legal job market. big law Forum

[lynndx101]

How is the job market for somone who went to a top 30 law school and in the middle of their class? What are the chances of getting into a NLJ 250 law firm There has been alot of contriversy over how the legal market is. How bad is it? Thanks

[Ruxin1]

How is the job market for somone who went to a top 30 law school and in the middle of their class? What are the chances of getting into a NLJ 250 law firm There has been alot of contriversy over how the legal market is. How bad is it? Thanks

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[rad lulz]

How is the job market for somone who went to a top 30 law school and in the middle of their class? What are the chances of getting into a NLJ 250 law firm

Bad.

[Aberzombie1892]

How is the job market for somone who went to a top 30 law school and in the middle of their class? What are the chances of getting into a NLJ 250 law firm

Bad.

This. Assuming that there is nothing special about you (well, extra special I guess), you are not getting an NLJ 250 firm with median grades from a school outside the T18 (in the T15-18 range, chances are relatively slim with median grades).

[lynndx101]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

[IAFG]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

lol

[abc12345675]

Not good. With a solid connection it could be done, though.

[jdhonest]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

lol

Be nice. OP, the market is really, really bad (still). Are you a 0L or 1L?

[rayiner]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

These are the schools where a median student has a decent shot at a six-figure job at a large firm: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, U Chicago, U Penn, UVA, U Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, Cornell. Possibly Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Texas, USC and UCLA, though a lot more people at these schools will find themselves unemployed than people at schools in the previous group.

These are the schools where a top third student has a decent shot at such a job: Fordham, Boston University, Boston College, George Washington.

At schools like Wash U, Illinois, Minnesota, etc, you need to be top 1/4.

Outside these schools, you need to be anywhere from top 10% to top 10 people (and at the very bottom, places like Cooley even being in the top 10 people won't be enough).

[Anonymous User]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

These are the schools where a median student has a decent shot at a six-figure job at a large firm: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, U Chicago, U Penn, UVA, U Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, Cornell. Possibly Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Texas, USC and UCLA, though a lot more people at these schools will find themselves unemployed than people at schools in the previous group.

These are the schools where a top third student has a decent shot at such a job: Fordham, Boston University, Boston College, George Washington.

At schools like Wash U, Illinois, Minnesota, etc, you need to be top 1/4.

Outside these schools, you need to be anywhere from top 10% to top 10 people (and at the very bottom, places like Cooley even being in the top 10 people won't be enough).

I'd take Texas, Vanderbilt, and USC off that list. The shot is definitely less than decent (speaking from experience and first hand knowledge), but still existent.

[Kronk]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

Egregious Cornell trolling. Love it.

Pretty sure it's Waterman.

[manofjustice]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

These are the schools where a median student has a decent shot at a six-figure job at a large firm: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, U Chicago, U Penn, UVA, U Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, Cornell. Possibly Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Texas, USC and UCLA, though a lot more people at these schools will find themselves unemployed than people at schools in the previous group.

These are the schools where a top third student has a decent shot at such a job: Fordham, Boston University, Boston College, George Washington.

At schools like Wash U, Illinois, Minnesota, etc, you need to be top 1/4.

Outside these schools, you need to be anywhere from top 10% to top 10 people (and at the very bottom, places like Cooley even being in the top 10 people won't be enough).

This is credited.

Rayiner evenhanded wisdom is like the soothing tones of Garrison Keillor.

[Lasers]

How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham

These are the schools where a median student has a decent shot at a six-figure job at a large firm: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, U Chicago, U Penn, UVA, U Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, Cornell. Possibly Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Texas, USC and UCLA, though a lot more people at these schools will find themselves unemployed than people at schools in the previous group.

These are the schools where a top third student has a decent shot at such a job: Fordham, Boston University, Boston College, George Washington.

At schools like Wash U, Illinois, Minnesota, etc, you need to be top 1/4.

Outside these schools, you need to be anywhere from top 10% to top 10 people (and at the very bottom, places like Cooley even being in the top 10 people won't be enough).

I'd take Texas, Vanderbilt, and USC off that list. The shot is definitely less than decent (speaking from experience and first hand knowledge), but still existent.

usc was 12th in placement for nlj 250 firms in 2011 (about a third of their class). not great, but certainly strong relatively speaking.

[lynndx101]

Thank you for your replys. I am actually a high school jr that lives on long island
I domt buy into the law school b.s. hofstra told me that if i was in the the top 50% of their class i would have a shot at biglaw. Hofstra is at the bottom of the top 100 law law schools and the tuition is around what columbia charges..

[cinephile]

I mean, I know who graduated from Hofstra. Don't know where he placed in his class, but he was hired at his dad's firm and is doing pretty well for himself. That's probably what career services meant when they said the top 50% had a shot at biglaw.

[traehekat]

I mean, I know who graduated from Hofstra. Don't know where he placed in his class, but he was hired at his dad's firm and is doing pretty well for himself. That's probably what career services meant when they said the top 50% had a shot at biglaw.

[cinephile]

Yeah, that was my point.