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I also think that looking at the number of these top firms that interview and hire students from a particular law school also gives a good picture of how that law school and its graduates is perceived by the legal community at large.
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<p>i don't disagree that these stats give a general idea of the types of firms that hire from top law schools and the perceived ability of graduates of top law schools. it is where the op tried to use these stats apparently to imply that grads of cls do better than grads of hls that i think the op got lost in the numbers.</p>