Employment

Tue Jun 18 2013

Why Arizona Law?

Employment

Our Career Office:
Your degree from Arizona Law creates a lifetime of opportunities. The Office of Career and Professional Development is dedicated to assisting students and graduates in developing as professionals, and in sorting out the many options a law degree creates. Click here to visit the College of Law's Career Office
Post-Graduation Employment (Class of 2010)
87.5% employed 9 months after graduation
2.5% pursuing LLM degrees
- 40% Law Firm (52% after judicial clerkship)
- 3.5% Corporate Legal
- 24% Government & Public Interest
$92,000 Average Salary (law firm)
$54,466 Average Salary (government)
Prestigious Judicial Clerkships
19.5% of the 2010 graduates served as judicial clerks. The national average is 9.3%.
Summer Opportunities
More than 90% of our 1L class engages in real world summer legal clerkships and internships each year - one of the highest rates of 1L legal employment in the country. 1L & 2L students are employed in more than 20 states and foreign countries each summer. Click here for more information
Largest On-Campus and Off-Campus Interviewing Program in Arizona. More than 100 law firms, corporations and government agencies throughout Arizona and the region interview our students on campus. National Off-Campus Interviews in Denver, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, DC, Miami, Houston and Dallas. Click here for more information.
We publish the two most important government internship and public policy handbooks in the country. Arizona Law students engage in state and federal internships and externships in Arizona and beyond.