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Transcript of Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Law School Employment Outcomes and Career Development
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Table of Contents
Letter from the Assistant Dean of Student Services and Acting Director of Career Services 2
Letter from Robert Barton, Class of 1972 Career Services Committee Member, NDLA Board 3 Overview of the Career Services Office: Tools and Assistance to Achieve Your Career Goals 4 Preliminary Employment Report for Class of 2008 7 Employer Recruiting Report for the 2008-09 Academic Year 8 Sample of Employers Who Hired NDLS Graduates 2005 to 2008 10 Letter from Professor Anthony J. Bellia 22 Clerkships Judicial Clerkships Report 23 Public Interest Law and Pro Bono Opportunities 24 Loan Repayment Assistance Program 24 The Notre Dame Alumni Network 25
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The Career Services Office The staff members of the Career Services Office (CSO) at Notre Dame Law School are dedicated to assisting current students with their career planning and job search process, including career exploration and access to employers and employment resources. The CSO provides resources and counseling that support the great variety of career goals for Notre Dame law students. Recognizing that the primary responsibility for obtaining employment rests with each student, the staff of the CSO takes a proactive and individualized approach to offering timely and valuable guidance in support of each student’s career search.
Mission Statement We are dedicated to providing students, alumni, and friends with the information and tools necessary for successful career development and advancement.
We are committed to educating, training, and empowering our constituents to be knowledgeable career managers.
We are devoted to promoting the national and international recruitment of Notre Dame lawyers and thus disseminate throughout the legal profession the values, ethics, and legal talents generated in accordance with the mission of the Law School.
Career Exploration The CSO offers seminars and programs designed to introduce students to the variety of career options available to them. Presentations by attorneys and other special guests provide students with insights about particular legal-practice areas, government employment, judicial clerkships, public-interest careers, and corporate practice – just to name a few. The following presentations are typical of those organized by the CSO staff in the winter and spring months. Speakers include practicing attorneys, recruiting coordinators in firms, judges, professors, and members of the Career Services Office staff.
solo practice
networking
resume and letter writing
judicial clerkships
first-year job search series
government jobs
corporate counsel
environmental law
international law
public interest law
specialty practice areas
surviving the summer
alternative careers
why you should join your state bar association
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Support for the Job Search The CSO sponsors seminars, workshops, and lectures by guest speakers that are designed to help students hone job-search skills. Programs concentrate on the basics of the job-search process including how to find a particular job, how to write an effective resume and cover letter, and how to conduct an interview. Additionally, CSO organizes presentations relating to different practice areas, market conditions, and various geographic areas. Students can meet individually or in a group with any one of the Career Services staff members. CSO professionals understand that students have different needs and interests, and that individual counseling is the most effective way to help students achieve their career goals.
Summer Employment After the 1L Year The primary focus of a first-year law student’s time and attention should be to establish a solid academic foundation. To this end, and in compliance with the regulations of the National Association of Law Placement (NALP), first-year students are not permitted to have interaction with the CSO staff until November 1. After this NALP deadline, first-year students are strongly encouraged to meet with members of the CSO in groups as well as individually. Throughout the fall semester, 1Ls can attend any of the general programs sponsored by CSO. Employment opportunities for first-year students are many and varied. In addition to summer positions with law firms, first-year law students work for a wide variety of public interest employers, as research assistants for members of the Law School faculty, or in non-legal positions, which they may have held prior to Law School. Many first-year students will also find employment through the Summer Stipend Program. The Summer Stipend Program is a comprehensive, collaborative program through which alumni, students, legal employers, and various friends provide stipends for our students performing otherwise unpaid legal public interest work around the world. Additionally, a number of students elect to participate in the Law School’s Summer Program in London, England.
Employment After Law School Notre Dame law students obtain employment using a variety of avenues.
On-Campus Interviews (OCI) Each fall, the Law School conducts an On-Campus Interviewing (OCI) program that typically brings between 150 and 170 employers to campus. These employers come from all regions of the country and include law firms, government agencies, and public interest employers. On-Campus Interviews in the fall typically are geared toward second-year law students who are seeking summer associate positions with larger law firms and legal employers. In a typical year, our fall OCI program results in employment for approximately twice as many students in the graduating class as compared to the national average for OCI programs at other law schools. In the spring, several dozen legal employers will visit campus for interviews. These interviews typically involve medium-size and smaller law firms and target first- and second-year students.
