That's probably the overriding factor, but not the only one. The other advantage NU has is that it dominates a major market that is both somewhat insular and big relative to its NU's class size.showNprove wrote:The point is: if you go to NU with no work experience, you're not going to get some magical bump because you're an NU student. NU isn't the best school for biglaw placement--it has the best student body for biglaw placement (i.e., lots of student with desirable backgrounds).rayiner wrote:Gaming OCI.bmwhype2 wrote:Why is NWU the only top14 to place emphasis on a minimum of 2 year WE
In 2007, when the economy was in good shape, the Chicago offices of Kirkland, Sidley, Skadden, Latham, and Mayer together hired 1/5-1/4 of the whole class.
That advantage has of course been greatly attenuated given the state of Chicago's legal market, but it still helps. Kirkland is still hiring a dozen NU grads each year, etc, and with Chicago siphoning off a lot of top of class types who want to stay here, that makes things easier for people gunning for NYC and DC.
