"One of the reasons I picked Michigan is that it places more people on the East Coast than the West Coast schools do, and places more people on the West Coast than the East Coast schools."

—Danielle Barnes, '10

Law Firms

Michigan is among the top law schools in placing the largest percentage of graduates in the most prestigious national law firms. Michigan Law has also long enjoyed renown as a launching pad to the nation's premier private law firms.  Over 400 domestic and international law firms, including branch offices, hired our 2008-2011 graduates. More specifically, 280 went to New York City, 90 to Washington, D.C., 158 to Chicago, 21 to Boston, 45 to Los Angeles, and 55 to the California Bay Area.

View our complete list of law-firm employers for the classes of 2008 through 2011 (PDF).

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