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Representative Employers, 2012-2022

California

  • Baker & McKenzie
    Cooley
  • Bartko Zankel Bunzel and Miller
  • DLA Piper
  • EarthJustice
  • Environment America
  • Federal Court of Claims
  • Jenner & Block LLP
  • Marvel Technologies
  • Roy Legal Group
  • SunEdison
  • White & Case

Florida

  • Bryan Cave
  • Cotney Construction Law
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Holland & Knight
  • Leaf, Ferreira, de Araujo, LLC
  • Next Legal
  • TECHO
Connecticut
  • Yale Law School 

Illinois

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Masuda Funai

Maryland

  • Maryland Attorney General's Office
  • Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Legal Center

New Jersey

  • Baker McKenzie 

 Massachusetts
 

  • Ropes & Gray 

New York

  • African Services Committee
  • Alston & Bird
  • Baker Botts LLP
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Bingham McCutchen
  • Bowery Legal 
  • CATO Institute 
  • Center for Constitutional Rights
  • Chadbourne & Parke
  • Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
  • China International Capital Corporation US Securities
  • CITIC
  • Cleary, Gottlieb, Stein & Hamilton
  • Clifford Chance
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Dechert
  • Direct TV
  • Elvinger Hoss Prussen
  • Ernst & Young
  • Fox Rothchild
  • Fox, Horan & Camerini
  • Freedom Finance
  • Freshfields
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP
    Greenberg Traurig
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Herrick Feinstein
  • Hughes, Hubbard & Reed
  • Human Rights Now 
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Mayer Brown
  • McLaughlin & Stern
  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
  • Mishcon de Reya
  • Morgan Lewis
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu
  • Office of General Counsel
  • Paul Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison
  • Piddoubny & Pelekh, P.C.
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  • Rathee Law Firm P.C.
  • Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Russo PLLC
  • Shearman & Sterling
  • Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
  • Sidley Austin
  • Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett
  • Skadden Arps
  • The Law Offices of David M. Sperling
  • United Nations Oceans and Laws Commission
  • Walden Macht and Haran
  • Weil Gotshal Mangers
  • Wilkie Farr
  • WilmerHale
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Winston & Strawn
  • White & Case

North Carolina

  • Credit Suisse
  • Duke Office of Licensing & Ventures
  • Durham District Attorney's Office
  • Global Endowment Management
  • Iluma Alliance
  • N.C. Department of Commerce
  • Smith Anderson
  • The Center for Leadership Studies

Oregon
 

  • ICS

Pennsylvania

  • Dechert LLP
  • Fairshare Legal Environmental Services
  • Marks & Sokolov

Texas

  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Haynes and Boone
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Law Office of Kathryn N. Karam
  • Ogletree Deakins 

Washington DC

  • Andrew Kurth
  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
  • Dechert LLP
  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • Goodwin & Proctor
  • Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Palestine
  • International Human Rights Center
  • International Institute of Finance
  • International Law Institute
  • Littler & Mendelson
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • Organization of American States
  • Open Society Institute
  • Steptoe Johnson
  • Washington DC Public Defender's Office
  • World Bank
  • United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Washington

  • Amazon
  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Fish&Richardson P.C
  • Foley Hoag
  • Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Public Knowledge
  • Steptoe & Johnson
  • Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
  • Winston & Strawn
  • World Bank 
West Virginia
  • Legacy Mining 

 
 

Representative Employers, 2012-2022

Afghanistan

  • Afghanistan National Bank
  • Shajjan & Associates

Algeria

  • African Development Bank

Argentina

  • Estudio Garrido Abogados
  • Fiorito Murray Díaz Cordero

Austria

  • Clayton Utz
  • U.N. Office of Disarmament
  • WilmerHale

Australia

  • High Court of Australia

Belgium

  • Arendt & Mendernach
  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • DLA Piper
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Linklaters
  • Loyens & Loeff
  • Squire Patton Biggs
  • Van, Bael & Bellis, Brussels

