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UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:16 pm

All data taken from who worked where list distributed today. Fairly confident in the results but could be off by a person or two.

12.9% in the V5
13.9% in the V6-10 (26.8% in V10)
15.8% in the V11-20 (42.6% in V20)
9.4% in V21-30 (52% in V30)
10.9% in V31-50 (62.9% in V50)
21.8% in Market Paying non-V50 firms*/** (84.7% in big law firms)

*Got tired of referencing vault at this point
**A large portion of these are Chicago firms (Jenner, McDermott, Shiff)



Previous years:
Class of 2014:

15.3% in the V5
12% in the V5-10 range (so 27.3% total in the V10)
12.5% in the V11-20 (so 39.9% total in the V20)
11.6% in the V21-30 range (so 51.4% total in the V30)
8.3% in the V31-50 range (so 59.7% total in the V50)
13.4% in the V51-100 range (so 73.1% total in the V100)
5.1% at mid-size Chicago firms that are not Vault ranked
Another ~5% are at elite or top of the market firms that are not Vault rank.



Class of 2013:

9.4% in the V5
12.1% in the V5-10 range (so 21.4% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-15 range (so 33.5% total in the V15)
4.5% in the V16-20 range (so 37.9% total in the V20)
8.5% in the V21-30 range (so 46.4% total in the V30)
10.3% in the V31-50 range (so 56.7% total in the V50)
12.1% in the V51-100 range (so 68.8% total in the V100)
8.5% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 77.2% total in the V100/NLJ250)


Class of 2012:

7.1% in the V5
8.6% in the V5-10 range (so 15.7% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-20 range (so 31.9% total in the V20)
6.2% in the V21-30 range (so 38.1% total in the V30)
13.8% in the V31-50 range (so 51.9% total in the V50)
11.4% in the V51-100 range (so 63.3% total in the V100)
5.7% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 69% total in the V100/NLJ250)
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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:21 pm

Bonus post since no one ever talks about what the remaining people do:

4.0% government
4.0% public interest
3.5% in-house
2.0% in small firms
1.0% RA
0.5% taking classes
0.5% clinic

I know many of those self selected out, and know some struck out.


Bonus bonus:

1L (c/o 2016) SA Placement: ~20% (marginally worse than c/o 2015 1L placement I think but very close)

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:03 am

Anonymous User wrote:Bonus post since no one ever talks about what the remaining people do:

4.0% government
4.0% public interest
3.5% in-house
2.0% in small firms
1.0% RA
0.5% taking classes
0.5% clinic

I know many of those self selected out, and know some struck out.


Bonus bonus:

1L (c/o 2016) SA Placement: ~20% (marginally worse than c/o 2015 1L placement I think but very close)
Do the small firm stats include market paying boutiques

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:21 am

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Bonus post since no one ever talks about what the remaining people do:

4.0% government
4.0% public interest
3.5% in-house
2.0% in small firms
1.0% RA
0.5% taking classes
0.5% clinic

I know many of those self selected out, and know some struck out.


Bonus bonus:

1L (c/o 2016) SA Placement: ~20% (marginally worse than c/o 2015 1L placement I think but very close)
Do the small firm stats include market paying boutiques
No those are encompassed in my V51+ catch all. Small firms were all like 5 man shops with no indication of chance of FT offer/market pay.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by gchatbrah » Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:33 am

Anonymous User wrote:All data taken from who worked where list distributed today. Fairly confident in the results but could be off by a person or two.

12.9% in the V5
13.9% in the V6-10 (26.8% in V10)
15.8% in the V11-20 (42.6% in V20)
9.4% in V21-30 (52% in V30)
10.9% in V31-50 (62.9% in V50)
21.8% in Market Paying non-V50 firms*/** (84.7% in big law firms)

*Got tired of referencing vault at this point
**A large portion of these are Chicago firms (Jenner, McDermott, Shiff)
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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jun 18, 2014 9:11 pm

84.7%, wow. That seems really high. But I guess I've never seen the stats with the good small and mid-sized firms included.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by DEO3029 » Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:01 pm

Do other schools distribute similar lists?

