Big Law Hiring Data for International Students

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1		Sponsor H1B?	Yes	What if not win the lottery?	Green card sponsorship timing?	Other Notes

2	Akin Gump	Case by case
3	Allen & Overy	Highly unlikely	Yes	generally willing to relocate; no L1
4	Allen & Overy	most schools no	Yes	case by case for relocation
5	Alston & Bird	no
6	Baker Botts	No
7	Baker McKenzie	No	Depends on the practice group you join after graduation, so generally NO
8	BakerHostetler	No
9	Boies Schiller Flexner	No	white
10	Ropes & Gray	No	Yes
11	Kirkland	No (as of 2025)	yes	Fire you - happened 4/5/2023	Year 4 on H1B visa, case by case	Fired a bunch of associates during economic downturn and called them poor performers 04/04/2023
12	Choate	Not anymore				May 2024
13	Yes		Yes	Relocation to one of the global offices	4th year
14	Clifford Chance	Yes	Yes	No relocation
15	Cooley	Yes		generally willing to relocate (special situation during covid year, didn't offer relocation)		Fired a bunch during 2023 tech slowdown // Delayed start date for incoming first year associates by 1 year (class of 2023 students)
16	Covington	Yes		generally relocates	Case by case, minimum after 2 years at the firm
17	Cravath	Yes		generally willing to relocate; case by case on using L1	Second term of H1B visa, case by case. Extremely discretionary, "best of best" only allegedly.	Canadians must use TN
18	Davis Polk	Yes	Yes	no relocation (updated policy 2024)	fourth year at the earliest, discretionary/ case by case
19	Debevoise & Plimpton	Yes	Yes	Case by case	Case by case after 3 years
20	Dechert	Yes		Day 1 CPT this year
21	Dentons	Yes
22	DLA Piper	Yes
23	Freshfields	yes	yes	generally relocates
24	Fried Frank	Yes	Yes	Case by case (have to interview with international office & if they have needs) -- this might be outdated info. Gibson offered relocation to all in 2023
25	Gibson, Dunn	Yes			will consider requests from lawyers in their second or subsequent year
26	Goodwin	Yes	Yes	Fire you - happened 03/30/2023
27	Greenberg Traurig	Yes
28	Gunderson Dettmer	Yes				Fired first year associates with no experience after sending press release [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/gundersons-newest-associates-set-to-start-next-week-after-delay] saying juniors have nothing to worry about. 04/04/2023
29	Hogan Lovells	Yes		case by case (but might not be ny pay scale)
30	Holland & Knight	Yes
31	Jenner & Block	Yes
32	Jones Day	Yes
33	K&L Gates	Yes
34	Katten	Yes	Yes	will use all means possible to help you stay but relocation is unlikely to occur
35	King & Spalding	yes	Yes	Relocation is not likely
36	Latham	Yes	Yes	Promise relocation and another draw/ In 2024 laid of 8/11 of ppl who didn't get the h1b lottery
37	Linklaters	Yes	Yes		Simultaneously with H1B extension (Year 3)
38	Mayer Brown	Yes	Yes
39	McDermott Will & Emery	Yes
40	Milbank	Yes	Yes	Day 1 CPT
41	Morgan, Lewis	Yes	Yes
42	Morrison & Foerster	Yes	Yes	Promise relocation and another draw
43	Muger Tolles & Olson	Yes
44	Norton Rose Fulbright	Yes
45	O'Melveny	Yes
46	Orrick	Yes			after 2 years at the firm
47	Paul Hastings	Yes	Yes	Generally no unless attractive candidate	Not normal	Canadians strongly encouraged to use TN
48	Paul, Weiss	Yes	Yes	offered relocation in 2023	Heard that the firm starts to sponsor for associates from their fourth years on a case by case basis
49	Perkins Coie	Yes			Firm has policy against sponsoring
50	Squire Patton Boggs	Yes- only if you are unique
51	Pillsbury
52	Proskauer Rose		Yes
53	Quinn Emmanuel		case by case	Candidate is separated from the firm	After year 4 on H1B visa, case by case
54	Reed Smith
55	Shearman & Sterling		Yes	Know a person who was relocated to London (non-CAPM)
56	Sidley Austin		Yes	No relocation	case by case
57	Davis Polk		Yes	Generally willing to relocate (offered relocation in 2024 and before 2023, but not 2023); if relocated, willing to do L1 or H1B again ("depending on individual circumstances")	case by case, usually in your 4th year, but could be sooner if partners approve
58	Skadden		Yes	Generally willing to relocate	after 2 years at firm, must be in good standing (I.e., got last year's bonus and be on track for this year's) and must affirmatively ask. Nothing guaranteed, and ask more likely to be granted at more senior levels (especially year 4 on H1B or later)	Canadians must use TN (but several Canadians have successfully pushed for H1B)
59	Sullivan & Cromwell		Yes	Generally willing to relocate; continuous draws after relocation; no L1	Year 4 on H1B visa, case by case, have heard of faster	Visa policies
60	Susman Godfrey
61	Vinson & Elkins		Yes	Will place you in an overseas office subject to a lowish bar (good standing)	Year 3
62	Wachtell
63	Weil		Yes	case by case; no relo 2023 (but some groups accept day 1 cpt	Year 4 on H1B visa, case by case
64	White & Case		Yes	Promise to relocate and take another draw	Year 3, case by case
65	William & Connolly
66	Willkie Farr		Yes	Day 1 CPT
67	WilmerHale		Yes	case by case, but generally no relo (2023)
68	Wilson Sonsini
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