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<p>That is not necessarily true. The law schools that have the most success placing graduates into the biggest (and typically highest paying) law firms are all T14 law schools; however, the order is not the same as most top law school lists. Why? Some T14 law schools place more students into clerkships (with relatively lower pay) and into public interest jobs. Some T14 law schools simply aren’t as successful at placing students who wish to work there into top-paying law firms. Of course, some graduates don’t try to work at a NLJ250 firm. </p>
<p>eagle2012’s citation to the NLJ250 (National Law Journal’s list of the 250 law firms with the most attorneys) is a good one (though not a primary source), and points out that the following law schools have placed the highest percentage of their graduates into the NLJ250 (which are typically the highest-paying law firms):</p>
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<li> Chicago</li>
<li> Cornell</li>
<li> Columbia</li>
<li> Penn</li>
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<p>These four law schools are the only ones to place over 50% of their graduates into the NLJ250. </p>
<p>The remainder of the top 10 follows:</p>
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<li> Harvard</li>
<li> Virginia</li>
<li> California - Berkeley</li>
<li> Northwestern</li>
<li> NYU</li>
<li> Michigan</li>
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<p>Michigan places 42.47% of its graduates into the NLJ250. Every other law school places fewer than 42% of its graduates into the NLJ250.</p>