job placement this year @ Georgetown vs. Northwestern Forum

[eiluj39]

So there has been some rumor about job placement being very low at Georgetwon... is this true? How was job placement at Northwestern?

[digitalcntrl]

So there has been some rumor about job placement being very low at Georgetwon... is this true? How was job placement at Northwestern?

I have heard that someone in the career development office at Gtown stated that 50% of the 2010 grads don't have jobs. This can, however, be somewhat due to a sense of entitlement.

[eiluj39]

anyone hear about Northwestern this year?

[Anonymous User]

anyone hear about Northwestern this year?

i heard something like 60% of 2Ls this year got a job at OCI.

as an NU 1L, though, i could be off on that.

[ANON3333]

anyone hear about Northwestern this year?

i heard something like 60% of 2Ls this year got a job at OCI.

as an NU 1L, though, i could be off on that.

If OP is asking about 2010 jobs at graduation, then Northwestern 2L OCI doesn't provide a point of comparison. My intuition suggests that the class size differences and other factors lead to a disparity in employment prospects greater than 10%.
Re-OP, I can't answer the question as to 2010 employed at graduation, but I am sure someone else can.

[sanpiero]

anyone hear about Northwestern this year?

i heard something like 60% of 2Ls this year got a job at OCI.

as an NU 1L, though, i could be off on that.

heard slightly less

[Anonymous User]

According to the town hall meeting, it was "about 60%" as of October.

[Mirrored]

Northwestern reported that their job situation was virtually unchanged. I think this is likely to be pretty accurate.

There are specific reasons why Georgetown would place very poorly in this market, especially compared to Northwestern.

Namely, Job experience.

[Anonymous User]

I heard Northwestern placed around 1/3...but it's probably still better than Georgetown.
There are significantly fewer than 200 offices going to NU's OCI, but NU has a much smaller class size than Georgetown.

[Anonymous User]

To the last two posters: it might be useful to say where (generally speaking) you heard this.

[Anonymous User]

To the last two posters: it might be useful to say where (generally speaking) you heard this.

Check your OCI bid list to confirm # of offices, unless you are a 0L. Heard this from other NU rising 2Ls.

[Anonymous User]

There are significantly fewer than 200 offices going to NU's OCI, but NU has a much smaller class size than Georgetown.

Fewer than 200 offices? There are over 550 offices at UVA's OGI. You must mean firms.

[tome]

2Ls have only have been notified of the firms coming in the first couple of week I believe, so where did you get the total number of firms?

[chadwick218]

According to the town hall meeting, it was "about 60%" as of October.

As an NU student, the 60% number reported at Town Hall sounds right. I have quite a few other friends who were targeting PI that landed jobs later in the fall.

Thus far, there appear to be 160 firms coming to campus in the fall.

[chadwick218]

According to the town hall meeting, it was "about 60%" as of October.

As an NU student, the 60% number reported at Town Hall sounds right. I have quite a few other friends who were targeting PI that landed jobs later in the fall.

Thus far, there appear to be 160 firms coming to campus in the fall.

I think that NU likely fared a little bit better than GULC this year. OP, if you are deciding b/w GULC and NU, I think that this decision largely turns on where you ideally want to practice and what type of law school environment attracts you.

[bwv812]

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