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:57 pm

Anonymous User wrote:All data taken from who worked where list distributed today. Fairly confident in the results but could be off by a person or two.

12.9% in the V5
13.9% in the V6-10 (26.8% in V10)
15.8% in the V11-20 (42.6% in V20)
9.4% in V21-30 (52% in V30)
10.9% in V31-50 (62.9% in V50)
21.8% in Market Paying non-V50 firms*/** (84.7% in big law firms)

*Got tired of referencing vault at this point
**A large portion of these are Chicago firms (Jenner, McDermott, Shiff)



Previous years:
Class of 2014:

15.3% in the V5
12% in the V5-10 range (so 27.3% total in the V10)
12.5% in the V11-20 (so 39.9% total in the V20)
11.6% in the V21-30 range (so 51.4% total in the V30)
8.3% in the V31-50 range (so 59.7% total in the V50)
13.4% in the V51-100 range (so 73.1% total in the V100)
5.1% at mid-size Chicago firms that are not Vault ranked
Another ~5% are at elite or top of the market firms that are not Vault rank.



Class of 2013:

9.4% in the V5
12.1% in the V5-10 range (so 21.4% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-15 range (so 33.5% total in the V15)
4.5% in the V16-20 range (so 37.9% total in the V20)
8.5% in the V21-30 range (so 46.4% total in the V30)
10.3% in the V31-50 range (so 56.7% total in the V50)
12.1% in the V51-100 range (so 68.8% total in the V100)
8.5% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 77.2% total in the V100/NLJ250)


Class of 2012:

7.1% in the V5
8.6% in the V5-10 range (so 15.7% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-20 range (so 31.9% total in the V20)
6.2% in the V21-30 range (so 38.1% total in the V30)
13.8% in the V31-50 range (so 51.9% total in the V50)
11.4% in the V51-100 range (so 63.3% total in the V100)
5.7% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 69% total in the V100/NLJ250)
Out of curiosity, what was your denominator when calculating these? Do we even know how big our transfer class was? What's our total class size for 2015 at this point?

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Crowing » Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:23 am

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:All data taken from who worked where list distributed today. Fairly confident in the results but could be off by a person or two.

12.9% in the V5
13.9% in the V6-10 (26.8% in V10)
15.8% in the V11-20 (42.6% in V20)
9.4% in V21-30 (52% in V30)
10.9% in V31-50 (62.9% in V50)
21.8% in Market Paying non-V50 firms*/** (84.7% in big law firms)

*Got tired of referencing vault at this point
**A large portion of these are Chicago firms (Jenner, McDermott, Shiff)



Previous years:
Class of 2014:

15.3% in the V5
12% in the V5-10 range (so 27.3% total in the V10)
12.5% in the V11-20 (so 39.9% total in the V20)
11.6% in the V21-30 range (so 51.4% total in the V30)
8.3% in the V31-50 range (so 59.7% total in the V50)
13.4% in the V51-100 range (so 73.1% total in the V100)
5.1% at mid-size Chicago firms that are not Vault ranked
Another ~5% are at elite or top of the market firms that are not Vault rank.



Class of 2013:

9.4% in the V5
12.1% in the V5-10 range (so 21.4% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-15 range (so 33.5% total in the V15)
4.5% in the V16-20 range (so 37.9% total in the V20)
8.5% in the V21-30 range (so 46.4% total in the V30)
10.3% in the V31-50 range (so 56.7% total in the V50)
12.1% in the V51-100 range (so 68.8% total in the V100)
8.5% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 77.2% total in the V100/NLJ250)


Class of 2012:

7.1% in the V5
8.6% in the V5-10 range (so 15.7% total in the V10)
16.2% in the V11-20 range (so 31.9% total in the V20)
6.2% in the V21-30 range (so 38.1% total in the V30)
13.8% in the V31-50 range (so 51.9% total in the V50)
11.4% in the V51-100 range (so 63.3% total in the V100)
5.7% at firms not in Vault, but in the NLJ250 (so 69% total in the V100/NLJ250)
Out of curiosity, what was your denominator when calculating these? Do we even know how big our transfer class was? What's our total class size for 2015 at this point?
Does the WWW list include transfers?

