Graduate Placement Data
Highlights
- 92.3 percent of our 2008 graduates were employed, or enrolled in a graduate degree program, within nine months of graduation.
- 43 percent of our 2008 graduates were placed in states other than Michigan.
- Median starting salary for 2008 graduates in law firms of more than 50 is $100,000.
- More than 10,500 MSU Law graduates are living and working in locations throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Russia and the Middle East.
Class of 2008 Employment
| EMPLOYMENT RATE (Employed + Degree Programs) | 92.3% | |
| Type of Employment | ||
| Law Firm | 48.3% | |
| Judicial Clerkships (all levels) | 9.4% | |
| Government (legal & non-legal) | 10.1% | |
| Business & Industry (legal & non-legal, acct., banking) | 23.2% | |
| Public Interest | 3% | |
| Academic (faculty & administration) | 6% | |
Employers Hiring Graduates
Alaska
Alaska Superior Court
Sedor Wendlandt & Wang
Arizona
Holm Wright Hyde and Hays
California
Stovall & Associates
Colorado
18th Judicial Circuit Court
Colorado Court of Appeals
Law Offices of Rocco Meconi
Weld County AttorneyÕs Office
Wilson & Hassler Law Firm
District of Columbia
National Congress of American Indians
Office of the Chief Counsel/IRS
Sughrue Mion
Florida
Daniel Raab, PA
Georgia
The Lueder Law Firm
US Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration
US District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Iowa
Iowa Legal Aid
Idaho
Idaho Court of Appeals
Illinois
Cardinal Intellectual Property
Cesario and Walker
Cook County StateÕs AttorneyÕs Office
Jenner & Block
Law Office of Reza Baniassadi
Law Offices of Ernesto D. Borges, Jr., PC
Stone Moore Chartered
Strong Law Offices
Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP
Indiana
Gardner & Rans PC
Massachusetts
Bingham McCutchen
Bloomberg
Legist Law
The Dubai Initiative
Maryland
Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP
Michigan
44th Judicial District Court
48th Judicial Circuit Court
52-3 Judicial Circuit Court
55th Judicial District Court
ACLU National Office
Adrian and Blissfield Railroad Corp
Amberg & Amberg
Amway
Andary Davis & Andary PC
Ashley Zaleski PC
BIA
Bleakley Law Offices
Bolhouse Vander Hulst Risko & Baar PC
Brooks Kushman
Cayman Chemical
Central Michigan University
Chapter 13 Trustee
Church Kritselis
Cummings Woods
Davision Legal Associates PC
Dawson & Clark PC
Deloitte & Touche
Detroit Medical Center
Dow Chemical
Dudley Panek
Eaton County Circuit Court
Ernst & Young
Faulk Foster
Financial Services of America
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC
Genessee County Circuit Court
Giarmarco Mullins
Great Lakes Legal Team
Guggemos Brown Gilkey
Harness Dickey Pierce
Hyrdo-Logic Associates
Ilze Meija Attorney at Law
Ingham County Health Department
Ingham County ProsecutorÕs Office
Jackson County Circuit Court
Jaffe Raitt
Johnson Rosati
Keller Vincent & Almassian
Kent County Negotiator
Keranen and Associates PC
Kerr Russell Weber
Kopka Pinkus Dolin Eads
Kupelian Ormond & Magy PC
Lampertius & Associates, PLC
Law Offices of Norman Miller
Law Offices of Samuel L Bernstein
Legal Services of Northern Michigan
Legal Services of South Central Michigan
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Littler Mendelton
Mancini Schreuder Kline Conrad PC
Mecosta County Circuit Court
Michigan Court of Appeals
Michigan Department of Human Services
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Michigan Financial Group
Michigan Senate
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan State Bar Foundation
Michigan State Police
Midland Police Department
Montcalm County Prosecutor
MSU Land Policy Institute
MSU Law Library
Northwood University
Oakland County Circuit Court
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Robert D. Stanton, PC
Stillman Law Office
SSDC Disability
Swistak & Levine
The Abood Law Firm
Tieber Law Office
UM Institutional Review Board
US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett
Walzak Blaes Lepley & Rubin
Warner Norcross & Judd
Wease Halloran PLC
Weld County District AttorneyÕs Office
Wideman Law Center PC
Missouri
Graves Bartle & Marcus
Missouri Court of Appeals
US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Montana
Nemelka & Restum PC
North Carolina
Bell Davis & Pitt
Prince Youngblood Massagee
New Jersey
Orlovsky, Grasso, Bolger, Mensching & Daley
Superior Court of New Jersey
Nevada
Jones Vargas
New York
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Deloitte & Touche
Ohio
Franklin County Child Support Enforcement
Oregon
Oregon Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Andreus & Braid
Maximus
Pike County Court of Common Pleas
US AttorneyÕs Office
Texas
Carolyn Northcutt
Drinnon & Wright PLLC
Utah
Messaging Architects
Virginia
Greenblum and Bernstein
Transportation Security Administration
Troutman Sanders LLP
US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia Beach Circuit Court
Washington
Franklin County ProsecutorÕs Office
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart
Law Office of Joseph Shaub
Wisconsin
Kurtz Law Firm
Wisconsin Supreme Court
West Virginia
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Wyoming
Wind River Reservation