Which Law Schools’ Grads Run Biglaw? An ATL Infographic

Graduate School Law School
1

<p>Which</a> Law Schools? Grads Run Biglaw? An ATL Infographic « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site ? News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law Schools, Law Suits, Judges and Courts + Career Resources</p>

<p>Observations:</p>

<p>HLS's position at the top spot shouldn't be surprising since it has nearly three times as many students as YLS and SLS. Similar things can be said about GULC.</p>

<p>Michigan performs well, being tied with the likes of Yale and Penn. </p>

<p>St. Johns, George Washington, and Fordham also perform strongly as well, having similar representation to schools like Chicago, Northwestern, UCLA, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Stanford strongly underperforms with two alumni represented; Berkeley and Duke also underperform as T-14ers. Other schools like USC and Texas are right where they should be, but could reasonably be higher.</p>

2

<p>

</p>

<p>True, but Michigan is nearly 2x the size of the other two. btw: same story for UVa, which also “performs well.”</p>

<p>

</p>

<p>Same (statistical) comment.</p>

<p>

</p>

<p>Then of course, I suspect that regional bias creeps in. A lot of Californians would never want to work in NYC, where many of the big law jobs are headquartered.</p>

<p>edited to add a little simple math (adjusted for school size):</p>

<p>Yale 8.13
Uva 8.35
Stan. 3.48
Penn 6.44
NYU 4.08
North 4.93
Michi 4.45
Harv 8.11
GULC 4.75
Duke 3.03
Corn 6.71
Colu 5.43
Chic 4.92
Cal 2.34 </p>

<p>Stanford “underperforms”? Hardly. UVa rocks, however.</p>

3

<p>Grr…can’t copy/paste my own spreadsheet! Yes, S does suck.</p>

<p>Uva 8.35
Yale 8.13
Harv 8.11
Corn 6.71
Penn 6.44
Colu 5.43
Nort 4.93
Chic 4.92
GULC 4.75
Mich 4.45
NYU 4.08
Stan 3.48
Duke 3.03
Cal 2.34</p>

4

<p>

</p>

<p>I thought that too, but what percentage of S’s law grads are actually Californians? Another plausible answer is that S’s lawyers, like is engineers, enjoy great success in Silicon Valley, giving them little reason to leave for NYC. And considering that S’s grads have the highest median mid-career salary, it’s no surprise that they’re perfectly happy in The Bay :-)</p>

5

<p>even among the non-Californians at S, self-selection can be key. Nearly everyone who gets into S – with its very small class – is also admitted to H. Perhaps, those that choose S over H are seeking the Left Coast lifestyle? Otherwise, they’d choose H for the eastern connections?</p>