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:05 am

Yes the list includes transfers. Denominator was 202 which includes every rising 3L listed for this summer regardless of job. No idea if anyone opted out, but I didn't flag anyone off the top of my head.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by toothbrush » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:58 am

25% in v10 is very solid. Thanks for sharing the data. Im sure Chi wouldn't like it, though.

And to other poster, no, not all schools release this. (Cornell doesn't for sure).

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:51 am

toothbrush wrote:25% in v10 is very solid. Thanks for sharing the data. Im sure Chi wouldn't like it, though.

And to other poster, no, not all schools release this. (Cornell doesn't for sure).
Why wouldn't they like this? As a slightly above median, V100 strikeout working at a "big" non-market paying firm, I can say I sure went to the wrong school...

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by beepboopbeep » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:26 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
toothbrush wrote:25% in v10 is very solid. Thanks for sharing the data. Im sure Chi wouldn't like it, though.

And to other poster, no, not all schools release this. (Cornell doesn't for sure).
Why wouldn't they like this? As a slightly above median, V100 strikeout working at a "big" non-market paying firm, I can say I sure went to the wrong school...
Probably something to do with the WWW list being confidential (though it's not like individual info is getting out), not adjusting for anyone who opted out, or wanting to control the stats (somehow)? I'm not sure, but I know that if I or whoever compiled this data had asked permission ahead of time, the answer would have been a resounding "no." Even though the numbers are very nice.

Echoing the thanks, OP.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by MikeJD » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:44 pm

Amazing.

IF you look at chamber associates which tracks SA's from the major firms it shows that most of them hired fewer SA's than last year. I guess it does not affect the 4th ranked school in the county.

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Post by Leo » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:55 pm

MikeJD wrote:Amazing.

IF you look at chamber associates which tracks SA's from the major firms it shows that most of them hired fewer SA's than last year. I guess it does not affect the 4th ranked school in the county.
Wow UChi fell hard. 4th in the county behind Chicago-Kent, DePaul, and Loyola?

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Post by Chrstgtr » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:59 pm

DEO3029 wrote:Do other schools distribute similar lists?
NU posts its employment stats. Not broken down by Vault rankings but it does give salary data which is a pretty good approximate for students entering into market paying firms and the nebulous JD preferred jobs.

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/career/statistics/

I haven't seen anything anywhere near as detailed as NU's or now Chicago's stats though.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by MikeJD » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:21 pm

Leo wrote:
MikeJD wrote:Amazing.

IF you look at chamber associates which tracks SA's from the major firms it shows that most of them hired fewer SA's than last year. I guess it does not affect the 4th ranked school in the county.
Wow UChi fell hard. 4th in the county behind Chicago-Kent, DePaul, and Loyola?

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:17 am

DEO3029 wrote:Do other schools distribute similar lists?
I think most do some version of it internally. It's not like they break ours down by Vault or anything, it's just "Law Firm", "Corporate", "Government", etc and I sorted it from there.

I agree CSO would not be thrilled about it though I'm also uncertain why they should/would care.

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Re: UChicago 2L Firm Stats c/o 2015

Post by M458 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:57 am

Leo wrote:
MikeJD wrote:Amazing.

IF you look at chamber associates which tracks SA's from the major firms it shows that most of them hired fewer SA's than last year. I guess it does not affect the 4th ranked school in the county.
Wow UChi fell hard. 4th in the county behind Chicago-Kent, DePaul, and Loyola?
Ouch. NU at 5th. Our dean won't be happy about this.

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