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Off-Campus Interviews The CSO organizes several off-campus interview programs exclusively for Notre Dame law students before the start of fall classes in August. These interview programs provide a forum for employers from one locale to interview multiple Notre Dame students in the convenience of their home cities. Off-campus Interview programs in August 2008 were hosted in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Resume Collect Law students who wish to interview with legal employers who are not visiting campus as part of OCI may participate in the CSO’s Resume Collect service. Students who participate in Resume Collect will have a copy of their resume forwarded to the legal employer, who then either contacts the candidate(s) directly or, if sufficient student interest exists, schedules on-campus interviews.
Regional/National Interviewing Programs Law schools and other entities across the country annually host interviewing programs for law students. These non-ND-specific interviewing programs typically focus on particular areas of the law, such as intellectual property law or public interest law, or they focus on a particular geographic market. The CSO staff publicizes these opportunities and covers the registration cost for Notre Dame students who wish to participate in these programs.
Individual Employment Searches Notre Dame law students obtain employment through a variety of avenues beyond formal interviewing programs. Students are taught the skills and value of networking, are given advice on creating an effective resume and cover letters, and are encouraged to participate in mock interviews hosted by the CSO staff. The CSO has also partnered with internet providers, including Simplicity, Equal Justice Works, and PSLawNet to make available thousands of job postings and internship opportunities. Additionally, the CSO works closely with the Law School External Relations Office, the University’s Career Center, and the Notre Dame Alumni Association to help students form networking and mentoring relationships with alumni around the world.
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Preliminary Employment Report for the Notre Dame Law School Class of 2008
Employment by Location Members of the Notre Dame Law School Class of 2008 are located in the following states and the District of Columbia.
Alabama 1 Louisiana 1 New York 18
Alaska 1 Maine 1 North Carolina 5
Arizona 2 Massachusetts 4 Ohio 5
California 21 Michigan 6 Oklahoma 1
Colorado 2 Minnesota 2 Oregon 5
Washington, D.C. 13 Mississippi 1 Pennsylvania 2
Florida 5 Missouri 2 Texas 9
Georgia 2 Montana 1 Utah 1
Idaho 1 Nevada 1 Virginia 6
Illinois 34 New Hampshire 1 West Virginia 1
Indiana 12 New Jersey 3 Wisconsin 7
Iowa 1 New Mexico 2
Employment by Type and Salary Information Notre Dame Law School graduates enter a variety of employment areas after graduation. The following table reflects employment paths for May 2008 graduates.
Employment Type Percent Employed in Area Private Practice 60.5% Judicial Clerkships 14.4% Government (Includes Military) 11.7% Public Interest 6.7% Business and Industry 5.6% Academic 1.1% Median Salary* $145,000
*The reporting of salary information is optional. For the Class of 2008, 51.7% of the class provided salary information.
Employment Rates The Career Services Office conducts two surveys for purposes of reporting the employment rate.
At-graduation Employment Rate 89.8% Employment Rate After Nine-months 98.7%
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Employer Recruiting Report: 2008-09 Academic Year Each year, as employers across the country make hiring decisions, they reach out to Notre Dame Law School students for summer and permanent employment. Employers actively interview and solicit Notre Dame students through a variety of means: on-campus interviews held during the fall; off-campus interviews held in August before classes begin; and through a “resume collect” process, whereby the staff of the Career Services Office collects and forwards resumes of students who have an interest in the legal employer. The following list is a sample of the employers who participated in on- or off-campus interviewing programs during fall 2008. These employers represent geographic diversity as well as variety in practice area and office size. (Please note: Employers are only listed once even when interviewing for multiple locations.)
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Faruki Ireland & Cox PLL
Baker & Daniels
Fennemore Craig
Barnes & Thornburg
Foley & Lardner LLP
Barrett & McNagny LLP
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Bell Boyd & Lloyd, LLP
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, & Aronoff LLP
Gallagher & Kennedy
Best Best & Krieger
Gilmore & Bell
Bricker & Eckler LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden
Bryan Cave LLP
Hiscock & Barclay LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Hodgson Russ L.L.P.
Calfee Halter & Griswold
Holland & Knight LLP
Carter Ledyard & Milburn
Hunton & Williams
Cass County Prosecutor
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Chapman and Cutler, LLP
Ice Miller LLP
Connell Foley LLP
Indiana Office of the Attorney General
Covington & Burling
Jenner & Block LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Jones Day
Deloitte & Touche LLP
K & L Gates
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
Dinsmore & Shohl
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
DLA Piper US LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Drinker Biddle
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Krieg DeVault LLP
Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office
Latham & Watkins
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Lathrop & Gage L.C.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Lewis & Kappes PC
Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps L.L.P.
