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1L Summer Employment


1L Summer Employment by Type
2008

First Year student employment by type


1L Summer Employment by Geography
2008

1Ls employment by geography

The Class of 2010 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 2010 worked after their first year of law school.

States and Countries Where the Class of 2010 Worked – Summer 2008

U.S.

International

Arizona

California

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Indiana

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Argentina

Belgium

Cambodia

China

Costa Rica

Italy

Nepal

Netherlands

South Korea

Switzerland

Tanzania




Employment by Areas of Practice – Summer 2008

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Baker McKenzie LLP Chicago Illinois
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Chicago Illinois
Bartoli Cain Law, PLLC Alexandria Virginia
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP Chicago Illinois
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP Indianapolis Indiana
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Chicago Illinois
Cades Schutte Honolulu Hawaii
Carlton Fields Tampa Florida
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Chicago Illinois
Dickson Wright PLLC Ann Arbor Michigan
Estudio Beccar Varela Buenos Aires Argentina
Foley & Lardner LLP Chicago Illinois
Foley & Lardner LLP Madison Wisconsin
Foley & Lardner LLP Washington District of Columbia
Fredrickson Byron, P.A. Minneapolis Minnesota
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Houston Texas
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Milwaukee Wisconsin
Greenberg & Lieberman Washington District of Columbia
Grippo & Elden, LLC Chicago Illinois
Heller Ehrman LLP Seattle Washington
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Kansas Missouri
Jackson Walker L.L.P. Houston Texas
Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Cincinnati Ohio
Ketches & Mallen Boston Massachusetts
Kim & Chang Seoul South Korea
King & Spalding New York New York
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Chicago Illinois
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Dallas Texas
Kreig Devault LLP Indianapolis Indiana
Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. Chicago Illinois
Locke Lord Bissell LLP Houston Texas
Lynch Daskal Emery New York New York
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Chicago Illinois
Mayer Brown LLP Chicago Illinois
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbery & Bergoff LLP Chicago Illinois
Millbank,Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Los Angeles California
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Detroit Michigan
Pacheco San Jose Costa Rica
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newberry, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP Chicago Illinois
Patton Boggs LLP Washington District of Columbia
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP New York City New York
Perkins Coie LLP Seattle Washington
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Chicago Illinois
Proskauer Rose LLP Chicago Illinois
Schiff Hardin LLP Chicago Illinois
Schopf & Weiss LLP Chicago Illinois
Shefsky & Froelich  Ltd. Chicago Illinois
Shook, Hardy and Bacon, LLP Kansas City Missouri
Sidley Austin LLP Chicago Illinois
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Los Angeles California
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Cincinnati Ohio
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. Chicago Illinois
Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. Houston Texas
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP New York New York
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Boston Massachusetts
Wyatt, Tarrant &Combs, LLP Louisville Kentucky
Yoon, Yang, Kim, Shin & Yu Seoul South Korea
Yulchon Seoul South Korea




BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

American Dental Association, Office of General Counsel Chicago Illinois
Cadogan Management New York New York
Children's Memorial Hospital, Legal Services Department Chicago Illinois
Duchossois Industries Elmhurst Illinois
Exelon Chicago Illinois
General Dynamics Fairfax Virginia
Hyatt Corporation Chicago Illinois
Illinois Tool Works Glenview Illinois
Lehman Brothers New York New York
Morgan Stanley San Francisco California
Reyes Holdings Chicago Illinois
Siemens Building Technologies Buffalo Grove Illinois
TTX Company Chicago Illinois
United Airlines Chicago Illinois
Vesuvius Brussels Belgium
Warner Bros. Los Angeles California




