Where Northwestern Law Grads Land
71.6% of the class of 2025 went to firms of 101+ lawyers.
Large-Firm Share
71.6%
189 of 264 graduates at firms of 101+ lawyers: 5 at 101 to 250 (1.9%), 6 at 251 to 500 (2.3%), 178 at 501+ (67.4%).
Federal Clerkships
5.7%
15 graduates in full-time, long-term federal clerkships.
First-Time Bar Passage
91.8%
+10.8 vs. ABA average
+10.8 points against the ABA weighted average of 81.0% for the same jurisdictions.
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% of graduates (0)
- 1 to 10
- 1.9% of graduates (5)
- 11 to 25
- 0.8% of graduates (2)
- 26 to 50
- 0.4% of graduates (1)
- 51 to 100
- 1.5% of graduates (4)
- 101 to 250
- 1.9% of graduates (5)
- 251 to 500
- 2.3% of graduates (6)
- 501+
- 67.4% of graduates (178)
Plus 15 federal clerkships.
Firms That Hire from Northwestern Law
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Meanwhile, 81 listed firms have an office in Illinois:
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPChicago
- Latham & Watkins LLPChicago
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPChicago
- Sidley Austin LLPChicago
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPChicago
- White & Case LLPChicago
- Ropes & Gray LLPChicago
- Paul Hastings LLPChicago
- Cooley LLPChicago
- Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPChicago
- Jones DayChicago
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPChicago
OCI and Recruiting Dates
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