Today, the University of Illinois College of Law published its 2020-2021 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 approximately 175 recent College of Law graduates in the Classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020. 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 2020-2021 Employer Honor Roll is an impressive and diverse collection of employers,” noted Greg Miarecki, Executive Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Professional Development. “We are excited to welcome fifteen new Honor Roll employers in 2020,” Miarecki added.
“We are especially proud of our most recent graduates, who graduated from the College and took the bar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The large number of new Honor Roll employers is a reflection of the success of our Class of 2020 in the job market,” noted Dean Vikram Amar.
DIAMOND LEVEL
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Circuit Court of Cook County
Deloitte Tax LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
PLATINUM LEVEL
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Department of Justice – Executive Office for Immigration Review
Vedder Price
GOLD LEVEL
Baker McKenzie
Edelson PC*
Esbrook Law P.C.*
Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge
Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Lavelle Law, Ltd.
LivingstonBarger Law Firm
McGuire Law, P.C.
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
Quarles & Brady LLP
The Hunt Law Group, LLC
SILVER LEVEL
Allstate Insurance Company
Brady, Connolly & Masuda, P.C.*
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP*
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC
Dykema
Equip for Equality
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Hall Prangle and Schoonveld LLC
Hansford & Deckert LLP*
Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC
Hickey & Associates, LLC
Illinois Appellate Court, Third District
Jackson Lewis P.C.*
Katten & Temple, LLP*
King & Wood Mallesons*
Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender*
Masuda Funai*
McDermott Will & Emery
McDonald’s Corporation
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Office of the State Appellate Defender*
Pedersen & Houpt
Roeder Law Offices LLC
Ropes & Gray LLP
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP*
Schiff Hardin LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheppard Mullin
Sidley Austin LLP
U.S. Department of Homeland Security*
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois*
Will County State’s Attorney’s Office*
Asterisks denote employers that are new or returning 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.