Do
you
like
prestige?
Of
course
you
do.
Is
there
really
a
law
student
who
doesn’t?
That
being
said,
if
you’re
like
the
majority
of
your
colleagues
and
you’d
like
to
embark
upon
one
of
the
most
prestigious
career
paths
available
to
recent
law
school
graduates,
then
you’ll
probably
want
to
compete
for
an
elite
federal
clerkship.
Some
law
schools,
of
course,
are
better
than
others
when
it
comes
to
getting
their
graduates
a
leg
up
on
the
competition
for
one
of
these
coveted
jobs
—
but
which
ones?
U.S.
News
has
compiled
a new
ranking
for
that,
focusing
on
the
law
schools
whose
graduates
are
the
most
likely
to
obtain
full-time,
long-term
jobs
as
federal
clerks.
Only
the
Top
40
schools
(including
ties)
were
included
in
this
ranking,
due
to
the
“limited
share”
of
federal
clerks
that
each
school
produces.
That
said,
here
are
the Top
10
law
schools with
the
most
graduates
working
in
federal
clerkships
(and
because
this
is
U.S.
News,
there
are
multiple
ties
listed
here):
1.
Chicago:
26%2.
Yale:
24%3.
Stanford:
21%4.
Notre
Dame:
18%5.
Michigan:
14%5.
UVA:
14%7.
UT-Austin:
13%8.
Duke:
11%8.
Harvard:
11%10.
Georgia:
10%
Click here to
see
the
rest
of
the
Top
40
law
schools
with
the
most
graduates
working
in
federal
clerkships.
Yale
—
the
law
school
known
for
producing
federal
clerks
—
finds
itself
in
second
place
in
this
rankings,
while
Notre
Dame
finds
itself
in
the
Top
5.
It
sure
is
helpful
having
a
SCOTUS
justice
as
an
alumnus!
An
obvious
point
to
make
here
is
that
these
rankings
don’t
distinguish
between
prestige
of
clerkship.
Were
these
feeder
judges
or
non-feeder
judges,
circuit
courts
or
district
courts,
Article
III
courts
or
non-Article
III
courts?
In
the
land
of
law,
these
things
are
important.
Considering
how
coveted
federal
clerkships
are,
we’d
absolutely
love
to
see
this
information.
If
you
have
it,
please
feel
free
to
email
us.
Did
your
law
school
make
the
cut?
During
these
unprecedented
times
when
the
very
rule
of
law
grows
more
imperiled
by
the
day,
we
wish
you
the
best
of
luck
in
your
search
for
the
perfect
clerkship.
Law
Schools
With
the
Most
Graduates
in
Federal
Clerkships
[U.S.
News]
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