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Rutgers-Newark alumnae/i
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 2006 EMPLOYMENT
By February 2007, 209 of the 216 members
of the Class of 2006 reported their employment status to the Office of Career
Services. Of those graduates reporting their
status and seeking employment, approximately 98% of the Class of 2006 were employed (204 out of 209 students).
Two
students were not seeking employment and three students
were unemployed and still seeking a position.
| PRIVATE PRACTICE: |
45.1% |
| JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS: |
28.4% |
| BUSINESS/INDUSTRY: |
13.7% |
| GOVERNMENT: |
5.4% |
| PUBLIC INTEREST: |
3.4% |
| MILITARY: |
2.0% |
| ACADEMIA: |
2.0% |
CLASS OF 2006 STARTING
SALARIES
Starting salaries vary widely. The
range of starting salaries reported within the four major job
categories is:
| PRIVATE PRACTICE: |
Range: $35,000 - $150,000 |
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| GOVERNMENT: |
Range: $35,000 - $60,000 |
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| BUSINESS: |
Range: $50,000 - $192,000 |
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| PUBLIC INTEREST: |
Range: $37,000 - $80,000 |
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RECRUITING AND ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWING
Throughout the academic
year, legal employers from across the country recruit Rutgers-Newark law students
for summer and post-graduate positions. The nation's leading law firms
and government employers visit the law school to interview second and third
year students, participate in our resume referral program, and recruit students from all
classes through our online, password-protected job posting board. A sampling of those employers follows:
Selected Law Firms
Archer & Greiner
Blank, Rome, Comisky &
McCauley
Buchanan Ingersoll
Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum,
Greenberg & Sade
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Carpenter, Bennett &
Morrissey
Carter, Ledyard & Millburn
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen
& Hamilton
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman
& Leonard
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Darby & Darby
Davis, Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky
Drinker, Biddle & Shanley
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper
& Scinto
Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien
& Frankel
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver
& Jacobson
Frommer, Lawrence &
Haug
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan,
Griffinger & Vecchione
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
Kaye Scholer
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Nicholson Graham
Kronish Lieb Weiner &
Hellman
Latham & Watkins
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
Lindabury, McCormick & Estabrook
Lowenstein Sandler
Lum, Danzis, Drasco, Positan
& Kleinberg
McCarter & English
McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney
Olshan, Grundman, Frome,
Rosenzweig & Wolosky
O’Melveny & Myers
Patton Boggs
Pepper Hamilton
Pitney, Hardin, Kipp &
Szuch
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
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
Wolff & Samson
Government Agencies
Bronx District Attorney's
Office
Miami - Dade County State
Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL
New Jersey Administrative
Office of the Courts
New Jersey Attorney General’s
Office
New York City Law Department
New York County District
Attorney’s Office
Philadelphia District Attorney’s
Office, Philadelphia, PA
U.S. Attorney's Office -
SDNY
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
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