Brazil

  • Central Bank of Brazil
  • De Fonte Advogados
  • Grebler Advogados
  • Itau Unibanco
  • Veirano Advogados
  • White & Case

Cambodia

  • Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Canada

  • Fasken
  • Office of the Judge Advocat General
  • PharmaCielo 
  • Stikeman Elliott
  • Usui & Partners 

Colombia

  • Godoy & Hoyos Abogados
  • Inspector Attorney General

Chile

  • Arauco
  • Arnold & Porter
  • Avendaño Merino Abogados
  • CMS Carey & Allende
  • Grupo Vial Abogados
  • Honorato, Russi & Eguiguren
  • Poder Judicial de Chile 
  • Rivadeneira Colombara Zegers Abogados
  • Urrutia & Cia Abogados

China

  • Allen & Overy
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Clifford Chance
  • Commerce & Finance Law Offices (Tongshang)
  • DaHui Law Firm
  • Fanga Partners
  • Grandway Law Offices
  • Haiwen & Partners
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Hun Kun Law Offices
  • Junhe Law Firm
  • King & Wood Mallesons LLP
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Lin Bai, Rongying Law Firm
  • Linklaters
  • Mayer Brown LLP 
  • MEW China
  • Paul Hastings
  • Shanghai Arbitration Commission
  • Shanghai Huiye Law Firm
  • Shanghai Stock Exchange
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Wan Hui Da
  • White & Case
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Zhong Lun Law Firm

Denmark

  • Norrbom Vinding
  • Kammeradvokaten Paul Schmidt
  • Plesner 

Dominican Republic

  • Squire Patton Boggs

Ecuador

  • Cornel & Pérez
  • Estudio Juridico Pareja & Associados

Egypt

  • Matouk Bassiouny
  • Zulficar & Partners

France

  • Ayache, Salama & Associes
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Cardinale SUD
  • CGR Legal
  • CMS
  • Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
  • Dethomas Peltier Juvigny & Associés
  • DLA Piper
  • Jones Day
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Orrick Rambaud Martel (Paris Office)
  • Three Crowns LLP
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Guatemala

  • Banking Operations at Banco Agromercantil
  • Consortium Legal

Germany

  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Clifford Chance
  • Gibson Dunn
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Hengler Mueller
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Institute for Copyright and Media Law
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Noerr
  • University of Bonn
  • Pinsent Masons

Hong Kong

  • Allen & Overy
  • Clifford Chance
    Eversheds Sutherland
  • Freshfields
    International Chamber of Commerce
  • International Finances Corporation
  • Linklaters
    Ropes & Gray
  • Skadden
Honduras
  • Central American Bank for Economic Integration

 
Ireland
  • A&L Goodbody

Iceland

  • Icelandic Government

India

  • Ashok Mundargi
  • AZB & Partners 
  • Bombay High Court
  • Hariani & Co.
  • Indian Revenue Service
  • Wegmans Industries

Indonesia

  • Baker McKenzie
  • Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Kardono Law Office
  • Melli Darsa & Co
  • Suhardiman Kardona Swadiri Hazwar
  • Zico Law

Israel

  • Dr. A Klagblad
  • Meitar

Italy

  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Curtis Mallet
  • White & Case

Japan

  • Allen & Overy
  • Anderson, Movi & Tomotsune
  • Asahi Glass Company
  • Bingham
  • City-Yuwa Partners
  • Davis, Polk & Wardell
  • Financial Services Agency
  • Kuraray Co. Ltd.
  • Marunouchi Sogo Law Office
  • Masuda Funai
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Ministry of the Environment
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co.
  • Miyakezka Sogo Law Offices
  • Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
  • Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu
  • Nakamura Partners
  • Nishimura & Asahi
  • NEC Corporation
  • Nishimura & Asahi
  • Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical 
  • Public Prosecutor's Office
  • Simpson Thacher
  • Sojitz Corporation
  • Sony Corporation
  • Southgate
  • Sumitomo Life Insurance
  • TMI Associates
  • Komatsu Ltd
  • Umagea Chuo
  • YKK Corporation

