Preparing for your career starts on day one. Whether you plan to work in private practice, the judiciary, government, business, public interest or another area that draws on legal skills, Albany Law's Career Center offers personalized career services.
Through state-of-the-art technology, Albany Law offers an innovative online job search system with customized career services for students managing job postings, employers, clerkships, interview scheduling, calendaring, communications, networking relationships and more. Your account can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
Albany Law School's graduates are in all 50 states and around the world. A majority of our graduates work in the Capital Region and across New York, and a large portion pursue careers in the New York City metro-area; other groups of alumni are in Boston, the Washington, D.C., metro-area, Florida, California, and business centers along the Eastern Seaboard.
Our graduates work in the nation's top 50 law firms, including many of the most prestigious in the country. They move into government positions at a rate that is nearly twice the national average. And, they also succeed in business, nonprofit organizations and other professional arenas.
Learning Law by Doing Law
Albany is home to one of the world's most influential and largest governmental structures. This includes the New York State Legislature, the state's highest court, federal courts, and numerous state agencies, making the region a laboratory for the study of law.
Our faculty are deeply engaged in the legal community in their respective fields. They help mentor you as you form your professional identity, and work to connect you to their professional circles for job opportunities.