District Court, District of Nevada | NV |
| Updike Kelly Spellacy | CT |
| Venable | NY |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | NY |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | MA |
| White & Case | DC |
| Wiggin & Dana | CT |
| WilmerHale – 3 | MA |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | MA |
| Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch | NY |
Employers for Full- and Part-Time Fellows Program
| Full-Time | Location |
|---|---|
| Center for Justice & International Law | DC |
| Greater Boston Legal Services, Employment Unit | MA |
| Greater Boston Legal Services, Housing Unit | MA |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute | MA |
| Mental Health Advisors – Neal Pike Fellowship | MA |
| Part-Time | Location |
| Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston | MA |
| Committee for Public Counsel Services | MA |
| Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office | CA |
| Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | MA |
Employment Locations
| State | Number of students working in state |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts (Largest Employment) | 113 |
| New York (2nd Largest Employment) | 36 |
| California (3rd Largest Employment) | 12 |
| Colorado | 3 |
| Connecticut | 4 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Hawaii | 1 |
| Illinois | 6 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
| Nevada | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 2 |
| New Jersey | 2 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Oregon | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 |
| Rhode Island | 1 |
| Texas | 3 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| Washington, DC | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
| INTERNATIONAL NUMBER | |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 |