Where Southwestern Law Grads Land
9.7% of the class of 2025 went to firms of 101+ lawyers.
Large-Firm Share
9.7%
- 101 to 250 lawyers
- 4.1% (12)
- 251 to 500 lawyers
- 1.4% (4)
- 501+ lawyers
- 4.1% (12)
28 of 290 graduates at firms of 101+ lawyers.
Federal Clerkships
0.3%
1 graduate in full-time, long-term federal clerkships.
First-Time Bar Passage
64.9%
-12.8 points vs. ABA average
ABA weighted average for the same jurisdictions: 77.8%.
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 (3)
- 1 to 10
- 21% of graduates (61)
- 11 to 25
- 13.8% of graduates (40)
- 26 to 50
- 7.2% of graduates (21)
- 51 to 100
- 5.5% of graduates (16)
- 101 to 250
- 4.1% of graduates (12)
- 251 to 500
- 1.4% of graduates (4)
- 501+
- 4.1% of graduates (12)
Plus 1 federal clerkship.
Firms That Hire from Southwestern Law
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Meanwhile, 211 listed firms have an office in California:
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Latham & Watkins LLPCentury City, Costa Mesa, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Downtown, Orange County, Orange County (Costa Mesa), Redwood City, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPLos Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPLos Angeles, Redwood City, San Francisco
- 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
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPPalo Alto, San Francisco, Silicon Valley
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