Squire Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP
Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP
Sutherland
May Oberfell Lorber
Swanson, Martin & Bell
Mayer Brown LLP
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
McCarter & English LLP
Thompson Coburn LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Thompson Hine LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Thorp Reed & Armstrong
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
True Partners Consulting
Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC
U.S. Air Force JAG
Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone
U.S. Army JAG
Modrall Sperling Law Firm
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
U.S. Navy JAG
New York City Law Department
Ulmer & Berne
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Ungaretti & Harris LP
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett
Perkins Coie LLP
Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP
Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan & Suelthaus P.C.
White & Case LLP
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
White and Williams LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Wooden & McLaughlin
Ryley Carlock & Applewhite
Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham
Schiff Hardin, LLP Sebaly, Shillito & Dyer Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP Sidley Austin LLP
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Sample of Employers Who Hired NDLS Graduates 2005 to 2008 (Employers listed may have hired more than one individual for the location during this time period.)
State City Employer
Alabama Birmingham Balch & Bingham LLP
Alabama Birmingham U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Alaska Palmer Alaska Judge Kari Kristianson, Palmer Superior Court
Arizona Mesa Davis Miles PLLC
Arizona Phoenix Fennemore Craig Arizona Phoenix Gallagher & Kennedy
Arizona Phoenix Hinshaw & Culbertson
Arizona Phoenix Snell & Wilmer
Arizona Tucson Snell & Wilmer
Arkansas Little Rock U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
California Berkeley Disability Rights Advocates California Cerritos Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
California Costa Mesa Latham & Watkins
California Fresno Dowling, Aaron, & Keeler Inc.
California Fresno Masderosian, Runayn Cercone Lehaman & Armo
California Irvine Best Best Krieger California Irvine Brown & Charbonneau, LLP
California Irvine Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
California Irvine The Busch Firm
California Los Angeles Bet Tzedek Legal Services
California Los Angeles Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack
California Los Angeles Fulwider Patton
California Los Angeles Gibson Dunn California Los Angeles Holguin, Garfield & Martinez
California Los Angeles Hurrell & Cantrall, LLP
California Los Angeles Kirkland & Ellis California Los Angeles Klinedinst PC
California Los Angeles Lee & Biggins
California Los Angeles Los Angeles County District Attorney
California Los Angeles Los Angeles Superior Court
California Los Angeles NAKASEC
California Los Angeles Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
California Los Angeles Seyfarth Shaw LLP
California Los Angeles Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP
California Los Angeles Stone Pigman
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State City Employer
California Modesto California Rural Legal Assistance
California Newport Beach Collins Collins Muir & Stewart
California Newport Beach Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth
California Oakland International Institute of the Bay Area
California Palo Alto Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
California Poway Lorber, Greenfield & Polito LLP
California Riverside Best Best & Krieger
California Sacramento Klinedinst, PC
California Sacramento Sacramento Co. District Attorney's Office
California San Diego Best Best Krieger California San Diego Branton & Wilson
California San Diego Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps L.L.P.
California San Diego Ross, Dixon & Bell LLP
California San Diego Shea, Stokes & Carter
California San Diego U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
California San Francisco International Institute for the Bay Area
California San Francisco Kirkland & Ellis LLP
California San Francisco Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
California San Francisco Strazulo Fitzgerald California San Jose Inter-American Court of Human Rights
California San Jose McManis Faulkner & Morgan
California San Jose Santa Clara County Superior Court
California Santa Ana Orange County District Attorney's Office
California Santa Anna California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District
California Silicon Valley Fenwick & West
California Walnut Creek Whiting Fallon & Ross LLP
Colorado Colorado Springs Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons L.L.P.
