Employment Statistics

Within nine (9) months of graduation, 99.7% of the Class of 2008 had reported their employment status to the Office of Career Services. Of those members of the Class of 2008 who reported their employment status to us, more than 95% were either employed or pursuing a degree on a full-time basis.

Employment by Sector

For those members of the Class of 2008 who reported employment status to us, 74% were employed in the private sector (law firms and business) and approximately 24% were employed in the public sector. The following chart illustrates the sector-by-sector employment breakdown for the Class of 2008.



Employment Distribution by Size of Law Firm

For those members of the Class of 2008 who reported employment by a law firm, the breakdown by size of law firm was as follows:

2 to 10 attorneys	48.1%
11 to 25 attorneys	9.7%
26 to 50 attorneys	6.5%
51 to 100 attorneys	6.5%
101 to 250 attorneys	2.6%
251 to 500 attorneys	6.5%
501+ attorneys	16.9%
Unknown size	2.6%

Salary Ranges

For those members of the Class of 2008 who reported both employment status and salary data to us, the salary ranges were as follows:

Private Sector:

• Median salary for full-time employment in the private sector: $160,000
• 75th percentile salary for full-time employment in the private sector: $160,000
• 25th percentile salary for full-time employment in the private sector: $ 67,500

Public Sector:

• Median starting salary for full-time employment in the public sector: $ 52,000
• 75th percentile salary for full-time employment in the public sector: $ 57,358
• 25th percentile salary for full-time employment in the public sector: $ 47,000

For those members of the Class of 2008 who reported both employment status and salary data to us, the median starting salaries for these graduates employed in law firms based on the size of the law firm were as follows:

2 to 10 attorneys	$50,000
11 to 25 attorneys	$56,000
26 to 50 attorneys	$72,500
51 to 100 attorneys	$91,250
101 to 250 attorneys	$147,500
251 to 500 attorneys	$160,000
501+ attorneys	$160,000

Please note that the median salaries set forth above are intended to represent a guideline as to the approximate salaries that might be expected in law firms of different sizes. These figures vary from year to year based upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, market conditions as well as the number of graduates reporting salary information to us.

Geographic Distribution

For those members of the Classes of 2008 who reported employment status to us, approximately 89% accepted jobs in New York and New Jersey. The remaining 11% accepted jobs in nearly 15 states across the country, including Florida, California, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia, plus the District of Columbia.

Taking all Hofstra Law School alumni into account, approximately 25% reside outside of New York, and we have alumni in 45 states and 11 foreign countries.

Selected Recent Placements

The following employers are among those that have hired members of our Classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008:

Law Firms:

• Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson LLP
• Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP
• Alston & Bird LLP
• Barry McTiernan & Moore
• Bayard, PA
• Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
• Bryan Cave LLP
• Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
• Callan, Koster, Brady & Brennan, LLP
• Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
• Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
• Chalos, O’Connor & Duffy, LLP
• Clifford Chance, LLP
• Collard & Roe, PC
• Conway, Farrell, Curtin & Kelly, PC
• Cullen and Dykman LLP
• Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
• Duval & Stachenfeld LLP
• Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP
• Epstein, Becker & Green PC
• Farrell Fritz PC
• Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP
• Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Cohn, LLP
• Fox Horan & Camerini LLP
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
• Friedman Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein LLP
• Furey, Furey, Leverage, Manzione, Williams & Darlington, P.C.
• Furey, Kerley, Walsh, Matera and Cinquemani, P.C.
• Garson, Gerspach, DeCorato & Cohen LLP
• Holland & Knight LLP
• Jackson Lewis LLP
• Jaspan Schlesinger LLP
• Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
• Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan, LLP
• Kaye Scholer LLP
• Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, PC
• Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP
• L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini LLP
• Latham & Watkins, LLP
• Loeb & Loeb LLP
• London Fischer LLP
• McCabe, Collins, McGeough and Fowler, LLP
• Mendes & Mount, LLP
• Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, PC
• Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP
• Moses & Singer LLP
• Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass
• Nixon Peabody LLP
• Norton Rose LLP
• Oliff & Berridge, PLC
• Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP
• Peckar & Abramson
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Proskauer Rose LLP
• Rivkin Radler LLP
• Ruskin Moscou Faltischek PC
• Sanders, Sanders, Block, Woycik, Viener & Grossman, P.C.
• Schlissel, Ostrow, Karabatos & Poepplein PLLC
• Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
• Sidley Austin LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• White & Case LLP
• Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
• Winston & Strawn LLP

Federal Judicial Clerkships:

• U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Public Interest Organizations:

• Administration for Children’s Services
• Catholic Charities Immigrant Services
• Children’s Law Center
• Communication Workers of America District 1 Legal
• Foundation Source Philanthropic Services, Inc.
• Lawyers for Children
• Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County
• Long Island Advocacy Center
• Manhlattan Legal Services
• Maryland Legal Aid
• Nassau County Legal Aid Society
• Project Sentinel
• The Legal Aid Society
• The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division

Government Agencies:

• Bronx County District Attorney’s Office
• City of Long Beach
• Internal Revenue Service
• Kings County District Attorney’s Office
• Los Angeles County Public Defender
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney
• Nassau County Attorney’s Office
• Nassau County District Attorney’s Office
• New York City Fire Department
• New York City Human Resources Administration Office of Legal Affairs
• New York City Law Department
• New York City Office of Labor Relations
• New York County District Attorney’s Office
• New York State Attorney General
• New York State Senate
• Orange County District Attorney’s Office
• Queens County District Attorney’s Office
• San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
• Social Security Administration
• Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
• Texas District Attorney’s Office
• Town of North Hempstead
• Ulster County District Attorney’s Office
• Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office
• U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
• U.S. Army JAG Corps
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Newark Asylum Office
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Probation Department
• Westchester County District Attorney’s Office