William & Mary in New York: 100 Percent Bar Passage Rate

New York continues to be one of the more popular destinations for William & Mary Law School graduates.

During the summer of 2016, 30 William & Mary J.D. graduates of the Class of 2016 took the New York bar exam, and all 30 passed. Many of those graduates accepted jobs in New York City.

Here is a partial list of employers who have hired William & Mary law students who graduated in the classes of 2015-17:

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • Ernst & Young
  • Hunton & Williams
  • Katten Muchin Rosenman
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
  • New York City Law Department
  • Nixon Peabody
  • Paul Hastings
  • Proskauer Rose
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Seward & Kissell
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • White & Case
  • WilmerHale

Many members of the William & Mary Law School class of 2018 will be working in New York City during the summer of 2017.  Among the employers who have hired these students are:

  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Morgan Lewis
  • Paul Hastings
  • Schulte Roth & Zabel
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Vinson & Elkins
  • White & Case

About William & Mary Law School

Thomas Jefferson founded William & Mary Law School in 1779 to train leaders for the new nation. Now in its third century, America's oldest law school continues its historic mission of educating citizen lawyers who are prepared both to lead and to serve.