Colorado Denver Colorado Legal Services
Colorado Denver Hamil/Hecht
Colorado Denver Holland & Hart
Colorado Denver Sherman & Howard
Colorado Englewood Burns, Figa & Will Connecticut Madison Gibson & Behman
Connecticut Stamford Paul Hastings
Delaware Wilmington Richards, Layton & Finger DC Washington Bryan Cave LLP
DC Washington Central Intelligence Agency, Legal Honors Program
DC Washington Deloitte & Touche LLP
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State City Employer
DC Washington DeNovo Legal
DC Washington Department of Homeland Security
DC Washington Drinker Biddle
DC Washington Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
DC Washington IRS honors program
DC Washington Jones Day
DC Washington Kenyon & Kenyon
DC Washington King & Spalding LLP
DC Washington Kirkland & Ellis LLP
DC Washington Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
DC Washington Office of Senator Charles E. Shummer
DC Washington Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
DC Washington U.S. Air Force JAG
DC Washington U.S. Army JAG
DC Washington U.S. Department of Housing And Urban Development
DC Washington U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Division Torts Branch
DC Washington U.S. Department of Justice -Criminal Division
DC Washington U.S. Department of State
DC Washington U.S. House of Representatives Com. on Homeland Security
DC Washington Winston & Strawn LLP
Florida Ft. Lauderdale Broward County Courthouse Florida Ft. Pierce State Attorney's Office
Florida Jacksonville BarBri Florida Miami Holland & Knight LLP
Florida Miami McDermott Will & Emery
Florida Miami U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Florida Naples Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Florida Tampa U.S. Air Force JAG
Florida Tampa U.S. Court of Appeals
Florida West Palm Beach Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart
Georgia Atlanta Fields, Howell, Athens, and McLaughlin
Georgia Atlanta Holy Spirit Prep School
Georgia Atlanta Jones Day
Georgia Atlanta King & Spalding Georgia Atlanta Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Georgia Atlanta U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Georgia Atlanta V.W. Wuesthoff & Associates
Idaho Boise Idaho District Court, Fourth Judicial District
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State City Employer
Illinois Arlington Heights Stitt Klein Daday Aretos
Illinois Chicago Bell Boyd & Lloyd, LLP
Illinois Chicago Bollinger Ruberry & Garvey
Illinois Chicago Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Illinois Chicago Bryan Cave LLP
Illinois Chicago Cantwell & Cantwell
Illinois Chicago Cascino Vaughn Law Offices
Illinois Chicago Chapman and Cutler, LLP
Illinois Chicago Chittenden, Murday & Novotny
Illinois Chicago Chuhak & Tecson, PC
Illinois Chicago Clausen Miller P.C.
Illinois Chicago Columbia Wagner Asset Management
Illinois Chicago Cook County Circuit Court
Illinois Chicago Cook County Public Guardian
Illinois Chicago Cook County State's Attorney Office
Illinois Chicago Daspin & Aument
Illinois Chicago Deloitte & Touche LLP
Illinois Chicago DLA Piper US LLP
Illinois Chicago Dykema Gossett PLLC
Illinois Chicago Financial Dynamics Illinois Chicago Franczek Sullivan PC
Illinois Chicago Gardner, Carton & Douglas
Illinois Chicago Grippo & Elden
Illinois Chicago Howrey Illinois Chicago Hubbard Street Dance Co.
Illinois Chicago Illinois Central Management Systems
Illinois Chicago Jenner & Block LLP
Illinois Chicago Jones Day
Illinois Chicago Katten Muchin Roseman Illinois Chicago Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Illinois Chicago Latham & Watkins
Illinois Chicago Mayer Brown LLP
Illinois Chicago Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
Illinois Chicago McGuireWoods LLP
Illinois Chicago Mulherin Rehfeldt & Varchetto
Illinois Chicago Office of the Attorney General
Illinois Chicago Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd.
Illinois Chicago Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
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State City Employer
Illinois Chicago Schiff Hardin, LLP
Illinois Chicago Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney
Illinois Chicago Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Illinois Chicago Sidley Austin LLP
Illinois Chicago Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Illinois Chicago Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Illinois Chicago Synergy Legal Professionals
Illinois Chicago True Partners Consulting
Illinois Chicago Ungaretti & Harris LP
Illinois Chicago Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz
Illinois Chicago Wiedner & McAuliffe
Illinois Chicago Wildman Harrold Illinois Chicago Winston & Strawn LLP
Illinois Glenview Barry C Kessler & Associates
Illinois Itasca Hervas Sotos Condon & Bersani PC
Illinois Niles Kolpak & Lerner
Illinois Rockford Williams & McCarthy
Illinois Waukegan Salvi Schostok & Pritchard PC Indiana Elkhart Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office
Indiana Fort Wayne Allen County Superior Court
Indiana Fort Wayne Barnes & Thornburg
Indiana Fort Wayne Barrett & McNagny LLP
Indiana Grissom AFB U.S. Air Force JAG
Indiana Hammond Eichhorn & Eichhorn
Indiana Indianapolis Baker & Daniels
Indiana Indianapolis Barnes & Thornburg
Indiana Indianapolis Bose McKinney & Evans L.L.P.
