Rankings
season
is
officially
upon
us,
and
this
time
around,
even
U.S.
News
&
World
Report
has
rolled
out
additional
rankings
on
top
of
their
influential
law
school
rankings.
Given
that
a
legal
education
can
land
the
average
law
school
graduate
in
up
to
six
figures
of
debt,
it
makes
sense
that
would-be
lawyers
are
eager
to
snag
Biglaw
jobs,
where
salaries
at
leading
firms
begin
at
$225,000.
But
which
law
schools
offer
graduates
the
greatest
opportunity
to
work
in
Biglaw?
U.S.
News
has
compiled
a
new
ranking
for
that,
and
it’s
not
at
all
shocking
that
some
of
the
most
elite
law
schools
in
the
country
top
the
list.
As
noted
by
the
publication,
these
are
the
law
schools
whose
graduates
were
“most
likely
to
obtain
full-time,
long-term
jobs
at
law
firms
with
greater
than
500
attorneys.”
Only
the
Top
40
schools
(including
ties)
were
included
in
this
ranking,
due
to
the
“limited
share”
of
graduates
headed
to
Biglaw
that
each
school
produces.
That
said,
here
are
the
Top
15
law
schools
with
the
most
graduates
working
in
Biglaw
(and
because
this
is
U.S.
News,
there
are
multiple
ties
listed
here):
1.
Northwestern:
67%2.
Columbia:
65%2.
Penn:
65%2.
UVA:
65%5.
Cornell:
63%6.
Duke:
59%8.
Georgetown:
56%8.
Harvard:
56%8.
Chicago:
56%11.
Vanderbilt:
54%12.
Michigan:
53%13.
Howard:
52%13.
NYU:
52%15.
UCLA:
50%
Click
here
to
see
the
rest
of
the
Top
40
law
schools
with
the
most
graduates
working
in
Biglaw
firms.
Is
this
ranking
useful?
If
you’re
able
to
look
past
the
incessant
ties
that
tend
to
plague
all
U.S.
News
rankings,
then
yes
—
especially
if
you’re
able
to
get
into
these
law
schools,
and
especially
if
you’re
able
to
successfully
navigate
the
new
Biglaw
recruiting
system,
that
now
relies
more
upon
direct
application
than
formal
interview
programs.
It
could
certainly
serve
as
a
way
for
law
students,
both
current
and
prospective,
to
gauge
their
employment
prospects.
Best
of
luck
out
there!
Law
Schools
With
the
Most
Graduates
at
Big
Law
Firms
[U.S.
News]
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