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CLS just released their numbers for offers accepted

Wachtell 2
Cravath 19
Skadden 17
SullCrom 12
DPW 20
Weil 6
Simpson 6
Cleary 20
Latham 6
K&E 9
Munger 1
Irell 4
W&C 1

Total = 123

ETA: they claimed 92%+ participation. Assuming 450 person class size, that's:

28.3% into V10
48.8% into V25
62.5% into V50
72.7% into V75
77.8% into V100

Note, those figures above are percent of participants. If any CLS kids want to double check these numbers, go ahead.

Impressive

Wow, that's pretty awesome if true.

OP here,

Looks like 81.6% of participants accepted an offer through EIP. I just added up all the numbers from 2011, assuming same class size and participation rate and came to 78.2%. So, a small increase. Hiring in the V10 increased slightly (110 for 2011 versus 117 for 2012) as well as within the V25 (190 for 2011 versus 202 for 2012).

Of course: (1) some may have been offered but didn't accept any; (2) some may have gotten jobs outside of OCI, e.g., through mass mailing (sure, these two points can overlap). So, I don't think the offer acceptance figure is quite an accurate reflection of overall placement. Nevertheless, it gives a good conservative baseline.

As someone in that class, I find that number very hard to believe. VERY HARD. There were far too many people still doing Fall or Spring OCI. I know too many smart people who struck out to believe those figures. Somebody got very creative with number crunching. I'm talking about that 82% number.

Anonymous User wrote:As someone in that class, I find that number very hard to believe. VERY HARD. There were far too many people still doing Fall or Spring OCI. I know too many smart people who struck out to believe those figures. Somebody got very creative with number crunching. I'm talking about that 82% number.

I added up every single accepted offer and it came out to 338.

My assumption of a class size of 450 could be incorrect. My assumption of 92% participation rate could be incorrect (i.e., 414 participants).

338/450 only constitutes 75.1% of the entire class, while 338/414 constitutes 81.6% of participants.

I would argue that 25% of the class not accepting an offer through EIP constitutes a large number.

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:As someone in that class, I find that number very hard to believe. VERY HARD. There were far too many people still doing Fall or Spring OCI. I know too many smart people who struck out to believe those figures. Somebody got very creative with number crunching. I'm talking about that 82% number.

I added up every single accepted offer and it came out to 338.

My assumption of a class size of 450 could be incorrect. My assumption of 92% participation rate could be incorrect (i.e., 414 participants).

338/450 only constitutes 75.1% of the entire class, while 338/414 constitutes 81.6% of participants.

I would argue that 25% of the class not accepting an offer through EIP constitutes a large number.

At nearly every other law school, 25% of the class accepting an offer through EIP would be cause for unprecedented celebration.