Indiana Indianapolis Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Indiana Indianapolis Ice Miller LLP
Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Court of Appeals Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Office of the Attorney General
Indiana Indianapolis Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana Indianapolis Krieg Devault LLP
Indiana Indianapolis Sommer & Barnard P.C.
Indiana Indianapolis Wooden & McLaughlin Indiana Indianapolis Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Indiana Indianapolis Law Offices of Charles LiMandri
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State City Employer
Indiana Laporte Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones
Indiana Mishawaka May Oberfell Lorber
Indiana Notre Dame Federal Bureau of Investigations
Indiana Notre Dame Handler Thayer, Duggan
Indiana Notre Dame Hudson Legal
Indiana Notre Dame Office of General Counsel - University of Notre Dame
Indiana Notre Dame Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
Indiana South Bend Baker & Daniels
Indiana South Bend Barnes & Thornburg
Indiana South Bend Catholic Legal Charities Indiana South Bend Gonderman Legal Corporation
Indiana South Bend Houin Law Offices
Indiana South Bend Jones Obenchain LLP
Indiana South Bend May, Oberfell & Lorber
Indiana South Bend Office of Planned Giving - University of Notre Dame
Indiana South Bend Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun
Indiana South Bend Sopko, Nussbaum & Inabnit
Indiana South Bend St. Joseph County Public Defender
Indiana South Bend St. Joseph County Superior Court
Indiana South Bend U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Iowa Des Moines Iowa Court of Appeals
Kansas Wichita Foulston Siefkin, Wichita Louisiana Baton Rouge Capital Area Human Services
Louisiana New Orleans U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Judicial Circuit
Maine Portland Bernstein Shur
Maryland Baltimore Gorman & Williams
Maryland Baltimore Whitford Taylor & Preston
Massachusetts Boston Choate Hall Stewart Massachusetts Boston Cushing and Dolan P.C.
Massachusetts Boston Day Pitney LLP
Massachusetts Boston Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Massachusetts Boston Foley Hoag LLP
Massachusetts Boston Goodwin Procter LLP
Massachusetts Boston Palmer & Doge Massachusetts Boston Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Massachusetts Boston Update Legal
Michigan Alma Goggin & Baker Law Michigan Detroit Clark Hill PLC
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State City Employer
Michigan Detroit Dickinson Wright PLLC
Michigan Detroit U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Michigan East Lansing Thrun Law Firm, P.C.
Michigan Grand Haven Scholten Fant
Michigan Grand Rapids Dickinson Wright PLLC
Michigan Grand Rapids Legal Assistance Center
Michigan Grand Rapids Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC
Michigan Grand Rapids Rhoades McKee Michigan Grand Rapids Siebers Mohney Associates
Michigan Grand Rapids Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett
Michigan Grand Rapids Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Michigan Lansing Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis, Dunlap Michigan Traverse City Michigan Supreme Court
Minnesota Minneapolis Faegre Benson Minnesota Minneapolis Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette L.L.P.
Minnesota Minnetonka Kondzella & Cyr Minnesota Saint Paul Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota St. Paul S. Minnesota Regional Legal Services
Mississippi Jackson U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Missouri Jackson Prosecuting Attorney's Office of Cape Giradeau County
Missouri Jefferson City Carson & Cail Missouri Jefferson City Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Kansas City Cooling & Herbers PC
Missouri Kansas City Lathrop & Gage L.C.
Missouri Kansas City Polsinelli Shalton Welte & Suelthaus P.C.
