Biglaw and Government Options from Georgetown Forum

[kidkasparov123]

I'm a DC native who's interested in both biglaw and top government jobs after law school. As a T14, how does Georgetown fare in those respects?

[QContinuum]

Georgetown typically places more in line with the T20 than the T13.

BigLaw and federal clerkship placement numbers are a good rough proxy of a school's overall placement power (even for non-BigLaw positions). Here are the numbers for four of the T20s, including Georgetown:

• Vandy 63%
• Georgetown 60%
• UT 57%
• WUSTL 52%

You see Georgetown fits in nicely with the rest of the T20 in terms of placement power. By way of comparison, here are the numbers for a few of the T13s, including the "last" T13, Cornell:

• Cornell 75%
• Northwestern 76%
• Duke 77%
• Penn 80%
• Columbia 82%
• UVA 83%

Now, for "BigFed" specifically, despite the numbers above I'd actually place Georgetown above Vandy (and the rest of the T20 schools) and even Cornell. Still, "BigFed" is far from guaranteed from Georgetown, and for someone who's also interested in BigLaw, I'd recommend Cornell over Georgetown any day of the week and twice on Sundays.