2011 Top 50 Go-To Law Schools Forum

[fatduck]

21 pages. Epic thread.

Could someone could summarize the last 20 pages or so in a line or two?

If I had to guess, it was a lot of arguing over the relative merits of each school, even if the separation isn't that great at the top of the list, and the usefulness of the data as a reliable indicator is perhaps suspect.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5#p4103687

this poster summed everything up quite nicely imo

[jtemp320]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

[beachbum]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

What, so you're just gonna call it a day and head to Columbia UniversiTTTy? That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not Harvard, but I guess it's all right.

[fatduck]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

What, so you're just gonna call it a day and head to Columbia UniversiTTTy? That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not Harvard, but I guess it's all right.

It's funny you should mention this, as it's something I came across in my research. You see, I originally thought that the presence of a 'T' shouldn't matter, as almost every school has the word "university" in its name. However, Columbia is referred to on TLS as merely Columbia, not Columbia U or CU, whereas NYU's shorthand form does include the University, abbreviated. This is why NYU suffers from the "TTT effecTTT" and schools like Columbia and Cornell do not.

[beachbum]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

What, so you're just gonna call it a day and head to Columbia UniversiTTTy? That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not Harvard, but I guess it's all right.

It's funny you should mention this, as it's something I came across in my research. You see, I originally thought that the presence of a 'T' shouldn't matter, as almost every school has the word "university" in its name. However, Columbia is referred to on TLS as merely Columbia, not Columbia U or CU, whereas NYU's shorthand form does include the University, abbreviated. This is why NYU suffers from the "TTT effecTTT" and schools like Columbia and Cornell do not.

Seems reasonable, but explain Duke.

[fatduck]

Seems reasonable, but explain Duke.

The SouTTTh. This is why the north refers to itself as New England.

[powerlawyer06]

Seems reasonable, but explain Duke.

The SouTTTh. This is why the north refers to itself as New England.

Oh my God Fatduck! I think you just unlocked the secret to the whole economy.

That’s why Lehman BroTTThers, Bear STTTearns, and WashingTTTon MuTTTual all failed while Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America remain.

But wait we live in the UniTTTed STTTates……

::::Runs to warn Obama::::

[fatduck]

Seems reasonable, but explain Duke.

The SouTTTh. This is why the north refers to itself as New England.

Oh my God Fatduck! I think you just unlocked the secret to the whole economy.

That’s why Lehman BroTTThers, Bear STTTearns, and WashingTTTon MuTTTual all failed while Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America remain.

But wait we live in the UniTTTed STTTates……

::::Runs to warn Obama::::

You think PresidenTTT Obama can help you? Mwahahaha

[jtemp320]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

What, so you're just gonna call it a day and head to Columbia UniversiTTTy? That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not Harvard, but I guess it's all right.

AGH! Columbia UniversiTTTy in the CiTTTy of New York...a TTTTTT

[beachbum]

I'll take the relative silence as a sign that I've blown everyone's minds.


@Marionberry: tell georgetown i'm too awesome to reject plz

You mean GeorgeTTTown?

Great post...TLS taught me to go to a school with no Ts in it...a T is just two TTs away from a TTT

What, so you're just gonna call it a day and head to Columbia UniversiTTTy? That's cool, I guess. I mean, it's not Harvard, but I guess it's all right.

AGH! Columbia UniversiTTTy in the CiTTTy of New York...a TTTTTT

Good luck with that, jTTTemp.

[faithinlaw]

HARVARD YALE PRINCETTTON MITTT STTTANFORD
WILLIAMS AMHERSTTT SWARTTTHMORE

[stratocophic]

HARVARD YALE PRINCETTTON MITTT STTTANFORD
WILLIAMS AMHERSTTT SWARTTTHMORELIBERAL ARTTTS

FTTTFY

[iwanta170]

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/article-searc ... px?nid=337

Overall this year, 17.2 percent of the Class of 2010 secured clerkships

Despite a difficult job market, the total number of Vanderbilt graduates and alumni securing clerkships rose by 35 percent over 2009.

Could this have something to do with Vanderbilt's drop?

[FiveSermon]

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/article-searc ... px?nid=337

Overall this year, 17.2 percent of the Class of 2010 secured clerkships

Despite a difficult job market, the total number of Vanderbilt graduates and alumni securing clerkships rose by 35 percent over 2009.

Could this have something to do with Vanderbilt's drop?

It explains a bit of it but not even close. They went from placing something like 47% to not even 30%. Even if their Clerkships rose by 35% it won't account for nearly 17% of their class since people who clerk are a relatively small portion of the class to begin with anyways.

[clone22]

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/article-searc ... px?nid=337

Overall this year, 17.2 percent of the Class of 2010 secured clerkships

Despite a difficult job market, the total number of Vanderbilt graduates and alumni securing clerkships rose by 35 percent over 2009.

Could this have something to do with Vanderbilt's drop?

It explains a bit of it but not even close. They went from placing something like 47% to not even 30%. Even if their Clerkships rose by 35% it won't account for nearly 17% of their class since people who clerk are a relatively small portion of the class to begin with anyways.

But the usual wisdom of biglaw + clerkships are what measures a school's placement power means that 29 (biglaw) + 17 (clerkship), and the school does a respectable 46% placement into decent work.