Missouri Springfield Husch & Eppenberger, LLC
Missouri St. Louis Armstrong Teasdale Missouri St. Louis Boggs, Boggs & Bates
Missouri St. Louis Bryan Cave LLP
Missouri St. Louis Prof. John Nagel Missouri St. Louis Thompson Coburn LLP
Missouri St. Louis U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Nevada Las Vegas Jones Vargas
Nevada Las Vegas Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario
Nevada Las Vegas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nevada Reno Mark H. Gunderson LTD
Nevada Reno Maupin, Cox & Legoy
Nevada Reno Second Judicial District Court State of Nevada
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State City Employer
New Hampshire Manchester Nelson Kinder Mosseau & Saturley
New Hampshire Manchester Wadleigh, Starr & Peters New Jersey Jersey City Connell Foley LLP
New Jersey Livingston Genova, Burns & Vernoia
New Jersey Morristown Graham, Curtin & Sheridan
New Jersey Morristown Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
New Jersey New Brunswick Middlesex County Superior Court
New Jersey Newark Judge Madeline Cox-Aileo New Jersey Newark Superior Court of New Jersey, Fifth Vicinage
New Jersey Newark U.S. Bankruptcy Court
New Jersey Newark U.S. Department of Justice
New Jersey Roseland Connell & Foley New Jersey Somerville New Jersey Superior Court, Thirteenth Vicinage
New Jersey Toms River Judge Thomas E. O'Brien New Jersey Superior Ct New Jersey Trenton Administrative Office of the Courts - State of New Jersey
New Mexico Albuquerque Modrall Sperling Law Firm
New Mexico Santa Fe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
New York Armonk Entwistle & Cappucci New York Brooklyn King's County
New York Buffalo Gibson, McAskill & Crosby
New York Buffalo Hodgson Russ L.L.P.
New York Buffalo Kevin Ricotta & Assoc. New York Buffalo Phillips Lytle Hitchcock Blaine & Huber L.L.P.
New York Goshen Orange County District Attorney
New York Locust Valley Ryan, Mason & Lewis
New York Massena Snider & Snider New York New York Bloomberg Legal Services
New York New York Bryan Cave LLP
New York New York Cahill Gordon & Reindel
New York New York Conway, Farrell, Cutin & Kelly PC
New York New York Cullen Dykman New York New York Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
New York New York Dewey Ballantine LLP
New York New York District Attorney of the County of New York
New York New York H.R. Beveridge Distributor, Farmers Sun Belt
New York New York Herrick, Feinstein LLP
New York New York Holland & Knight LLP
New York New York Jones Day
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State City Employer
New York New York K & L Gates
New York New York Kelley Drye & Warren New York New York Kenyon & Kenyon
New York New York Kirkland & Ellis LLP
New York New York Latham Waktins New York New York Legal Aid Society of New York
New York New York Littler Mendelson
New York New York Merrill Lynch
New York New York Morgan & Finnegan, LLP
New York New York Olshan, Grundman, Frome, Rosenzwieg & Wolosky LLP
New York New York Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
New York New York Sidley Austin LLP
New York New York Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
New York New York The Legal Aid Society
New York New York U.S. Department of Justice-Executive Office for Immigration
New York New York UBS Financial Services
New York New York White & Case LLP
New York Poughkeepsie Van DeWater & Van DeWater
New York Rochester Harris Beach LLP
New York Rochester NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York Rochester Ward Norris Heller & Reidy LLP
New York Syracuse U.S. District Court Northern District of NY
New York White Plains U.S. District Court Southern District of NY
North Carolina Chapel Hill Southern Environmental Law Center
North Carolina Charlotte Alston & Bird LLP
North Carolina Charlotte Cadwalader Wickershame & Taft
North Carolina Charlotte Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog LLP
North Carolina Charlotte Hunton & Williams
North Carolina Charlotte Johnston, Allison & Hord
North Carolina Charlotte U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review North Carolina Newton Catawba County Prosecutor's Office
North Carolina Raleigh Mapin & Taylor
North Carolina Winston-Salem Womble Carlyle
Ohio Cincinnati Dinsmore & Shohl
Ohio Cincinnati Frost Brown Todd Ohio Cincinnati Graydon Head & Ritchey
Ohio Cincinnati Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
Ohio Cincinnati Strauss & Troy
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State City Employer
Ohio Cincinnati Taft Stettinius & Hollister Ohio Cincinnati U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Ohio Cleveland Baker & Hostetler LLP
Ohio Cleveland Frantz Ward
Ohio Cleveland McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA
Ohio Cleveland U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Ohio Cleveland Ulmer & Berne Ohio Cleveland Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
Ohio Columbus Franklin County Prosecutor
Ohio Columbus Ohio State Legal Services Association
Ohio Columbus Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Ohio Columbus Robert J. Behal Law Offices
Ohio Columbus Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP
Ohio Dayton Faruki Ireland & Cox PLL
Ohio Dayton Thompson Hine LLP
Ohio Toledo Eastman & Smith LTD
Ohio Toledo U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Oklahoma Oklahoma City McAfee & Taft
Oklahoma Tulsa Crowe & Dunlevy
Oklahoma Tulsa Hall Estill Hardwick Gable Golden & Nelson, P.C.
