Careers
Hastings Provides Resources to Make Your Career Goals a Reality:
- Individualized one-on-one counseling with our JD career counselors.
- An online job board with a database of over 8,000 employers, student reviews of employers, and job postings.
- One of the largest alumni mentor programs in the country with over 800 alumni all over the world ready to advise students.
- Fall and Spring On-Campus Interview programs and Mock Interview programs held in local attorney offices.
- An opportunity to attend over 60 programs a year, including career panels, workshops, and brown bag lunches with practitioners.
- Larger networking events such as the Intellectual Property Career Fair, Public Interest/Public Sector Careers Day and Creative Career Options with a JD.
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An extensive website with career resources and office library with books on every imaginable legal and law-related career option.
Class of 2009 Employment Statistics
Average salary: $122,378
Minimum salary: $30,000
Maximum salary: $165,000
| Category |
# |
# reporting salary |
average salary |
minimum salary |
maximum salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Firms (all sizes) |
210 |
147 |
$135,337 |
$45,000 |
$165,000 |
| Self-Employed |
8 |
1 |
$80,000 |
$80,000 |
$80,000 |
| 2 to 10 Attorneys |
54 |
19 |
$72,568 |
$45,000 |
$135,000 |
| 11 to 25 Attorneys |
14 |
9 |
$75,556 |
$55,000 |
$115,000 |
| 26 to 50 Attorneys |
8 |
3 |
$103,333 |
$70,000 |
$160,000 |
| 51 to 100 Attorneys |
17 |
12 |
$114,583 |
$60,000 |
$160,000 |
| 101 to 250 Attorneys |
15 |
14 |
$142,857 |
$100,000 |
$160,000 |
| 251 to 500 Attorneys |
15 |
15 |
$156,467 |
$135,000 |
$165,000 |
| 501+ Attorneys |
74 |
73 |
$158,014 |
$85,000 |
$165,000 |
| Firm Size Unknown |
5 |
1 |
$160,000 |
$160,000 |
$160,000 |
| Government (all types) |
56 |
21 |
$63,147 |
$30,000 |
$160,000 |
| Business (all types) |
31 |
6 |
$78,000 |
$70,000 |
$83,000 |
| Public Interest |
22 |
3 |
$42,033 |
$34,500 |
$50,000 |
Salaries are reported only for those graduates with full-time employment, legal or non-legal. Not all students reported salaries.
View a list of employers who have hired recent Hastings graduates.