[FiveSermon]

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/article-searc ... px?nid=337

Overall this year, 17.2 percent of the Class of 2010 secured clerkships

Despite a difficult job market, the total number of Vanderbilt graduates and alumni securing clerkships rose by 35 percent over 2009.

Could this have something to do with Vanderbilt's drop?

It explains a bit of it but not even close. They went from placing something like 47% to not even 30%. Even if their Clerkships rose by 35% it won't account for nearly 17% of their class since people who clerk are a relatively small portion of the class to begin with anyways.

But the usual wisdom of biglaw + clerkships are what measures a school's placement power means that 29 (biglaw) + 17 (clerkship), and the school does a respectable 46% placement into decent work.

I never said Vandy wasn't respectable. I just said they still dropped a lot.

[keg411]

It also doesn't say that Vandy's clerkships were Article III clerkships (which are basically only the kind that are linked to BigLaw). My guess is much of that number is state court clerkships, which, while are great and lead to employment, are not going to lead to NLJ250-type employment and more likely place in small firm jobs.

[drylo]

It also doesn't say that Vandy's clerkships were Article III clerkships (which are basically only the kind that are linked to BigLaw). My guess is much of that number is state court clerkships, which, while are great and lead to employment, are not going to lead to NLJ250-type employment and more likely place in small firm jobs.

The link shows what the clerkships are. Most are Art. III. Three are bankruptcy. Two state supreme courts. One Delaware chancery (which is no worse, and arguably better, than Art. III if you want to do corporate). And then a couple lower state courts (but a couple of these aren't class of 2010 anyway--maybe career clerks?--so they don't count in the 17%).

[FiveSermon]

It also doesn't say that Vandy's clerkships were Article III clerkships (which are basically only the kind that are linked to BigLaw). My guess is much of that number is state court clerkships, which, while are great and lead to employment, are not going to lead to NLJ250-type employment and more likely place in small firm jobs.

The link shows what the clerkships are. Most are Art. III. Three are bankruptcy. Two state supreme courts. One Delaware chancery (which is no worse, and arguably better, than Art. III if you want to do corporate). And then a couple lower state courts (but a couple of these aren't class of 2010 anyway--maybe career clerks?--so they don't count in the 17%).

There's so few people who do clerk that even if 6-10 people turns out didn't do article 3, that 17% drops to something much lower.

[drylo]

It also doesn't say that Vandy's clerkships were Article III clerkships (which are basically only the kind that are linked to BigLaw). My guess is much of that number is state court clerkships, which, while are great and lead to employment, are not going to lead to NLJ250-type employment and more likely place in small firm jobs.

The link shows what the clerkships are. Most are Art. III. Three are bankruptcy. Two state supreme courts. One Delaware chancery (which is no worse, and arguably better, than Art. III if you want to do corporate). And then a couple lower state courts (but a couple of these aren't class of 2010 anyway--maybe career clerks?--so they don't count in the 17%).

There's so few people who do clerk that even if 6-10 people turns out didn't do article 3, that 17% drops to something much lower.

That's basically true. I just said that most were Art. III. The exact numbers are on that site, but there are maybe 7-8 from class of 2010 that are not Art. III. That would make around 13-14% Art. III.

But if we are concerned with how much of the class has six-figure earning potential, you have to assume that the Delaware Chancery clerkship leads into an NLJ 250 firm (or at least the option of an NLJ 250 firm). Same very well may be true of bankruptcy and state supreme court, as well.

[phonepro]

A recent issue of The National Law Journal and its Web site highlight law schools with the highest percentage of 2010 graduates hired by the NLJ top 250 law firms. Inexplicably, The National Law Journal omitted Brooklyn Law School from its "Go-to-Law-Schools" ranking.
According to the data that the Law School reported to the National Association for Law Placement and to The National Law Journal, 59 members of the 2010 graduating class, or 12.7%, were hired as first-year associates by NLJ top 250 law firms. Had The National Law Journal reported the facts correctly, Brooklyn Law School would have ranked 34th in the nation.

http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/n ... -2011.aspx?


LOL.

[wiseowl]

A recent issue of The National Law Journal and its Web site highlight law schools with the highest percentage of 2010 graduates hired by the NLJ top 250 law firms. Inexplicably, The National Law Journal omitted Brooklyn Law School from its "Go-to-Law-Schools" ranking.
According to the data that the Law School reported to the National Association for Law Placement and to The National Law Journal, 59 members of the 2010 graduating class, or 12.7%, were hired as first-year associates by NLJ top 250 law firms. Had The National Law Journal reported the facts correctly, Brooklyn Law School would have ranked 34th in the nation.

http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/n ... -2011.aspx?


LOL.

Perhaps they omitted them since Brooklyn has admittedly submitted incorrect data to rankings compilers for years?

[BCLS]

Hahahahah that made me
Laugh

[beachbum]

Hmm. Since Brooklyn seems to be keeping such detailed employment records on its graduates, it sure would be nice if they would share those records with the public.

[XxSpyKEx]

OMG a lot of the top 10 is under 50 percent now. I remember when I first began looking at law schools every top 10 had at least 50 percent of the class in nlj 250--Columbia used to have 70+ percent.....this is really getting bad. Look what happened to Duke!!!! 38 percent

You think its bad now? Wait till CO' 2011 comes out!

+1. The massive anal rapeage didn't begin until c/o 2011. I remember reading some article after c/o 2010 did OCI about how the t14 was recession proof (suggesting these numbers were really good).