PUBLIC INTEREST

Austin Legislation Network Austin Texas
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center for International Human Rights Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center for Wrongful Convictions Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Children and Family Justice Center Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Federal Appellate and Supreme Court Clinic Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Investor Protection Clinic Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Roderick MacArthur Justice Center Chicago Illinois
Bluhm Legal Clinic, Small Business Opportunity Clinic Chicago Illinois
Center for Women’s Law Studies & Legal Services Beijing China
Centro Romero (Immigrant legal services) Chicago Illinois
Complex Civil Litigation and Investor Protection Clinics Chicago Illinois
Equip for Equality Chicago Illinois
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project Florence Arizona
Forum for Women, Law, and Development Kathmandu Nepal
International Criminal Tribunal The Hague Netherlands
International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda Arusha Tanzania
International Development Law Organization Rome Italy
Khmer Rouge Documentation Center Phnom Penh Cambodia
Legal Aid Bureau of New York - Criminal Appeals Bureau New York New York
Legal Aid Society of New York - Criminal Appeals Division Manhattan New York
Legal Assistance Foundation Chicago Illinois
Midwest Center for Justice Evanston Illinois
National Center on Full Faith and Credit Roslyn Virginia
National Coalition Against Censorship New York New York
National Juvenile Defender Center Washington District of Columbia
Public Citizen, Global Law Trade Project Washington District of Columbia
Sandra Day O'Connor Center for the Judiciary Washington District of Columbia
Santa Clara Public Defender's Office Santa Clara California
Searle Center Chicago Illinois
United Nations Assistance to Khmer Roughe Trials Phnom Penh Cambodia




GOVERNMENT

Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Chicago Illinois
Illinois Attorney General (Criminal Enforcement Division) Chicago Illinois
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation Chicago Illinois
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Los Angeles California
U.S. Attorney’s Office Boston Massachusetts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chicago Illinois
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chicago Illinois




JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP

Judge Armstrong, N.D. California Oakland California
Judge Ashman, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Bucklo, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Carter, C.D. California Santa Ana California
Judge Coar, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Magistrate Judge Cole, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Magistrate Judge Cox, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Dow, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Gettleman, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge George, D. Nevada Las Vegas Nevada
Judge Greene, D. Utah Salt Lake City Utah
Judge Kennelly, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Kinnaird, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Lefkow, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Lynn, N.D. Texas El Paso Texas
Bankruptcy Judge Massey, N.D. Georgia Atlanta Georgia
Bankruptcy Judge Mullins, N.D. Georgia Atlanta Georgia
Judge Pauley, S.D. New York New York New York
Judge Preska, S.D. NY New York New York
Judge St. Eve, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Magistrate Judge Schenkier, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Bankruptcy Judge Schmetterer, C.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Schostok, Cir. Ct. Lake County Waukegan Illinois
Judge Shadur, N.D. Illinois Chicago Illinois
Judge Simon, N.D. Indiana Hammond Indiana
Bankruptcy Judge Tighe, C.D. California Woodland California
Judge Tunheim, D. Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee Memphis Tennessee
Judge Whyte, N.D. California San Jose California
Judge Williams, 7th Cir. Chicago Illinois
Judge Wu, C.D. of California Los Angeles California
Magistrate Judge Zimmerman, N.D. California San Francisco California




ACADEMIC

Professor Ronald Allen Chicago Illinois
Professor Steven Calabresi Chicago Illinois
Professor Anthony D'Amato Chicago Illinois
Professor David Dana Chicago Illinois
Professor Shari Seidman Diamond Chicago Illinois
Professor Lee Epstein Chicago Illinois
Professor Clinton Francis Chicago Illinois
Professor Tonja Jacobi Chicago Illinois
Professor Frederick McChesney Chicago Illinois
Professor John McGinnis Chicago Illinois
Professor Janice Nadler Chicago Illinois
Professor Kathleen Narko Chicago Illinois
Professor Stephen Presser Chicago Illinois
Professor Martin Redish Chicago Illinois
Professor Leonard Rubinowitz Chicago Illinois
Professor Helene Shapo Chicago Illinois
Professor Marshall Shapo Chicago Illinois
Professor Nicola Sharpe Chicago Illinois
Professor Nancy Staudt Chicago Illinois
Professor Kristen Stilt Chicago Illinois
Professor Samuel Tenenbaum Chicago Illinois
Professor Albert Yoon Chicago Illinois
Northwestern University Law Review Chicago Illinois
Princeton Legal History Professor Princeton New Jersey




STUDY ABROAD

Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum Rome Italy
Study abroad through Santa Clara University School of Law Geneva Switzerland




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