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Bar Passage Rate

Class of 2010 Employment Statistics

Type of Employment
Juris Doctor Required
122
46.4%
Juris Doctor Preferred
43
16.3%
Other Professional
26
9.9%
Non-professional
12
4.6%
Employed—Job Type Unknown 
6
2.3%
Pursuing Advanced Degree Full-Time 
12
4.6%
Unemployed Seeking Employment 
40
15.2%
Unemployed Not Seeking Employment 
2
0.8%
Employment Percentages
Private Practice 49%
Business/Corporations 29%
Government/Public Interest
16%
Judicial Clerkships 2%
Academia 3%
Geographic Distribution
Employed in Massachusetts 65.4%
Employed out of state 34.6%
Salaries Reported by Sector
  25th
Percentile
Median 75th
Percentile
Average
Private Sector $41,000 $60,000 $70,000 $61,319
Public Sector $38,500 $49,600 $58,000 $48,790
Private Practice $40,000 $55,000 $62,000 $57,247
Business $63,960 $80,000 $80,000 $76,792
Government $37,000 $49,900 $60,000 $48,629
Judicial Clerk $48,720 $49,600 $56,053 $51,675
Public Interest No salaries reported

List of Employers Hiring New England Law Graduates

Law Firms

  • Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP (NY)
  • Abbott Nicholson PC (MI)
  • Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. (MA, RI)
  • Adorno & Yoss LLP (FL)
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P. (TX)
  • Anderson Kill & Olick, PC (NY)
  • Arnold & Porter LLP (DC)
  • Bachmann, Hess, Bachmann & Garden, P.L.L.C. (WV)
  • Barnes, Richardson & Colburn (IL)
  • Bingham McCutchen LLP (MA, NY)
  • Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP (VA)
  • Blank Rome LLP (PA)
  • Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC (FL, NY)
  • Bonner Kiernan Trebach Crociata (MA)
  • Cadwalder, Wickerstam & Taft LLP (DC)
  • Borton, Petrini & Conron, LLP (CA)
  • Bowditch & Dewey, LLP (MA)
  • Boyle, Morrissey & Campo, P.C. (MA)
  • Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (MA, RI)
  • Brinks Hoffer Gilson & Lione (IL)
  • Buchanan Ingersoll P.C. (NY, PA)
  • Burns & Levinson LLP (MA)
  • Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P. (VA)
  • Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP (DC)
  • Casner & Edwards, LLP (MA)
  • Cassiday, Schade & Gloor LLP (IL)
  • Clark Hill PLC (MI)
  • Clausen Miller P.C. (IL, NJ, NY)
  • Cole, Schotz,Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. (NJ)
  • Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (DE)
  • Cooley Manion Jones LLP (MA)
  • Cozen O'Connor (NY)
  • Cranfill, Summer & Hartzog, LLP (NC)
  • Cummings & Lockwood LLC (FL)
  • Day, Pitney LLP (CT, MA)
  • Deloitte & Touche, LLP (CA, DC, MA, NY, PA)
  • Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland P.C. (MA)
  • Dewey Ballantine LLP (NY)
  • Dickenson Wright LLC (MI)
  • DLA Piper (FL)
  • Donovan Hatem LLP (MA)
  • Downs Rachlin & Martin PLLC (VT)
  • Duane Morris LLP (MA)
  • Eaton Peabody (ME)*
  • Eckert Seamans Cherin Mellott, LLC (MA)
  • Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge LLP (MA, NJ, NY, RI)
  • Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. (CT, MA, NY)
  • Evans & Dixon L.L.C. (MO)
  • Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard, P.C. (NJ)
  • Fish & Richardson P.C. (MA)
  • Foley & Lardner LLP (FL)
  • Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser, LLP (NY)
  • Foley Hoag LLP (MA)
  • Fox Rothschild LLP (NJ)
  • Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith (LA)
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Lowey, P.C. (NY)
  • Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (NY, TX)
  • Gadsby & Hannah LLP (MA)
  • Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.A. (NH)
  • Gardner, Carton & Douglas LLP (IL)
  • Godfrey & Kahn (WI)*
  • Goodwin Procter LLP (MA)
  • Gordan & Rees, LLP (NY)
  • Gorsuch Kirgis LLP (CO)
  • Goulston & Storrs (MA)
  • Grant Thornton (MA)
  • Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A. (MN)
  • Greenberg Traurig, LLP (AZ, FL, GA, MA, NJ, VA)
  • Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C. (VA)
  • Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. (AZ)
  • Halloran & Sage LLP (CT)
  • Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. (MA)
  • Hawkins, Delafield & Wood (NY)
  • Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. (FL)
  • Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP (MA, RI)
  • Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (FL, IL)
  • Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C. (TX)
  • Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (CO, DC, NY)
  • Holland & Knight LLP (FL, MA, NY)
  • Howrey LLP (DC, IL, TX)
  • Hunton & Williams LLP (VA)
  • Jenkens & Gilchrist PC (TX)
  • Jones Day (GA)
  • Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (WA)
  • King & Ballow (TN)
  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (DC)
  • King & Spalding LLP (NY)
  • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (DC, MA, NY)
  • Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, P.C. (PA)
  • Kopelman and Paige, P.C. (MA)
  • Kutak Rock LLP (DC)
  • Latham & Watkins LLP (DC
  • Lathrop & Gage L.C. (CO)
  • Lawson & Weitzen, LLP (MA)
  • LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. (MA)
  • Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC (TN)
  • Lewis & Roberts, P.L.L.C. (NC)
  • Lewis and Roca LLP (AZ)
  • Lord Bissell & Brook (IL)
  • Margolis Edelstein (PA)
  • Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin (PA)
  • Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (IL, NY)
  • McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. (VA)
  • McDermott, Will & Emery (MA)
  • McGuireWoods LLP (VA)
  • McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (DC)
  • McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. (NH)
  • Melick, Porter & Shea, LLP (MA)
  • Mendes & Mount, LLP (NY)
  • Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. (PA)
  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (MA)
  • Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP (MA)
  • Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP (PA)
  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (MA)
  • Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP (MA)
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (DC, NY)
  • Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (GA)
  • Morrison Mahoney LLP (MA, RI)
  • Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass (NY)
  • Murtha Cullina LLP (MA)
  • Nixon Peabody LLP (MA, NY)
  • Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP (MA)
  • Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP (PA)
  • Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C. (VA)
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (NC)
  • Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP (RI)
  • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (DC)
  • Peabody & Arnold LLP (MA)
  • Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (FL)
  • Pepper Hamilton LLP (DE, NJ, PA)
  • Perkins & Miltner (CA)*
  • Perkins Coie Brown & Bain, PA (AZ, WA)
  • Pitney Hardin LLP (NJ)
  • Pierce Atwood L.L.P. (ME)
  • Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (MI)
  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP (FL)
  • Post & Schell (PA)
  • Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP (DE)
  • Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley LLP (ME, NH)
  • Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP (MA)
  • Proskauer Rose LLP (NY)
  • Pyle Sims Duncan & Stevenson (CA)
  • Quarles & Brady LLP (AZ)
  • Reed Smith LLP (CA)
  • Riemer & Braunstein LLP (MA)
  • Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP (NJ)
  • Robbins Palmer & Allen LLP (CA)
  • Robinson & Cole LLP (MA)
  • Rubin & Rudman LLP (MA)
  • Rudman & Winchell, LLC (ME)
  • Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP (PA)
  • Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. (IL)
  • Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C. (VA)
  • Seyfarth Shaw (CA, MA, NY)
  • Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, P.A. (NH)
  • Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC (WA)
  • Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (DC)
  • Shumaker Williams (MD)
  • Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross PC (NJ)
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (NY)
  • Smith & Brink, P.C. (MA)
  • Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (AZ)
  • Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP (IL)
  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP (DC)
  • Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (DC)
  • Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP (PA)
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP (MA)
  • Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C. (NH)
  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (DC)
  • Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP (NY)
  • The Kleberg Law Firm, P.C. (TX)
  • Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. (CT)
  • Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. (IL)
  • Venable LLP (MD)
  • Verrill Dana, LLP (MA, ME)
  • Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (DC, OH)
  • White and Williams LLP (PA)
  • Whitford, Taylor & Preston (MD)
  • Wiggin & Dana LLP (CT)
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP (MA)
  • Wilson Elser Moskovitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (MA, NY)
  • Windels Marx Lane Mittendorf, LLP (PA)
  • Winston & Strawn LLP (DC)
  • Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP (NJ, NY)
  • Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. (MA)
  • Wolff & Samson, P.C. (NJ)
  • Woodcock Washburn LLP (PA)
  • Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum (CA)

