Graduate Placement Data
Highlights
- 93.2 percent of our 2006 graduates were employed, or enrolled in a graduate degree program, within nine months of graduation.
- 44.3 percent of our 2006 graduates were placed in states other than Michigan.
- Median starting salary for 2006 graduates in law firms of more than 50 is $65,000.
- More than 10,400 MSU Law graduates are living and working in locations throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Russia and the Middle East.
Class of 2006 Employment
| EMPLOYMENT RATE (Employed + Degree Programs) | 93.2% | |
| Type of Employment | ||
| Law Firm | 47.1% | |
| Judicial Clerkships | 4.6% | |
| Government | 13.8% | |
| Business & Industry | 18.2% | |
| Public Interest | 4.6% | |
| Academic | 2.2% | |
| Employer Type Unknown | 9.5% | |
Employers Hiring 2006 Graduates
Arkansas
Paperie in the Heights
Arizona
Ascent Healthcare Solutions
DNA Legal Services
Norling, Kolsrud, Sifferman and Davis
Tharpe and Howell
Winsor Law Firm PLC
California
Nancy Stegall, PC
Public Defenders Office San Francisco
Schiff Harden
Colorado
Jackson National Life Insurance
Jefferson County District Attorney Office
Jorgenson, Motycka & Lewis, P.C.
Prologis
Susemihl, McDermott & Cowan
Connecticut
LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McRae
Superior Court of Connecticut
District of Columbia
Cato Institute
FBI - Budget Analyst
Lockheed Martin
U.S. Dept of Justice (ENRD)
Florida
7th Circuit St. John's County
Florida Department of Children & Families
Maltzman Foreman
Miami Dade Public Defender
Office of State Attorney 17th Judicial Circuit Broward County
Office of the State Attorney 10th Judicial Circuit
St. Denis & Davey
State Attorney Office 20th Judicial Circuit
US Attorneys Office
Georgia
Harris Law LLC
Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn and Dial
Illinois
Barnes Richardson & Colburn
BP AMOCO
C.N.A.
City of Chicago
Codilis & Associates
ComPsych Corp
Grasso, Bass & Williams
Grubb & Ellis
John W. Kearns & Associates
Law Offices of Peter Francis Geraci
McGraw Hill
North Central College
Q4B Quantum Solutions
Rammelkamp Bradney
Saline County State's Attorney's Office
Setco Company
Smith Engineering
Susan Loggans & Associates Ltd.
The Law Office of James P. McHargue
US Steel
Wiedner & McAuliffe Ltd.
Indiana
NCAA
Stout, Wheeler & Zabona, LLP
Massachusetts
Middlesex District Attorney's Office
Maryland
Human Genome Sciences
Office of the Public Defender
Michigan
Alpena County Circuit Court
3-B District Court
54-A District Court
Allegan County Circuit Court
Amanda L. Roggenbuck & Associates PLLC
Antone, Casagrande, & Adwers P.C.
Assistant Director of the Institute for Trade in the Americas
Bigler, Berry, Johnston, Sztykiel & Hunt, P.C.
Bleakley, Cypher Parent, Warren & Quinn, PC
Bodman LLP
Bowen, Radabaugh & Milton
Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione
Butzel Long
CAPE Health Plan
Carl Marlinga, PC
Centennial Group
Center Management Services
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee
Clark Hill PLC
Collins, Einhorn, Farrell and Ulanoff, PC.
Conroy-Simberg
Consolidated Legal Services PLLC
Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C.
David Lipski
Davita Corporation
Dingeman, Dancer & Christopherson
Dow Chemical Company
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Eaton County Circuit Court
Ernst & Young LLC
Eyde Construction
Felice V. Iafrate, Attorney at Law
Fifth Third Bank
Foster Swift Collins & Smith
Freedman Law Firm
Friend of the Court in Ingham County
Garan Lucow Miller
Graham & Scott PLLC
Great Lakes Legal Team PLC
Greg Bell, PC
Harness Dickey Pierce
Haywood Harrison PC
Holker Law Offices
Hon. Richard F. Suhrheinrich
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Howard & Howard
Hyman Lipitt, P.C.
Ingham County Circuit Court
Ionia County Prosecutor's Office
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss
James Rabaut & Associates
John A. Watts, P.C.
Kane & Co. PLC
Kent County Circuit Court
KPMG
Law Offices of David Paruch
Law Offices of Jason Jones
Legal Services of South Central Michigan
Lobbyist with Governmental Consultant Services
Loomis Ewert
Mastromarco & John, PC
McClintic & Weiss PC
McClurken & Associates
MI Court of Appeals
MI Dept of Community Health
MI Public Service Commission
MI Supreme Court
Michael Morse, P.C.
Michael Staake Attorney & Counselor At Law
Midland County Circuit Court
Michigan Attorney General
Michigan Indian Legal Services
Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone
Mittelstaedt and McNeely
Muskegon County Prosecutor’ Office
National Center for Dispute Settlement
Oade, Stroud & kleiman, P.C.
Oakland County Prosecutor's Office
Oppenheimer & Co Inc.
Peter C. Payette, PC
Plante Moran
Plunkett and Cooney
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Quicken Loans Legal Department
Quinn Law Group, PLLC
Rhoades McKee
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Schwartz Law Firm P.C
Sheldon L. Miller & Associates
Simasko, Simasko, Simasko, P.C.
Sinas Dramis Law Firm
Sommer Schwartz
State of Michigan
Steven Ihrig PC
Stevenson Keppelman Associates
Sullivan and Leavitt
The Sterling Law Firm
The Titus Law Firm
Tom R. Pabst PC
Trott & Trott
Varnum Riddering Schimidt & Howlett
Warner Norcross Judd
Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
Wrigley & Hoffman, P.C.
Missouri
Missouri State Public Defender
Montana
Crow Tribes of Indians
North Carolina
Joines & Greene PLLC
New Hampshire
Ron Hunt Law
New Jersey
Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard
New Mexico
New Mexico Public Defender
Nevada
Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O'Meara, LLP
Hofland Eccles Attorneys
Robb Evans & Associates, LLC
New York
Akin Gump
Cahill, Gordon, & Reindel LLP
Chemung County - Public Defender
Erie County District Attorney's Office
Essex-Newark Legal Services
Goldman Sachs
Law Offices of Allen Federman
Martin B. Adelman, PC
Oshman & Mirisola
The Children's Law Center
Ohio
Chenett Wasserman Yarger & Pastemak LLC
Oregon
Qmedtrix Systems Inc
South Carolina
Allen, Kopet & Associates, PLLC
Clawson & Staubes LLC
Finger, Fraser & Andrews, P.A.
Motley Rice LLC
Paul L. Agnew, PC
Richland County Public Defender's Office
Tennessee
Public Defender 11th District
Texas
Brown Sims, PC
Utah
Howard, Lewis & Petersen, P.C.
Utah State Court of Appeals
Virginia
US Patent and Trademark Office
Wisconsin
U.S. Air Force JAG
Ho-Chunk Nation
Seibel & Falkner LLP
TrustSolutions LLC