Oregon Portland Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, & Zafman LLP
Oregon Portland Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman
Oregon Portland Samuels Yoelin Kantor Seymour & Spinrad
Oregon Portland Schwabe Williamson Wyatt Oregon Portland Stewart Sokol & Gray
Oregon Portland U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Oregon Salem Office of Public Defense Services Pennsylvania Chambersburg Neuharth Law Office
Pennsylvania Erie Northwestern Legal Services
Pennsylvania Malvern Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Pennsylvania Norristown Montgomery County District Attorney
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Blank Rome
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Cozen O'Connor
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Drinker Biddle
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Duane Morris
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Funk & Bolton, PA
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Reed Smith, Ltd.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Tahir Mella
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State City Employer
Pennsylvania Philadelphia U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Cohen & Grigsby
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Judge Thomas M. Hardiman
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Kirkpatrick Lockhart Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Reed Smith, Ltd.
Pennsylvania Reading Stevens & Lee
Rhode Island Providence Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Rhode Island Providence Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
South Carolina Charleston Charleston Public Defender's Office
South Carolina Hilton Head Island McNair Law Firm
Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee Court of Civil Appeals
Tennessee Nashville Baker Donelson Texas Austin National Instruments
Texas Austin U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Texas Corpus Christi U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Texas Dallas Bickel & Brewer
Texas Dallas Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal LLP
Texas Dallas Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas Texas Dallas Gardere Wynne Sewell L.L.P.
Texas Dallas Jones Day
Texas Dallas Strasburger and Price
Texas Dallas Thompson & Knight Texas Dallas Winstead PC
Texas El Paso El Paso Co. District Attorney's Office
Texas Harlingen South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Project Texas Houston Baker Botts LLP
Texas Houston Howrey LLP
Texas Houston Jones Day
Texas Houston Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Texas Houston Thompson & Knight
Texas Houston U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas
Texas Laredo Public Defender's Office
Texas McAllen Brin & Brin PC
Texas San Antonio Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Texas San Antonio Bexar County District Attorney's Office
Texas San Antonio Fulbright & Jaworski Utah Salt Lake City Holy Cross Ministries
Virginia Alexandria U.S. Navy JAG
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State City Employer
Virginia Arlington U.S. Army JAG
Virginia Charlottesville U.S. Army JAG
Virginia Fairfax National Rifle Association of America
Virginia Harrisonburg Blue Ridge Legal Services
Virginia Harrisonburg Eastern Mennonite University
Virginia Quantico U.S. Marine Corps, JAG
Virginia Richmond Hunton & Williams
Virginia Richmond U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Virginia Roanoke U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Virginia Rosslyn U.S. Army JAG
Virginia Tyson's Corner Park & Associates
Washington Redmond Microsoft Corporation, NW District
Washington Seattle Nelson Law Group
West Virginia Wheeling Fitzsimmons Law Offices
Wisconsin Germantown Vanden Heuvel & Dineen
Wisconsin Madison Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP
Wisconsin Madison Dewitt Ross & Stevens
Wisconsin Milwaukee Deloitte & Touche LLP
Wisconsin Milwaukee Foley & Lardner LLP
Wisconsin Milwaukee Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Wisconsin Milwaukee Judge Diane Sykes
Wisconsin Milwaukee Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik
Wisconsin Milwaukee Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
Wisconsin Milwaukee U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Wisconsin Milwaukee Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC
Foreign
Costa Rica San Jose Inter-American Court for Human Rights
Germany Stuttgart Robert Bosch Foundation
United Kingdom London Clifford Chance, LLP
United Kingdom London King's College London, Tax LLM
United Kingdom London Withers LLP
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Judicial Clerkships Report Each year, a number of Notre Dame Law School graduates elect to begin their careers by serving as judicial clerks. These highly-sought after positions provide graduates with a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the inner-workings of the judicial system, while at the same time honing important legal skills and problem-solving abilities. Judicial clerkships provide a graduate with confidence about his or her abilities as an attorney, but also enhance his or her value to future employers. As a judicial clerk, the graduate assists a judge, or a group of judges, in a variety of tasks including: research, writing, and administrative duties. Clerkships typically are one- or two-years in duration and are available with both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels.
