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Useless data crunching; NLJ's employment ranking
| Charismatic blathering water buffalo theatre | 05/25/06 |
| odious domesticated boistinker | 05/25/06 |
| Charismatic blathering water buffalo theatre | 05/25/06 |
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Date: May 25th, 2006 9:45 AM Author: Charismatic blathering water buffalo theatre The original article is here: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1126256708738
They look at where the top 50 firms (I believe based on total revenue, so a better description would be largest 50 firms). In any case, they did not adjust for the fact that many of the top schools send a big proportion of their grads to clerkships before entering biglaw (or at a minimum, these folks are biglaw eligible). I adjusted the numbers by deducting clerks from the graduating class, and calculating the percent of the remaining who ended up (by NLJ's count) at a one of the top 50 largest firms.
Not much change. The biggest drop appears to be NU.
University of Chicago Law School had 39 clerks out of a class of 191. Adjusted: 45.39% in big firms. Stanford Law School had 51 clerks out of a class of 177. Adjusted: 45.24% in big firms. Columbia Law School had 55 clerks out of a class of 397. Adjusted: 44.15% in big firms. University of Pennsylvania Law School had 41 clerks out of a class of 249. Adjusted: 43.75% in big firms. Yale Law School had 76 clerks out of a class of 183. Adjusted: 42.99% in big firms. Harvard Law School had 152 clerks out of a class of 551. Adjusted: 41.60% in big firms. Northwestern University School of Law had 23 clerks out of a class of 224. Adjusted: 40.80% in big firms. Cornell Law School had 24 clerks out of a class of 186. Adjusted: 36.42% in big firms. New York University School of Law had 56 clerks out of a class of 439. Adjusted: 35.77% in big firms. University of Virginia School of Law had 51 clerks out of a class of 359. Adjusted: 33.44% in big firms. Duke Law School had 36 clerks out of a class of 237. Adjusted: 30.35% in big firms. University of California, Berkeley School of Law had 49 clerks out of a class of 322. Adjusted: 26.37% in big firms. University of Michigan Law School had 52 clerks out of a class of 387. Adjusted: 25.97% in big firms. Georgetown University Law Center had 57 clerks out of a class of 687. Adjusted: 23.65% in big firms. Vanderbilt Univeristy Law School had 19 clerks out of a class of 195. Adjusted: 21.59% in big firms. University of Texas School of Law had 56 clerks out of a class of 466. Adjusted: 21.46% in big firms. University of Illinois College of Law had 26 clerks out of a class of 214. Adjusted: 20.74% in big firms. Univeristy of Notre Dame Law School had 31 clerks out of a class of 166. Adjusted: 17.78% in big firms. University of California at Los Angeles School of Law had 26 clerks out of a class of 328. Adjusted: 15.89% in big firms. Boston University School of Law had 25 clerks out of a class of 233. Adjusted: 15.87% in big firms. |
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Date: May 25th, 2006 10:20 AM Author: odious domesticated boistinker How do you know this isn't already factored? The firms apparently are supplying ths information to the author of the survey and firms know if they have extended offers that have been accepted by at least a few people who have gone off to clerk for a year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=422522&forum_id=2#5850524) |
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Date: May 25th, 2006 10:26 AM Author: Charismatic blathering water buffalo theatre The article mentions "first-year associate" hiring, I would presume this to mean people who actually join the firm, not those who defer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=422522&forum_id=2#5850545) |