NALP Bulletin, November 2002
NALP's annual Jobs & J.D.'s report provides many analyses that demonstrate the diversity of the law firm employment market for new law graduates. The analyses here offer additional insights into the geographic "reach" of law firm hiring in 12 large cities.
These findings should provide some insight both to employers in these cities and also to career services offices as they assist individuals in their job searches. Further, the findings illustrate the extent to which small firm hiring is a local affair and suggest that, for a student wishing to work for a small firm in another state, the challenges will be even greater as compared to local opportunities.
Top Law School Locations for Law Firm Jobs Taken in Selected
Cities
by the Class of 2001
City |
Firms of 2-10 attorneys |
Firms of more than 100 attorneys | ||
Grads from: |
Share of Firm Jobs: |
Grads from: |
Share of Firm Jobs: | |
Atlanta | ||||
GA |
53.2% |
GA |
40.0% | |
AL |
8.5 |
NC |
10.2 | |
* |
|
FL |
7.7 | |
Total # jobs |
47 |
Total # jobs |
235 | |
Boston | ||||
MA |
90.6 |
MA |
63.9 | |
* |
|
DC |
7.9 | |
NY |
6.3 | |||
Total # jobs |
53 |
Total # jobs |
368 | |
Chicago | ||||
IL |
85.8 |
IL |
48.9 | |
IN |
4.5 |
MI |
10.2 | |
OH |
1.9 |
IN |
8.6 | |
Total # jobs |
155 |
Total # jobs |
421 | |
Columbus | ||||
OH |
100.0 |
OH |
62.5 | |
* |
|
IN/MI/DC/VA |
6.3 each | |
* |
| |||
Total # jobs |
48 |
Total # jobs |
48 | |
Dallas | ||||
TX |
81.5 |
TX |
64.4 | |
OK |
7.7 |
MA/OK |
5.7 each | |
* |
|
NY/IL/TN |
3.1 each | |
Total # jobs |
65 |
Total # jobs |
191 | |
Denver | ||||
CO |
69.7 |
CO |
47.4 | |
* |
|
DC |
7.9 | |
* |
| |||
Total # jobs |
33 |
Total # jobs |
38 | |
Indianapolis | ||||
IN |
89.2 |
IN |
87.5 | |
* |
|
* |
| |
Total # jobs |
37 |
Total # jobs |
40 | |
Los Angeles | ||||
CA |
91.4 |
CA |
64.9 | |
NY |
2.9 |
MA |
7.2 | |
* |
|
NY |
5.0 | |
Total # jobs |
105 |
Total # jobs |
416 | |
New York | ||||
NY |
70.7 |
NY |
36.7 | |
CA |
4.9 |
MA |
14.7 | |
MA/NJ |
3.7 each |
PA |
9.7 | |
Total # jobs |
82 |
Total # jobs |
1,051 | |
Pittsburgh | ||||
PA |
95.2 |
PA |
64.9 | |
* |
|
DC |
8.1 | |
MI/NC |
4.1 each | |||
Total # jobs |
42 |
Total # jobs |
74 | |
San Diego | ||||
CA |
86.0 |
CA |
62.5 | |
* |
|
NY |
8.0 | |
DC |
6.8 | |||
Total # jobs |
57 |
Total # jobs |
88 | |
Washington, DC | ||||
DC |
53.6 |
DC |
46.5 | |
VA |
12.5 |
VA |
12.6 | |
NY |
7.1 |
MA |
7.8 | |
Total # jobs |
56 |
Total # jobs |
744 |
* Indicates no other state provided more than two graduates.