Kazakhstan

  • Government of Kazakhstan Ministry of the Economy of Kazakhstan National Bank of Kazakhstan
  • Ministry of Justice 

Kenya

  • Bowmans
  • IHA Advocates 
  • Kenyan Government, Office of Public Prossecutor
Kosovo
  • Hodaj & Partners

Luxembourg

  • Allen & Overy
  • Arendt & Medernach
  • Bonn & Schmitt
  • Elvinger, Hoss and Prussen
  • Loyens & Loeff
  • Wildgen, Partners in Law

Mexico

  • Alfa Coporativo
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Banco Nacional de Mexico
  • Canales, Davila, S.C.
  • Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
  • Hogan Lovels
  • J.A. Treviño Abogados
  • Marese Abogados
  • Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C

New Zealand

  • Stewart & Associates

Netherlands

  • Permanent Court of Arbitration

Pakistan

  • Ajuris Advocates
  • SR-Law 

Palestine

  • Mohannad Kakabji

Panama

  • Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee
  • Anzola Robles & Associates
  • Cedeño & Mendez
  • Galindo, Arias & Lopez
  • Icaza, Gonzales-Ruiz & Aleman
  • Morgan & Morgan

Peru

  • FerreyCorp, S.A.A.
  • Garcia Sayan Abogados
    Legal Clinic at Universidad del Pacifico

Qatar

  • Hamad Medical Corporation

Saudi Arabia

  • Bank Audi-Audi Saradar Group
  • Clifford Chance
  • King Saud University
  • Latham & Watkins, Riyadh
  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Riyadh
  • STAT Law Firm

Singapore

  • Rajah & Tann

South Africa

  • ENSAfrica

Spain

  • Latham & Watkins
  • Perez-Llorca

Switzerland

  • Anne Reiser Avocats
  • FBT Avocats
  • Homburger
  • International Law Commission
    MME Legal AG
  • Lenz & Staehelin
  • UNITAR
  • University of Lucerne
  • University of Neuchâte
  • University of Switzerland
  • VISCHER
  • Walder Wyss

Taiwan

  • Local Environmental NGO
  • Mega Bank
  • Super Environment Technology Corporation
  • Taiwan Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office
  • Tsar & Tsai
  • WPD

Thailand

  • Baker&McKenzie
  • KTB 
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Thailand Government

The Republic of South Korea

  • BKL
  • Kim & Bae, P.S.
  • Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
  • Export-Import Bank of Korea
  • Government of Korea
  • Hanwha Corporation
  • Hyundai Engineering & Construction
  • Kim & Chang
  • The Korea Development Bank
  • Korean Intellectual Property Office
  • Lee & Ko
  • Logos Law
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Prosecutor's Office
  • Samsung Asset Management
  • Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office
  • Shin & Kim
  • South Korean Government, Korean Court
  • Supreme Court of South Korea
  • Yoon & Yang LLC
  • Yulchon LLC

Turkey

  • Arikan Legal Consultancy
  • Banking Regulation & Supervision Agency
  • White & Case
  • Turkish Government

United Kingdom

  • Allen & Overy LLP
  • Ashurst, London
  • Behavox
  • Bird & Bird
  • Clifford Chance
    DataGuidance
  • Clyde & Co
  • European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
  • Latham & Watkins
  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Ropes & Gray LLP
  • White & Case

 

United Arab Emirates

  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
  • Aviation Link International
  • LPA-CGR

Ukraine

  • CMS Cameron McKenna

Venezuela

  • Baker & McKenzie

Vietnam

  • Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
  • Vietnam International Law Firm
  • YKVN Lawyers 

 

 

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Note: The above is a representative list of employers who hired Duke LLM graduates during 2012-2022. It does not include employers that sponsored students' studies and to which students returned after graduation.

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