Bloomberg Law
June 2, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

Newly Minted Lawyers Can Find Sweet Spots in U.S. Labor Market

Laurel  Brubaker Calkins
Laurel Brubaker Calkins
Bloomberg News

By Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Big Law Business

This year’s crop of law school graduates can expect to earn about what last year’s earned: Median starting salaries clock in at $135,000 this year, dead even with last year’s rate, according to a new study by the National Association for Law Placement .

But law school graduates lucky enough to snag posts at mega-firms in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco can expect to pull down as much as $180,000 this year, which caps the rate for first-year associates anywhere in the country. The only catch is that the high cost of living ...

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