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1L Summer Employment


1L Summer Employment by Type
2006

First Year student employment by type


1L Summer Employment by Geography
2006

1Ls employment by geography

The Class of 2008 worked in a wide range of legal positions in cities across the United States and the globe. Students were primarily employed in the law firms and in the public sector, with employers spanning the range from some of largest law firms in the world to small, local public interest organizations to state and federal government agencies. Students also found opportunities with numerous multi-national corporations and state and federal judges at the trial and appellate levels.

Below is a representative list of where the Class of 2008 worked after their first year of law school.

States and Countries Where the Class of 2008 Worked – Summer 2006

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

International

Cambodia

Ghana

Guatemala

India

South Africa

Switzerland

Tanzania




Employment by Areas of Practice – Summer 2006

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Austin

Texas

Armstrong Teasdale

St. Louis

Missouri

Arquilla & Fink

Chicago

Illinois

Baker & McKenzie

Chicago

Illinois

Baker Botts

Houston

Texas

Banner & Witcoff

Chicago

Illinois

Bell Boyd & Lloyd

Chicago

Illinois

Berkowitz & Associates

Chicago

Illinois

Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin

Kansas City

Missouri

Bose McKinney & Evans

Indianapolis

Indiana

Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd

Chicago

Illinois

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

New York

New York

Cardinal Law Group

Evanston

Illinois

Clifford Law Offices

Chicago

Illinois

Cooley Godward

Palo Alto

California

DiGenova & Toensing

Washington

District of Columbia

DLA Piper

Chicago

Illinois

Dorsey & Whitney

Minneapolis

Minnesota

Fitch, Even, Tabin and Flannery

Chicago

Illinois

Foley & Lardner

Chicago

Illinois

Foley & Lardner

Washington

District of Columbia

Foley & Lardner

Milwaukee ,

Wisconsin

Fulbright & Jaworski

Houston

Texas

Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn

Chicago

Illinois

Godfrey & Kahn

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

Greenberg Traurig

Scottsdale

Arizona

Greenberg Traurig

Chicago

Illinois

Kenneth Moll & Associates

Chicago

Illinois

Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton PLC

Birmingham

Michigan

LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn

Madison

Wisconsin

Leff, Cohen & Winkler

Chicago

Illinois

Lord, Bissell & Brook

Chicago

Illinois

Lovells

Chicago

Illinois

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw

Chicago

Illinois

McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Chicago

Illinois

McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff

Chicago

Illinois

Nyemaster Goode Hansell West & O'Brien, PC

Des Moines

Iowa

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Anchorage

Arkansas

Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch

Chicago

Illinois

Peck, Bloom, Austriaco & Mitchell

Chicago

Illinois

Perkins Coie

Chicago

Illinois

Perkins Coie

Seattle

Washington

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Houston

Texas

Pircher Nichols & Meeks

Chicago

Illinois

Reed Smith

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

Sachnoff and Weaver

Chicago

Illinois

Schiff Hardin

Chicago

Illinois

Shubin & Bass, P.A.

Miami

Florida

Sidley Austin

Chicago

Illinois

Stein-Bogot Ltd.

Chicago

Illinois

Stoll Keenon Ogden

Lexington

Kentucky

Sullivan & Cromwell

Los Angeles

California

Vinson & Elkins

Washington

District of Columbia

Vinson & Elkins

Dallas

Texas

Weinberg and Jacobs

Rockville

Maryland

Winston & Strawn

Chicago

Illinois

Workman Nydegger

Salt Lake City

Utah

Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.

Greenville

South Carolina




BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Park

Illinois

Boeing, Corporate Law Department

Chicago

Illinois

BP America Inc.

Warrenville

Illinois

CareerBuilder

Chicago

Illinois

Electric Power Research Institute

Palo Alto

California

Merrill Lynch

New York

New York

Mountaineer Capital

Charleston

West Virginia

New England Patriots

Foxboro

Massachusetts

Nicor, Inc. Legal Department

Naperville

Illinois

Orbitz.com

Chicago

Illinois

PepsiAmericas

Schaumburg

Illinois

QUALCOMM, Inc., Corporate Legal Department

San Diego

California

Tata Consultancy Services

Mumbai

India

Tribune Co.

