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Biglaw Or Bust: The Top Law Schools For Sending Graduates Into High-Paying Jobs

This is a great way for current and prospective law students to gauge their employment prospects.

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Rankings season is upon us, and in advance of the release of the indefinitely delayed 2024 U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings, we’ve got some employment statistics for you to feast your eyes upon if working in Biglaw is your jam.

The American Bar Association recently released new employment data for the Class of 2022, and thanks to an analysis made by Reuters, we now know which law schools sent the highest percentage of graduates to firms of 251 or more lawyers.

Without further ado, these are the top 10 schools for getting Biglaw jobs:

  1. Cornell: 79.7%
  2. Columbia: 78.05%
  3. Northwestern: 68.3%
  4. Duke: 66.82%
  5. Penn: 65.65%
  6. UVA: 63.91%
  7. NYU: 63.85%
  8. Chicago: 63.13%
  9. USC Gould: 63.13%
  10. Michigan: 58.46%

You can access the full list by clicking here.

How did Cornell manage to come out on top for the second year in a row? From Reuters:

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Akua Akyea, associate dean for career development at Cornell Law, attributed the hiring success of graduates from the Ithaca, New York, school to its students who are “problem solvers” sought by law firms.

Congratulations to all of the top schools getting top jobs for their graduates. Check back with us next year to see if Cornell is able to hold onto the lead for the third time in a row.

Large U.S. law firms love hiring from these schools [Reuters]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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