Corporate Employers

  • ABC News (NY)
  • Aetna U.S. Healthcare (CT, PA)
  • American Council of Life Insurance (DC)
  • Arbella Insurance Group (MA)
  • AT&T (MA, NJ, RI)
  • Avaya, Inc. (CA)
  • Bank of America (MD, MA, NC)
  • Bayer Corp./Agfa Division (PA)
  • Bear Stearns (MA)
  • Beth Israel Hospital (MA)
  • BF Goodrich Company (NC)
  • Block Drug Co., Inc. (NJ)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (MA, MI, NJ)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (MA)
  • Boston Stock Exchange (MA)
  • Cantor Fitzgerald (NY)
  • Cape Air/Nantucket Air (MA)
  • Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CA)
  • Chase Manhattan Bank (NY)
  • Chevy Chase Bank (MD)
  • Cisco Systems (MA)
  • CitiCorp/CitiBank (NY)
  • Citizen's Bank (MA)
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (MA)
  • Cognex Corporation (MA)
  • Compaq Computer Corporation (CA)
  • Converse, Inc. (MA)
  • Countrywide Financial Corp./Countrywide Home Loans (CA)
  • Cumberland Farms/Gulf Oil, Inc. (MA)
  • Deloitte & Touche/Deloitte Tax LLP (MA, NY)
  • DaimlerChrysler Corporation (MI)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (MA)
  • Digital Equipment Corp. (MA, NH)
  • Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. (CA)
  • Earthlink, Inc. (GA)
  • EMC Corp. (MA)
  • Emerson Radio Corporation (NJ)
  • Epson Research & Development, Inc. (CA)
  • Ernst & Young LLP (DC, MA, NY, RI)
  • Fair Isaac Corporation (MA)
  • Fidelity Investments (MA)
  • Flight Safety International, Inc. (NY)
  • FM Global Law & Government Affairs (RI)
  • Foster-Miller, Inc. (MA)
  • Fox Television (CA)
  • Gateway, Inc. (CA)
  • Gemstar Development (CA)
  • Genzyme Corp. (MA)
  • Harvard Management Co., Inc. (MA)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. (MA)
  • HBO Latin America Group (FL)
  • Helix Environmental Consulting, Inc. (CA)
  • Hewlett-Packard Company (MA)
  • Imageries Entertainment Inc. (CA)
  • INTEL Corp. (OR)
  • INTEQ (MA)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (NY)
  • International Paper Co. (TN)
  • Island Def Jam Music Group (NY)
  • John Hancock Life Insurance Co./ John Hancock Financial Services (MA)
  • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NY)
  • KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (CO, IL, MA, NY, VT)
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (MA)
  • Lucent Technologies (MA)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (MA)
  • McKinsey & Co., Inc. (NY)
  • Meditech (MA)
  • Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. (NJ)
  • Met Life (MA)
  • MFS Investment Management (MA)
  • Mitsubishi Corporation (FL)
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. (NY)
  • Morse Diesel International, Inc. (NY)
  • Motorola, Inc. (AZ, MA)
  • Museum of Modern Art (NY)
  • Natural MicroSystems Corp. (MA)
  • New England Patriots (MA)
  • New Line Cinema (CA)
  • New York Life Insurance Company (MA)
  • New York Stock Exchange
  • Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (NY)
  • NSTAR (MA)
  • Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (NY)
  • Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc. (MA)
  • Pathfinder Communications (CA)
  • Pepsi Cola Company (NC)
  • Pfizer, Inc. (NY)
  • Phizer, Inc. (NY)
  • Phoenix Coyotes (AZ)
  • Polaroid Corp. (MA)
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (CA, MA, NJ, NY, PA)
  • Putnam Investments (MA)
  • Raytheon Co. (MA)
  • Reebok International LTD (MA)
  • Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (NY)
  • Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (GA)
  • State Farm Insurance Company (IL)
  • State Street Boston Corp./State Street Bank & Trust (MA)
  • State Street Global Advisors (MA)
  • Sun Life Financial (MA)
  • Sun Microsystems, Inc (CA, MA)
  • Teradyne, Inc. (MA)
  • Textol Systems, Inc. (NJ)
  • The Gillette Co. (MA)