Chicago

Illinois




PUBLIC INTEREST

ACLU of Georgia

Atlanta

Georgia

Advancement Project

Washington

District of Columbia

Advocates for Children

New York

New York

Bay Area Legal Aid

San Mateo

California

Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center for International Human Rights

Chicago

Illinois

Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center on Wrongful Convictions

Chicago

Illinois

Bluhm Legal Clinic, Children and Family Justice Center

Chicago

Illinois

Bluhm Legal Clinic, Small Business Opportunity Center

Chicago

Illinois

Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Chicago

Illinois

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Chicago

Illinois

Citizen Advocacy Center

Elmhurst

Illinois

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Chicago

Illinois

Defender Association of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Documentation Center of Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

Environmental Law and Policy Center

Chicago

Illinois

Geneva for Human Rights

Geneva

Switzerland

Georgia Justice Project

Atlanta

Georgia

Greater Boston Legal Services

Boston

Massachusetts

Human Rights Clinic

Chicago

Illinois

Institute for Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing Persons

Antigua

Guatemala

International Human Rights Clinic

Chicago

Illinois

Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing

Chicago

Illinois

Legal Aid Society of Columbus

Columbus

Ohio

Legal Aid Society of San Diego

San Diego

California

Legal Aid Society of Hempstead , NY

Hempstead

New York

Legal and Human Rights Centre

Dar Es Salaam

Tanzania

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago

Illinois

Montana Justice Project

Missoula

Montana

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York

New York

Office of the Appellate Defender

New York

New York

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Chicago

Illinois

The Ark Foundation

Achimota-Accra

Ghana




GOVERNMENT

California Attorney General

Los Angeles

California

City of Chicago , Department of Law

Chicago

Illinois

Colorado Attorney General

Denver

Colorado

Connecticut Office of the Public Defender

New London

Connecticut

Cook County Public Defender

Chicago

Illinois

Cook County State 's Attorney's Office

Chicago

Illinois

Department of Defense

Arlington

Virginia

Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel

Washington

District of Columbia

Department of Justice, Antitrust, National Criminal Enforcement

Washington

District of Columbia

Department of Justice, Disability Rights

Washington

District of Columbia

District Court, 9th Circuit ( Oakland ), Pro Se Department

Oakland

California

DuPage County State 's Attorney's Office

Wheaton

Illinois

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Chicago District Office

Chicago

Illinois

Federal Defender Program

Chicago

Illinois

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

New York

New York

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection

Washington

District of Columbia

Federal Trade Commission, Midwest Branch

Chicago

Illinois

Hamilton County Public Defender

Cincinnati

Ohio

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Chicago

Illinois

Illinois Attorney General's Office, Consumer Fraud Division

Springfield

Illinois

Internal Revenue Service, Chief Counsel

Chicago

Illinois

San Francisco Public Defender

San Francisco

California

Santa Clara District Attorney's Office

San Jose

California

U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Massachusetts

Boston

Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office - Southern District of Florida

Miami

Florida

U.S. Attorney's Office - Washington , D.C.

Washington

District of Columbia

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel

Chicago

Illinois

U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Washington

District of Columbia

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel

Chicago

Illinois

United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois




JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP

Bankruptcy Judge Bruce W. Black, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Bankruptcy Judge Susan P. Sonderby, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Chief Justice Mary J. Mullarkey, Colorado Supreme Court

Denver

Colorado

Judge Denny Chin, Southern District of New York

New York

New York

Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Circuit Court of Cook County , Municipal Division

Chicago

Illinois

Judge James Ware, Northern District of California

San Jose

California

Judge Jeffrey Sutton, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Columbus

Ohio

Judge John B. Grogan, State of Illinois , Circuit Court of Cook County

Chicago

Illinois

Judge John L. Coffey, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Judge Frank Y. Jackson, North District Los Angeles Superior Court

Lancaster

California

Judge Kenneth M. Karas, Southern District of New York

New York

New York

Judge Marjorie C. Laws, Circuit Court of Cook County

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Mark Filip, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Marvin E. Aspen, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Michael W. McConnell, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Salt Lake City

Utah

Judge Patti B. Saris, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

Boston

Massachusetts

Judge Phillip S. Figa, District of Colorado

Denver

Colorado

Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Richard D. Cudahy, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Robert Gettleman, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Ronald A. Guzman, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Ruben Castillo, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Judge Virginia M. Kendall, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois

Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier, Northern District of Illinois

Chicago

Illinois




ACADEMIC

Centre for SocioLegal Research

Rondebosch

South Africa

Directed Reading Project

Chicago

Illinois

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University School of Law

Chicago

Illinois

Northwestern University Law Review

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Adrienne Giorgolo

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Alexia Brunet

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Anthony D'Amato

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Claire Priest

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Clint Francis

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Cynthia Bowman

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Elizabeth Inglehart

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Emerson Tiller

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Fred McChesney

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Helene Shapo

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Kimberly Yuracko

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Lee Epstein

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Leonard Rubinowitz

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Martin Redish

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Matthew Sag

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Robert Bennett

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Robert Sitkoff

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Ronald Allen

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Shari Seidman Diamond

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Sheila Maloney

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Stephen B. Presser

Chicago

Illinois

Professor Susan Provenzano

Chicago

Illinois




STUDY ABROAD

Queen Mary College , University of London

London

United Kingdom




OTHER

Northwestern Law/ Orientation Coordinator

Chicago

Illinois

Northwestern University Technology Transfer Office

Evanston

Illinois

Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate

Amherst

Ohio


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