CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW
CAREER PLANNING OFFICE
65-21 Main Street
Flushing, New York 11367
Phone: 718-340-4230
Fax: 718-340-4430

Sam Sue, Director
sue@mail.law.cuny.edu

Stephanie McGregor, Associate Director
mcgregors@mail.law.cuny.edu

Patricia Tynan, Office Manager
tynan@mail.law.cuny.edu

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EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Employment for the J.D. Class of 2007
Public Interest Organizations 27.6%
Government Agencies 18.1%
Law Clerks to Judges 11.4%
Academic 3.8%
Private Practice 27.6%
Business or In-house Legal Dept 11.4%

Employment locations for the J.D. Class of 2007
New England 1.9% (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Middle Atlantic States 82% (NY, NJ, PA)
East North Central States 1.9% (KY, AL, MS, TN)
West North Central States 0% (IA, KS, MN, MO,NE,ND,SD)
South Atlantic States 7.6% (DC, DE, MD, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV)
East South Central States 2.9% (AL, KY, MS, TN)
West South Central States 1% (AR, LA, OK. TX)
Mountain 0% (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
Pacific States 1% (CA, WA, OR, HI, AK)
Foreign 1%(Korea, Thailand) 0%

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Employment for the J.D. Class of 2006
Public Interest Organizations 28.7%
Government Agencies 14%
Law Clerks to Judges 18.1%
Academic 4.63%
Private Practice 20.37%
Business or In-house Legal Dept 14.81%

Employment locations for the J.D. Class of 2006
New England 1.9% (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Middle Atlantic States 88.57% (NY, NJ, PA)
East North Central States 1.3% (KY, AL, MS, TN)
West North Central States 0% (IA, KS, MN, MO,NE,ND,SD)
South Atlantic States 4.76% (DC, DE, MD, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV)
East South Central States 0% (AL, KY, MS, TN)
West South Central States 1% (AR, LA, OK. TX)
Mountain 1% (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
Pacific States 2% (CA, WA, OR, HI, AK)
Foreign 1%(Korea, Thailand) 0%

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Employment for the J.D. Class of 2005
Public Interest Organizations 30.26%
Government Agencies 21.05%
Law Clerks to Judges 10.52%
Academic 1.31%
Private Practice 27.63%
Business or In-house Legal Dept 9.21%

Employment locations for the J.D. Class of 2005
New England 4% (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Middle Atlantic States 84% (NY, NJ, PA)
East North Central States 1.3% (KY, AL, MS, TN)
West North Central States 0% (IA, KS, MN, MO,NE,ND,SD)
South Atlantic States 6.6% (DC, DE, MD, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV)
East South Central States 1.3% (AL, KY, MS, TN)
West South Central States 0% (AR, LA, OK. TX)
Mountain 0% (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
Pacific States 2.6% (CA, WA, OR, HI, AK)
Foreign (Korea, Thailand) 0%

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EMPLOYERS OF CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES INCLUDE:

Public Interest organizations such as Advocates for Children, Aids Center of Queens County, Brooklyn Defender Services, District Counsel 37, Goddard Riverside Westside SRO Law Project, The HIV Law Project, Housing Conservation Coordinators, InMotion, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Center for Constitutional Rights, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Sanctuary for Families, Inc., Sylvia Rivera Justice Project.

Legal Services Offices in all five boroughs of New York City including the Legal Aid Society of New York Criminal Defense, Civil, and Juvenile Rights Divisions; Legal Services for the Elderly; Prisoners Legal Services; South Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation; Northern Manhattan Improvement; MFY Legal Services; Queens Legal Services; as well as the Nassau County Legal Aid Society; NYS Unified Court Mental Hygiene Legal Services; New Jersey Legal Services; Chicago Legal Assistance; Defenders Association of Philadelphia; S the San Diego Public Defender Office; Columbia Washington Legal Services; New Jersey Public Defender's Office; and the Miami Dade County Public Defender's Office.

Government Institutions, including District Attorney's offices in New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Nassau counties; The Nassau County Attorney's Office; San Francisco County Attorney's Office; Dade County Prosecutor's Office; Philadelphia Prosecutor's Office; Chicago Juvenile Rights Division; U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York; Office of the Corporation Counsel - NYC Law Department; NYC Administration for Children's Services; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Judge Advocate General; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York; and with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The Court system, where graduates have served as judicial clerks in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, Central District of California (LA) and Massachusetts; United States Magistrate Judges and Bankruptcy Judges; United States Court of International Trade; the New York State Court of Appeals, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Appellate Term, Surrogate Court, and Civil Court; Pennsylvania Family Court; New Jersey Family Court; and trial and appellate courts in New Jersey. Our graduates have also begun to enter the adjudicative branch of government agencies, serving, for example, as Administrative Law Judges for the New York State Public Service Commission and the Department of Social Services; and Hearing Officers for the New York City Board of Education.

Legislative and Executive Branches including the United States Congress, where graduates have worked as Counsel, Administrative Assistant and Assistant Legislative Directors to Congress members; the New York State Assembly and Senate, where graduates have been staff members and counsel to Members; the New York City Council; the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York; and the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico. Our graduates now also hold public offices including New York State Assembly member and President of the Troy City Council.

Educational institutions including CUNY School of Law; St. Mary's University School of Law; Seton Hall Law School; University of Maryland School of Law; Brooklyn Law School; American University, Washington College of Law; and undergraduate institutions like Medgar Evers College, New York City Tech and LaGuardia Community College.

Labor law employers such as the National Labor Relations Board; District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the Communication Workers of America; the Committee of Interns & Residents; the New York City Office of Collective Bargaining; the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Office of Labor Relations; and the New York City Mayor's Office of Labor Relations.

Private law firms & legal departments, including Bryan Cave; Clifford Chance US, LLP; Coudert Brothers LLP; Crowell & Moring; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Dewey Ballantine; Fragonmen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy; Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach;Hogan & Hartson; Holland & Knight LLP; Kramer Levin Naftalis &Frankel; Littler Mendelson PC; Morgan, Lewis& Bockius; Moses & Singer; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Pillsbury Winthrop; Reid & Priest; Satterlee, Stephens, Burke & Burke;Schulte Roth & Zabel; Sidley Austin Brown & Wood; Thacher, Proffitt& Wood; Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan; and specialized firms in areaslike employment discrimination (Steel Bellman Ritz & Clark); personal injury (O'Dwyer & Bernstien); and medical malpractice (Pegalis & Wachsman); and small community based practices begun by graduates throughout New York City and the tri-state area; and AOL Time Warner (Law Department).

We take pride in the accomplishments of all our graduates and we note especially those who, seeing unmet needs in un-served and underserved communities, have founded and now direct new public interest law organizations such as the American Indian Law Alliance; the Center for Disability Advocacy Rights; the Community Advocacy Center; Legal Information for Families Today; AIDS Center of Queens County, Legal Program; Queens Women's Center, Legal Clinic for Women in Crises; Network of Women's Services; Sepa Mujer; and InTOUCH.

LAW IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN NEEDS