Employment Statistics
Rutgers–Newark alumni/ae serve as members of both the federal and state judiciary and hold elected and appointed political office at all levels of government. Others are associated with leading law firms, corporations, and public interest organizations in the tri-state area and in other metropolitan centers throughout the country. Typically, 98 percent of graduates seeking employment accept positions by the spring following graduation.
Class of 2008 Employment Information
By February 2009, 243 of the 248 members of the Class of 2008 reported their employment status to the Office of Career Services. Of those graduates reporting their status and seeking employment, approximately 97% of the Class of 2008 were employed (226 out of 233 students).
|
Employment |
% |
Average |
Minimum |
Maximum Salary |
|
Private Practice |
46% |
$120,380 |
$25,000 |
$195,00 |
|
Judicial Clerkship |
21.68% |
$43,984 |
$39,000 |
$58,000 |
|
Business or Industry |
15.49% |
$105,600 |
$40,000 |
$190,000 |
|
Government |
10.62% |
$49,996 |
$37,500 |
$102,000 |
|
Public Interest |
4.87% |
$56,450 |
$40,000 |
$79,800 |
|
Academia |
1.33% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Distribution by Firm Size (100 reported)
|
Firm Size |
# of Graduates |
Percentage |
|
2-10 |
18 |
18% |
|
11-25 |
9 |
9% |
|
26-50 |
7 |
7% |
|
51-100 |
10 |
10% |
|
101-250 |
23 |
23% |
|
251-500 |
14 |
14% |
|
501+ |
18 |
18% |
|
Solo |
1 |
1% |
Selected Recent Placements
| ACLU of New Jersey ACLU Women’s Rights Project Advocates for Children The Alliance for Children’s Rights Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund The Office of the Bronx County District Attorney Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Cahill Gordon & Reindel Carter Ledyard & Millburn Center for Family Representation Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cravath, Swaine & Moore Darby & Darby Day Pitney Debevoise & Plimpton Dechert Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson Gibbons Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis K&L Gates Kaye Scholer Lambda Legal Latham & Watkins LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae The Legal Aid Society Legal Services of New Jersey |
Lowenstein Sandler Make the Road by Walking McCarter & English New York City Law Department NJ Office of the Attorney General O’Melveny & Myers Patton Boggs Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Porzio, Bromberg & Newman Proskauer Rose Reed Smith Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti Saul Ewing Shearman & Sterling Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Sullivan & Cromwell Thacher Proffitt & Wood U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Labor Weil, Gotshal & Manges White & Case Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer Wilkie Farr & Gallagher Wolff & Samson |