Harvard Law SchoolEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Harvard Law School graduates?
Latham Watkins LLP; Kirkland Ellis LLP; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison LLP; and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 62 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Harvard Law School, at a median wage of $245k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.8% were denied or withdrawn.
Employers filed these applications for people who studied here; the school is not a party to them. H-1B filings do not record the worker's school, so this is green-card (PERM) data. Why
Employers that filed for these graduates
Ranked by PERM filings. Subsidiaries are rolled up to the parent company.
| Employer (parent company) | Top field of study | PERM filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latham Watkins LLP | Law | 8 | $245k |
| Kirkland Ellis LLP | Law | 6 | $320k |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison LLP | Law | 4 | $240k |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Law | 3 | $305k |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP | Law | 2 | $215k |
| Debevoise Plimpton LLP | Law | 2 | $358k |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP | Law | 2 | $250k |
| Sullivan Cromwell LLP | Law | 2 | $293k |
| The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm LLP | Law | 2 | $60k |
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen Katz | Law | 2 | $243k |
| White Case LLP | Law | 2 | $258k |
| Allen Overy LLP | Law | 1 | $345k |
| Axinn, Veltrop Harkrider LLP | Law | 1 | $280k |
| Alkeon Capital Management LLC | Law | 1 | $225k |
| Bressler, Amery Ross, P.C. | Law | 1 | $163k |
| Cooley LLP | Law | 1 | $280k |
| Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP | Law | 1 | $250k |
| Fenwick West LLP | Law | 1 | $325k |
| Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell Peskoe LLP | Law | 1 | $180k |
| Golub Capital LLC | Law Llm | 1 | $230k |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Law | 1 | $325k |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Law | 1 | $185k |
| Kaplan Hecker Fink LLP | Law | 1 | $310k |
| Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel, Frederick, P.L.L.C | Law | 1 | $111k |
| Kuramo Capital Management, LLC | Law | 1 | $175k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 54 | 87.1% |
| F-1 | 2 | 3.2% |
| L-1 | 2 | 3.2% |
| TN | 2 | 3.2% |
| J-1 | 1 | 1.6% |
| NOT IN USA | 1 | 1.6% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Filings and pay by year
Harvard Law School graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 14 | $280k |
| FY2023 | 15 | $295k |
| FY2022 | 12 | $240k |
| FY2021 | 12 | $220k |
| FY2020 | 9 | $175k |