Outcomes
Program graduates have become founders or members of initial management teams of start-ups.
Duke Law and Entrepreneurship Program graduates have found employment with startups, law firms, in-house counsel at software and biotech firms, venture capital firms, and university licensing offices.
Some graduates have become adjunct faculty in law and business schools. Still others have founded their own firms.
In order to find a great practicum experience and full employment after graduation, students are provided support from Program Director Erika Buell and student services staff, as well as dedicated staff in the Career Center, whose mission is for every graduate to launch his or her career with the right job - not just any job.
Example employers by category
DiscoverReady: Startup centered on creating and implementing the highest-quality, most efficient, and least costly document review processes possible.
JAGGAER: Formerly SciQuest. Provides eProcurement solutions for contract management, procurement, and accounts payable professionals to make daily operations efficient through smart automation, and turn the focus on more strategic decisions that impact the bottom line.
Valve: Formerly Impulsonic. Acoustic software development startup.
Morningstar Law Group: Business law firm that offers a suite of practices, including corporate, securities, employment, real estate, land use, litigation, and intellectual property.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP: Full service law firm, including specializations in public securities offering and venture capital financing.
Proskauer Rose: Law firm with wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law.
Smith Anderson: Largest business and litigation law firm headquartered in the Research Triangle area and one of the largest in North Carolina.
Software
Oracle: Cloud applications and platform services
Passport Parking & Transit – Mobile platform offers secure, simple solutions for 450 clients in the transportation industry in 5,000+ locations around the world
Red Hat: Multinational software company providing open-source software products.
ReverbNation: Provides music industry professionals, artists, managers, labels, venues, festivals/events with powerful, easy-to-use technology to promote and prosper online.
Square: Financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company based
Biotech
Clinipace: A global digital contract research organization (dCRO), serving venture-backed, mid-tier, and strategic pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms.
IQVIA: Formerly Quintiles. Multinational company serving the combined industries of health information technologies and clinical research
Osteogenetics Biomedical. Leader in the dental bone grafting industry
Other Areas
LStar Ventures: Real Estate development
Sports Endeavors, Inc: Sports equipment retailer
DiscoverReady: Startup centered on creating and implementing the highest-quality, most efficient, and least costly document review processes possible.
JAGGAER: Formerly SciQuest. Provides eProcurement solutions for contract management, procurement, and accounts payable professionals to make daily operations efficient through smart automation, and turn the focus on more strategic decisions that impact the bottom line.
Valve: Formerly Impulsonic. Acoustic software development startup.
Morningstar Law Group: Business law firm that offers a suite of practices, including corporate, securities, employment, real estate, land use, litigation, and intellectual property.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP: Full service law firm, including specializations in public securities offering and venture capital financing.
Proskauer Rose: Law firm with wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law.
Smith Anderson: Largest business and litigation law firm headquartered in the Research Triangle area and one of the largest in North Carolina.
Software
Oracle: Cloud applications and platform services
Passport Parking & Transit – Mobile platform offers secure, simple solutions for 450 clients in the transportation industry in 5,000+ locations around the world
Red Hat: Multinational software company providing open-source software products.
ReverbNation: Provides music industry professionals, artists, managers, labels, venues, festivals/events with powerful, easy-to-use technology to promote and prosper online.
Square: Financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company based
Biotech
Clinipace: A global digital contract research organization (dCRO), serving venture-backed, mid-tier, and strategic pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms.
IQVIA: Formerly Quintiles. Multinational company serving the combined industries of health information technologies and clinical research
Osteogenetics Biomedical. Leader in the dental bone grafting industry
Other Areas
LStar Ventures: Real Estate development
Sports Endeavors, Inc: Sports equipment retailer