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Office of Career Services: Information for Prospective Students
The Office of Career Services is happy to provide information that will help prospective law students explore their interest in attending Seton Hall Law. The Office’s professional staff works diligently to provide all Seton Hall Law students the direction, guidance, and resources needed to pursue a meaningful and fulfilling path in the legal profession.
Employment Statistics
(as reported to The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP), Feb. 2009) The employment rate for the Class of 2008 within nine months of graduation was 94.74%, with 100% of the graduates reporting employment information. With 94.07% of graduates reporting employer type, and 66.45% of graduates reporting salary information, the average and median salaries by employment category are as follows:
| Employer Type | Percent of Employed | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Private Practice | 40.21% | $ 125,000 |
| Corporate/Business | 12.59% | $ 112,500 |
| Government Service/Public Interest | 5.59% | $ 54,000 |
| Judicial Clerkship | 39.51% | $ 39,179 |
| Other (Academic, Military, etc.) | 2.10% |
| Firm Size | Percent of Employed in Priv. Prac. | Avg. Salary | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 501+ | 11.29% | $157,500 | $160,000 |
| 251-500 | 13.91% | $145,667 | $145,000 |
| 101-250 | 11.29% | $121,417 | $120,000 |
| 51-100 | 20.87% | $111,810 | $100,000 |
| 26-50 | 6.09% | $92,000 | $90,000 |
| 11-25 | 13.03% | $93,571 | $80,000 |
| 2-10 | 13.03% | $56,250 | $60,000 |
| Solo Practice | 2.68% | ||
| Firm Size Unknown | 7.81% |
Alumni Success
Over 12,000 Seton Hall Law Alumni can be found in 49 states and in the District of Columbia. They practice law in every major national legal market. Our alumni can be found as partners, counsel, or associates in nearly two-thirds of the top-100 firms identified by Vault, including:
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Paul Weiss Rikfind Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Jones Day
- Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- White & Case LLP
Employers
Below is a sampling of employers who hired our students for summer or permanent positions in 2009. In the previous academic year, over 200 employers registered to participate in our recruitment programs, all sponsored by the Office of Career Services to market our highly talented student population.
List of Selected Summer Placements in Private Practice, Summer 2009
List of Selected Summer Placements in Public Interest & Government Service, Summer 2009
List of Selected Permanent Placements, Class of 2009
- Epstein Becker & Green PC
- Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
- Finnegan Henderson
- Otterbourg Steindler Houston & Rosen
- Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
- Herrick Feinstein LLP
- KPMG Schering Plough
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Lindabury McCormick Estabrook & Cooper PC
- Sidley Austin LLP
- McCarter & English
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
List of Selected Judicial Clerkships, Fall 2009
The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
The Honorable Michael A. Chagares, U. S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
The Honorable Peter G. Sheridan, U.S. District Court of New Jersey
The Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., U.S. District Court of New Jersey
The Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, U.S. District Court of New Jersey
The Honorable Alvin Hellerstein, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
The Honorable Joel A. Pisano, U.S. District Court of New Jersey
The Honorable Donald H. Steckroth, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
The Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey
The Honorable Roberto Rivera-Soto, Supreme Court of New Jersey