Class of 2008 Data
Class of 2008 Data
*Please note that the Class of 2009 data will be added to this webpage when available.*
Class of 2008 Job Types | Class of 2008 Law Firm Sizes
Employers of Class of 2008 Alumni (PDF) | Bar Passage Statistics | Sampling of OCI Employers
JOB TYPES
The class of 2008 is employed in a variety of different practice settings. The pie chart below illustrates the percentages of alums working in each field.
Judicial Clerkship: 3% | Law Firm: 63% | Government: 12% | Public Interest: 4%
Academic: 1% | Business or Industry: 17% | Military: 0%
LAW FIRM SIZE
63% of 2008 graduates are working at law firms. The pie chart below illustrates the various sizes of law firms where these alums are employed.
2-10 attorneys: 38.89% | 11-25 attorneys: 11.11% | 26-50 attorneys: 3.17% | 51-100 attorneys: 7.14%
101-250 attorneys: 8.73% | 251-500 attorneys: 11.90% | 501+ attorneys: 15.87% | Solo Practice: 3.17%
Class of 2009: 94% | Class of 2008: 95%
Class of 2007: 91% | Class of 2006: 92% | Class of 2005: 91%
SAMPLING OF OCI EMPLOYER PARTICIPANTS
Allstate Insurance Company
Burke, Warren, McKay, & Serritella, P.C.
Cassiday Schade LLP
Chapman & Cutler LLP
City of Chicago, Department of Law
Clark Hill, PLC
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Donohue, Brown, Mathewson, & Smyth, LLC
Drinker Biddle
Dykema Gossett
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath, & Lyman, P.C.
Holland & Knight
IRS, Office of Chief Counsel
Jenner & Block, LLP
Jones Day
K&L Gates (formerly Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd)
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kirkland & Ellis
Lavelle Law, Ltd.
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
McGuireWoods LLP
Michael, Best, & Friedrich
Reed Smith
Schiff Hardin LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden LLP
Sonnenschein, Nath, & Rosenthal, LLP
Thompson Coburn Fagel Haber
True Partners Consulting
U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
U.S. Army JAG Corps
U.S. Nave JAG Corps
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Ungaretti & Harris, LLP
Vedder Price
Winston & Strawn LLP
WTAS, LLC
