<p>sally- the point of my comment was to respond to the implication that relatively low percentages from these top schools were getting jobs at these top firms -- perhaps it was not that poster's intent, but i viewed what he/she was saying as indicating that even at the top schools, getting a position at one of these firms was fairly difficult -- it ie, well less than 50%. </p>
<p>my point was that if you actually looked at the graduates choosing that career path at graduation, the percentage would be much much higher.</p>
<p>also, even if those going to clerkships represent those who eventually intend to go into litigation, many of those ultimately end up doing litigation at such top firms immediately after their clerkships (at least that was the experience of many people i knew who clerked -- and they were heavily recruited by the top firms for such post-clerkship jobs). and they can represent a large percentage of the graduating students at the very top law schools. </p>
<p>the focus of the article quoted seemed to be the issue of where top firms hire from. the statement that:
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Even Harvard L-S, less than 1/3 got jobs at top 50
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seemed to try to flip this to a focus on where the top law schools grads are getting their jobs -- and without taking into account the career paths of those who first go into clerkships before heading to law firms, i don't think you get an accurate picture of that (which is not what the article seems to be trying to do anyway).</p>