U.S. Supreme
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Other Federal Courts
State/ Specialty Courts
Class of 2008 8 6 1 11
Class of 2007 11 4 6
Class of 2006 5 5 1 4
Class of 2005 8 6 2 11
Class of 2004 7 9 15
Class of 2003 1 13 10 1 7
Class of 2002 1 9 9 15
Class of 2001 1 11 6 1 4
Class of 2000 1 9 5 1
Listed below is a sample of the courts represented by the Class of 2008 Clerkships. A full listing is included in the Sample of Employers Who Hired NDLS Graduates 2005 to 2008
Alaska Superior Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Cook County Circuit Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Idaho District Court, Fourth Judicial District U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Los Angeles Superior Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Michigan Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Minnesota Supreme Court U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
New Jersey Superior Court, Thirteenth Vicinage U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Santa Clara County Superior Court U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
St. Joseph County Superior Court U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
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Public Interest Law The Career Services Office coordinates a variety of initiatives to encourage students to consider summer and permanent employment opportunities in the area of public-interest law. Each fall and spring, the CSO hosts a variety of informational programs and services, including a public-interest reception that brings to campus public-interest attorneys from across the country. In addition, the CSO coordinates participation in public interest career fairs held in Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Additionally, the CSO joins forces with other career service offices on the Notre Dame campus to present a not-for-profit career fair. In the spring of 2003, the CSO helped to establish and coordinate funding for summer public-interest employment positions for first-year students. Now in the seventh year of existence, more than 100 students typically participate in this program each summer. Non-profit organizations, legal aid societies, state and federal governmental entities, and public defender offices will employ these students. Students who participate in these positions will gain valuable legal experiences while also being introduced to areas of employment outside of private practice. Funding for these positions was made possible by financial support provided by the Law School, NDLS alumni, student organizations, and the Federal Work Study Program. Students receive an hourly wage that generally covers living expenses for the summer.
Pro Bono at NDLS Pro Bono at Notre Dame Law School provides resources for students to connect with alumni and other practicing attorneys to provide pro bono services around the world. These offerings introduce law students to the professional obligation of attorneys and the benefits of providing public service, and recognizes the needs of the under-represented in society. The ultimate goal of pro bono is to encourage students to begin to embrace their role as members of the legal profession, including the responsibility of rendering public service. The Career Services Office administers this program by developing relationships with local organizations and attorneys and counseling students by identifying appropriate opportunities around the world. Pro Bono at Notre Dame Law School serves students by connecting their desire to serve diverse communities while developing their legal skills.
Notre Dame Law School Loan Repayment Assistance Program In 2001, the Law School established an expanded Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to assist eligible Law School graduates who choose to work in public interest, public service, or other similar positions after graduation. Under the Program, the Law School has been able to assist a group of graduates by helping them repay qualifying law school educational loans. If graduates selected for the Program perform qualifying employment for at least three years, the Law School will then fully forgive any loan(s) it has made. By adopting the Loan Repayment Assistance Program, the Law School seeks to help alleviate an obstacle that has prevented many interested Notre Dame Law School graduates from pursuing positions in public interest, public service, or other similar employment. Additional details regarding the LRAP may be found on the Law School web site: law.nd.edu, SEARCH: LRAP
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Alumni Loyalty and the Notre Dame Network The Notre Dame Law Association boasts a membership of over 8,000 alumni and friends who practice around the world. They help students and fellow alumni network throughout the profession, serve as mentors to help students define and refine their career options, provide financial assistance to students engaged in service, and return to campus year-after-year to assist and interview Notre Dame law students. Notre Dame attorneys understand and appreciate the Notre Dame work-ethic as well as the excellent education earned by students. They are very interested in helping ND students gain positions in their communities, and they readily seek out ND graduates when in need of co-counsel in other regions of the country.
Questions? We believe the information included in this brochure, while not exhaustive, provides you with a strong picture of the career services and opportunities that await you at Notre Dame Law School. With graduates continuing to gain employment nationwide, the alumni network is also expanding in size and geographic distribution. As you can see, Notre Dame will provide you with an excellent legal education and the tools and resources necessary to achieve success, no matter where you choose to practice. For additional information, please contact: Career Services Office (CSO) 1157 Eck Hall of Law University of Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Phone: (574) 631-7542 E-mail: [email protected] Web: law.nd.edu/careers Admissions Office 2180 Eck Hall of Law University of Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: (574) 631-6626 E-mail: [email protected] Web: law.nd.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid
