Law Class of 2023 Employment Summary

The Class of 2023 from Washington and Lee University School of Law shows another year of strong performance in employment. The Office of Career Strategy reports that 98.1 percent of the Law Class of 2023 secured a long-term, full-time job that either required bar passage or for which a J.D. degree was an advantage. The overall employment rate for the class is 99.1 percent.

Law Firms

Each year a large portion of our graduating class finds employment at law firms of varying sizes, including Big Law (defined as law firms with over 500 attorneys), where 50 percent of the Class of 2023 is employed. Below are some of the Am Law 100, Am Law 200, and otherprominent firms where our students will be working:

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • Anderson, Desimone, & Greene, P.C.
  • Balch & Bingham LLP
  • Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC
  • BotkinRose, PLC
  • Bradley
  • Brown Rudnick LLP
  • Butler Snow LLP
  • Cantey Hanger, LLP
  • Cranfill Sumner LLP
  • Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC
  • Eric Buchanan & Associates
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • Gentry Locke Attorneys
  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte
  • Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Jones Day
  • K&L Gates LLP
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • McDermott Will & Emery LLP
  • McEwan, Martinez & Dukes, P.A.
  • McGuireWoods
  • MG+M The Law Firm
  • Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
  • Norton Health Law, PC
  • Ogletree Deakins
  • Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein
  • Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • Pender & Coward PC
  • Rogers Townsend LLC
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
  • Scott+Scott
  • Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • Shook Hardy & Bacon
  • Shumaker
  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Smith Currie & Hancock
  • Starnes Davis Florie LLP
  • Thomas Combs & Spann PLLC
  • Timberlake Smith
  • Troutman Pepper
  • Vinson & Elkins LLP
  • Washington Family Law Group
  • Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
  • Williams & Walsh, LLC
  • WilmerHale LLP

Judicial Clerkships

One particular area of strength for W&L Law has always been placement in federal and state clerkships. For our Class of 2023, 17 members of that class are clerking in state and federal courts, including three in federal district courts in Virginia, Texas, and Kentucky. Our graduates are clerking at courts across the country, including:

  • 22nd Judicial Circuit of Virginia
  • 23rd Judicial Circuit of Virginia
  • Maryland Court of Appeals
  • Court of Appeals of Virginia
  • Superior Court of Delaware
  • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • United States District Court, District of Columbia
  • Unites States District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court, Western District of Virginia
  • New Jersey Superior Court, Criminal Division
  • New York Supreme Court, Bronx Civil Term & 1st Judicial Dept. Appellate Term
  • Fairfax Circuit Court
  • Richmond Circuit Court

Government & Public Interest

  • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Staff Attorney's Office
  • Office of the State Attorny 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
  • Attorney General of Virginia
  • Chesapeake Office of the Public Defender
  • City of Danville Commonwealth's Attorney Office
  • Colorado State Public Defender
  • Danville Office of the Public Defender
  • Denver District Attorney's Office
  • Harris County District Attorney's Office
  • King County Department of Public Defense
  • Roanoke Office of the Public Defender
  • Richland County Public Defender's Office
  • Seattle City Attorney's Office
  • State Attorney's Office Fourth Judicial Circuit, Florida
  • Texas Office of the Attorney General
  • U.S. Army JAG Corps
  • Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
  • Virginia Office of the Attorney General

Business & Industry

  • Fidelity National Title Group
  • IBM
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers

Geographic Locations

Graduates of the Class of 2023 have full-time employment in 20 states and territories. The top geographic areas for employment are:

  • Virginia
  • New York
  • Washington D.C.