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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aba+employment+2012lynndx101 wrote: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
Bad.lynndx101 wrote: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
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).rad lulz wrote:Bad.lynndx101 wrote: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
lollynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
IAFG wrote:lollynndx101 wrote: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.lynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
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.rayiner wrote: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.lynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
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).
Egregious Cornell trolling. Love it.lynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
This is credited.rayiner wrote: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.lynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
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).
usc was 12th in placement for nlj 250 firms in 2011 (about a third of their class). not great, but certainly strong relatively speaking.Anonymous User wrote: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.rayiner wrote: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.lynndx101 wrote:How about being in the top 50% of the class in schools like cornell and fordham
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).
cinephile wrote: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.