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Where Duke Law Grads Land

74.8% of the class of 2025 went to firms of 101+ lawyers.

Large-Firm Share

74.8%

172 of 230 graduates at firms of 101+ lawyers: 4 at 101 to 250 (1.7%), 5 at 251 to 500 (2.2%), 163 at 501+ (70.9%).

Class of 2025, ABA required disclosure

Federal Clerkships

11.7%

27 graduates in full-time, long-term federal clerkships.

Class of 2025, ABA required disclosure

First-Time Bar Passage

97.5%

+14.5 vs. ABA average

+14.5 points against the ABA weighted average of 82.9% for the same jurisdictions.

2024 first-time takers, ABA required disclosure

Law Firm Jobs by Firm Size

Firm size is the number of lawyers at the firm. Each bar is a share of the whole class, so the bars do not add up to 100%.

Solo
0.4% of graduates (1)
1 to 10
1.3% of graduates (3)
11 to 25
1.3% of graduates (3)
26 to 50
0% of graduates (0)
51 to 100
0.9% of graduates (2)
101 to 250
1.7% of graduates (4)
251 to 500
2.2% of graduates (5)
501+
70.9% of graduates (163)

Plus 27 federal clerkships.

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OCI and Recruiting Dates

Quoted from Duke Law's own pages. Check the source before you plan around a date.

Upcoming

  • October 28, 2026Registration · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • October 28, 2026Interview Window · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • October 30, 2026Registration · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • November 23-30, 2026Bidding · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • December 11, 2026Fall InterviewSource
  • December 14, 2026Registration · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • December 29, 2026Bidding · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • December 29, 2026Interview Window · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • December 30, 2026Interview Window · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source

Other Dates This Cycle

  • July 13, 2026Registration · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • December 29Interview Window · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source
  • January 16Other · 2L Virtual OCI (Private Sector)Source

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Employment figures are from the ABA Required Disclosures for the class of 2025, as a percent of all 230 graduates, counting full-time, long-term jobs. Bar passage is for 2024 first-time takers against the ABA weighted average for the same jurisdictions.

Firm lists are from the school's own pages and are not exhaustive. A firm named there hired or recruited at Duke Law; the ABA does not report employer names. Recruiting dates are quoted as the school published them.

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