Where Santa Clara Law Grads Land
23.2% of the class of 2025 went to firms of 101+ lawyers.
Large-Firm Share
23.2%
46 of 198 graduates at firms of 101+ lawyers: 8 at 101 to 250 (4%), 5 at 251 to 500 (2.5%), 33 at 501+ (16.7%).
Federal Clerkships
0.5%
1 graduate in full-time, long-term federal clerkships.
First-Time Bar Passage
74.8%
-3.2 vs. ABA average
-3.2 points against the ABA weighted average of 78.0% 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
- 1% of graduates (2)
- 1 to 10
- 17.7% of graduates (35)
- 11 to 25
- 6.6% of graduates (13)
- 26 to 50
- 3.5% of graduates (7)
- 51 to 100
- 5.1% of graduates (10)
- 101 to 250
- 4% of graduates (8)
- 251 to 500
- 2.5% of graduates (5)
- 501+
- 16.7% of graduates (33)
Plus 1 federal clerkship.
Firms That Hire from Santa Clara Law
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Meanwhile, 118 listed firms have an office in California:
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Latham & Watkins LLPCentury City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Downtown, Orange County, Orange County (Costa Mesa), San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPLos Angeles, San Francisco
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPRedwood City
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPIrvine, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Milbank LLPLos Angeles
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Sidley Austin LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco
- Covington & Burling LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
OCI and Recruiting Dates
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Dates This Cycle
- August 18 – October 30, 2026Registration · Information for EmployersSource
- August 4 – 7, 2026Other · Information for EmployersSource
- July 28 - July 31, 2026Interview Window · Information for EmployersSource
- March 2, 2026Registration · Information for EmployersSource
- August 20Registration · Information for EmployersSource
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