  • The Pillsbury Company (MN)
  • The Procter & Gamble Company (OH)
  • Time Warner Cable (NY)
  • TJX Corporation (MA)
  • Tufts Associated Health Plans, Inc. (MA)
  • Tufts Medical Center (MA)
  • Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (GA)
  • U.S. Trust Co. of NY
  • United Talent Agency (CA)
  • UNO Resturant Holdings Corp. (MA)
  • US Airways, Inc. (NY)
  • Wachovia Bank, N.A. (CT)
  • Walt Disney Internet Group (NY)
  • Wyeth Research (MA)
Government and Public Interest Employers
  • Alaska Judiciary
  • Alaska Legal Services
  • American Arbitration Association (DC)
  • American Bar Association (IL)
  • American Cancer Society (OR)
  • Arizona Auditor General's Office
  • Arizona Corporation Commission
  • Asian American Legal Defense (NY)
  • Belize Institute of Environmental Law & Policy
  • Boston Redevelopment Authority (MA)
  • Bronx County District Attorney's Office (NY)
  • Center for Health Policy Research (DC)
  • Central Intelligence Agency (DC)
  • Circuit Court of Cook County (IL)
  • City of Boston Law Department (MA)
  • City of Philadelphia Law Department (PA)
  • Committee for Public Counsel Services (MA)
  • Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. (CT)
  • Cook County Public Defender's Office (IL)
  • Davidson County Public Defenders (TN)
  • Defender Association of Philadelphia (PA)
  • Delaware Supreme Court
  • Department of Social Services, Rowan County (NC)
  • Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism (MA)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (MA)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (MD)
  • Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (DC)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (CT, DC, MD, VA)
  • Federal Communications Commission (DC)
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (DC)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (MA)
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority (CA)
  • Federal Labor Relations Board (DC)
  • Federal Public Defender's Office (AZ)
  • First American Title Insurance Co. (NY)
  • Florida Public Defenders (FL)
  • ForestEthics (CA)
  • General Electric International, Inc. (GA)
  • Greater Boston Legal Services (MA)
  • HUD, Legal Honors Program (DC)
  • Internal Revenue Service (DC, MA, NH, NY)
  • Korea Customs Service (Daejeon, Korea)
  • Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (MA)
  • Manhattan County District Attorney's Office (NY)
  • Maricopa County Public Defender Office (AZ)
  • Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center
  • Maryland Judiciary (MD)
  • Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Energy
  • Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • Massachusetts State Senate Committee on Ways & Means
  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  • Mayo Clinic (MN)
  • Miami Attorney General?s Office (FL)
  • Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office (FL)
  • Montgomery County District Attorney's Office (PA)
  • NASD (DC, FL, MA)
  • New Hampshire District Court
  • New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
  • New Hampshire Public Defender
  • New Mexico Public Defenders (NM)
  • New York State Court of Appeals
  • New York State Supreme Court
  • NY Department of Health
  • Office of Management & Budget (DC)
  • Office of Public Defender, Montgomery County (PA)
  • Office of the Attorney General (MA)
  • Oneida County Public Defender (NY)
  • Orleans Parrish District Attorney's Office (LA)
  • Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (PA)
  • United States Air Force JAG (DC)
  • United States Army JAG (DC)
  • United States Department of Homeland Security (MA, DC)
  • United States Department of Labor (MA)
  • United States Drug Enforcement (MA)
  • United States National Gallery of Art (DC)
  • United States Navy JAG (CA)