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Helping You Pursue Your Passion

From your first internship to postgraduate placement, our dedicated Career Services team equips you with the strategy, network, and confidence to succeed.

We want our students to be prepared for job and internship opportunities that arise, whether they come after their 1L, 2L, or 3L year. Our dedicated Office of Career Services (OCS) works one-on-one with every student at each stage of their law school career to ensure they are ready to succeed.

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OCS STUDENT SERVICES

Personalized Support at Every Step

Hofstra Law students and alumni have access to  Symplicity, our online career services management system. Additionally, OCS offers:

  • One-On-One Career Coaching
  • Personal Branding and Marketing
  • Resume and Cover Letter Review and Guides
  • Interview training
  • Professional development
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OCS EMPLOYER SERVICES

Connecting Employers With Exceptional Talent

We will work closely with you to bring you the talent you seek through several recruitment events, Symplicity job posts, and through personal assistance.

Employer Services

Results That Define Us

Going to Hofstra Law will open many doors for you. Our alumni have gone on to become partners and chairs at major firms, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, sports agents, politicians, judges, professors, entrepreneurs and more.

No. 53

Nationally for 2025 JD Graduates Hired as Associates in “Big Law” Ranked by Law.com

14,000+

Your Global Alumni Network

200+

Alumni Members of the Judiciary

Where Do Our Graduates Work?

For the Class of 2024, 95% secured employment within 10 months of graduation.

95%

Class of 2024 Employment

62%

Private Practice

23%

Government

8%

Business and Industry

5%

Public Interest

2%

Other

Placing Hofstra Law sixth among the 15 New York State law schools, 92% of the class held gold-standard positions requiring bar admission or a JD. Employment statistics in a uniform chart provided by the American Bar Association can be found on the Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/509.

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Where Our Students Are Making an Impact

Students build real-world legal experience through internships and externships with top law firms, courts, and organizations across Long Island and New York City.

  • Abrams Fensterman
  • Baker & Hostetler
  • Cullen and Dykman
  • Davis Polk
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Dechert
  • DLA Piper
  • Farrell Fritz
  • Forchelli Deegan Terrana
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Holland & Knight
  • Jackson Lewis
  • Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Moritt Hock & Hamroff
  • Morrison Foerster
  • Nixon Peabody
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  • Proskauer Rose
  • Rivkin Radler
  • Ruskin Moscou Faltischek
  • Tarter Krinsky & Drogin
  • White & Case

Career Services Programming and Resources

Special Programs

Career Services hosts a number of unique mentorship and employment-related programs and events to help you grow your network and find summer internships and postgraduate employment.
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Public Sector Advising

The director of public service career planning assists students in obtaining both internships and postgraduate positions in public service.
Learn More About Public Service Resources

Diversity Career Resources

Hofstra Law has a dedicated career counselor for diversity initiatives so that you have an additional resource for diversity opportunities.
Diversity Career Resources

Designed To Set You Apart

Professional Success Program

Our unique professional success and leadership development programming highlights critical elements of professional growth not typically taught as part of a traditional law school curriculum.
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On-Campus Interview Programs

Career Services organizes comprehensive interview programs, which include both private and public sector employers, and supports an extensive online employer database.
View Our Interview Preparation Programs

Alumni Spotlight

Briana Enck ’19

“Career Services helped me restructure my resume and scheduled mock interviews with alumni to help me sharpen my interview skills in order to effectively express my career change. They pushed me to have an open mind about what my career could look like.”

Read Briana’s Story

Andrew Borruso ’20

“The career center worked tirelessly for me. They were in constant contact with me throughout the entire On-Campus Interview process. The career center helped me land a coveted summer associate position at Latham & Watkins.”

Read Andrew’s Story

Mehrin Bakht ’19

“The Office of Career Services at Hofstra Law helped me realize I am capable of being a litigator. I am a first-generation attorney. I had no lawyer mentors outside of law school, so the guidance I received from Career Services was extremely important to me.”

Read Mehrin’s Story
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With one-on-one coaching, alumni access, and national placement strength, Hofstra Law ensures you graduate ready to secure the opportunities you’ve worked toward.

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