Today, the University of Illinois College of Law published its 2021-2022 Employer Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes employers who have regularly hired recent College of Law graduates. The Honor Roll contains a wide variety of employers, including, for example, law firms of various sizes, accounting firms, a wide variety of government agencies, public interest employers, and courts. Combined, Honor Roll employers have hired over 180 recent College of Law graduates in the Classes of 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Honor Roll was first created in 2014. With the support of Honor Roll members, and hundreds of additional employers, the College of Law has continued to deliver a strong array of opportunities for its graduates.

“The 2021-2022 Employer Honor Roll is an amazing, diverse collection of legal organizations,” Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development, Greg Miarecki, commented. “We are excited to welcome twelve new Honor Roll employers this year,” Miarecki added. 

“We are grateful to our Honor Roll winners and to our recent graduates, who displayed tremendous resilience in the face of a global pandemic, political unrest, and war abroad,” noted Vik Amar, the dean of the College of Law.

Diamond Level
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Deloitte Tax LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP

Platinum Level

Baker McKenzie LLP
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Circuit Court of Cook County
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Edelson PC
Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Livingston, Barger, Brandt, & Schroeder, LLP
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Gold Level

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Esbrook P.C.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Hall Prangle and Schoonveld, LLC
Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jenner & Block LLP
King & Wood Mallesons
Lavelle Law, Ltd.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McGuire Law, P.C.
McGuireWoods LLP
Polsinelli PC
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office
Thompson Coburn LLP
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois

Silver Level

Allstate Insurance Company
Bell & Anderson, LLC *
Brady, Connolly & Masuda, P.C. *
Brown & James, P.C.
Clyde & Co LLP *
CNA *
Department of Justice - Executive Office for Immigration Review
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Ginsberg Jacobs LLC
Grant Thornton LLP *
Hickey & Associates LLC
Hourglass Legal Consulting, P.C. *
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender
Lyons Law Group, LLC *
Masuda Funai
Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel *
Office of the State Appellate Defender
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Schlesinger & Strauss, LLC
Sheppard Mullin
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP *
Tazewell County State's Attorney’s Office *
Thomas Mamer, LLP *
Tressler LLP *
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Asterisks denote employers that are new to the Employer Honor Roll. The complete list of Honor Roll employers, along with the methodology for selecting employers, can be found at www.law.illinois.edu/careers/employer-honor-roll.