BigLaw % Forum

[Veyron]

Seems a bit low for UVA.

The percentage is probably pretty close to 50%+.

Yea, I wasn't counting clerkship people who end up in biglaw, and also assumed a lot of UVA people go into bigfedgov.

BigFedGov straight from law school is a total myth ITE. More of a myth than MidLaw.

I resent that remark.

[09042014]

Hey, how dare you, the doj will hire 11 people!

[MrKappus]

Seems a bit low for UVA.

The percentage is probably pretty close to 50%+.

Yea, I wasn't counting clerkship people who end up in biglaw, and also assumed a lot of UVA people go into bigfedgov.

BigFedGov straight from law school is a total myth ITE. More of a myth than MidLaw.

[Anonymous User]

I have it on really good information that these are the official numbers for these schools with Art III Clerkships in parentheses.

UVA - 28.7%(8%)
Georgetown - 23.5%(9%)
UCLA 18.2%(2.3%)
Hastings - 29%(1.3%)
Davis - 3.7%(.7%)

Posted anonymously because I don't want my opinion to affect my potential future employment.

[MrKappus]

I have it on really good information that these are the official numbers for these schools with Art III Clerkships in parentheses.

UVA - 28.7%(8%)
Georgetown - 23.5%(9%)
UCLA 18.2%(2.3%)
Hastings - 29%(1.3%)
Davis - 3.7%(.7%)

Posted anonymously because I don't want my opinion to affect my potential future employment.

Something can't be "on really good information" and your "opinion." hth

[introversional]

UVA / Georgetown / Hastings / Davis / UCLA

UVA - 30-40%

Georgetown - 30-40%

UCLA 20-30%

Hastings - 5-10%

Davis - 5-10%

What are the average starting associate biglaw salaries in bigger markets like DC, Chicago, etc??

[c3pO4]

UVA / Georgetown / Hastings / Davis / UCLA

UVA - 30-40%

Georgetown - 30-40%

UCLA 20-30%

Hastings - 5-10%

Davis - 5-10%

What are the average starting associate biglaw salaries in bigger markets like DC, Chicago, etc??

160k, 160k, 160K, 160K, 160K

[unc0mm0n1]

Why is this anonymous and should it be in the Choosing a Law School forum?

+1

[DoubleChecks]

Thank you.

Surprising that only half of 2010 Harvard graduates ended up in NLJ250. Then again, Harvard had a huge graduating class that year!

That'd be like saying Yale can't place its class into biglaw lol. As someone already pointed out, being able to get placed into biglaw != they end up going after they graduate. Plenty of HYS students go fedgov or clerkships.

[Flappy Scribbleneck]

I have it on really good information that these are the official numbers for these schools with Art III Clerkships in parentheses.

UVA - 28.7%(8%)
Georgetown - 23.5%(9%)
UCLA 18.2%(2.3%)
Hastings - 29%(1.3%)
Davis - 3.7%(.7%)

Posted anonymously because I don't want my opinion to affect my potential future employment.

um, gutless
and are you a hastings allumn our did you leave out a decimal

[Veyron]

Thank you.

Surprising that only half of 2010 Harvard graduates ended up in NLJ250. Then again, Harvard had a huge graduating class that year!

That'd be like saying Yale can't place its class into biglaw lol. As someone already pointed out, being able to get placed into biglaw != they end up going after they graduate. Plenty of HYS students go fedgov or clerkships.

Lol, Yale, just lol. What a TTT.

[IAFG]

Thank you.

Surprising that only half of 2010 Harvard graduates ended up in NLJ250. Then again, Harvard had a huge graduating class that year!

That'd be like saying Yale can't place its class into biglaw lol. As someone already pointed out, being able to get placed into biglaw != they end up going after they graduate. Plenty of HYS students go fedgov or clerkships.

Lol, Yale, just lol. What a TTT.

TBF law is pretty TTT.

[Anonymous User]

GULC isn't a real T14 because Texas was all but ranked ahead of it in the latest rankings.


DC isn't a true home market for GULC because DC is the market (after NYC) where ties matter the least. This isn't like Texas grads placing in Dallas, or UW grads in Seattle. Everyone wants to go to DC, and offices there could care less where you come from. DC is just up for grabs, and I know for a fact that GULC students had much better luck bidding other (non-DC) markets than they did trying to get jobs at firms in DC, at least in my year (c/o 2012).

Note- I'm not demeaning GULC as a school, but the fact is that UVA places better in DC and better nationwide, with a stronger alumni network, than GULC.

[Veyron]

^ Not sure if serious

[top30man]

^ Not sure if serious

[IAFG]

^ Not sure if serious

Did neither of you read past the first line?

[top30man]

^ Not sure if serious

Did neither of you read past the first line?

I did. I just think the claim that Gulc can't count dc as a home market is ridiculous. They routinely place around 40% into dc.

[IAFG]

^ Not sure if serious

Did neither of you read past the first line?

I did. I just think the claim that Gulc can't count dc as a home market is ridiculous. They routinely place around 40% into dc.

Link?

[dailygrind]

This reeks of 0L.

[top30man]

Did neither of you read past the first line?

I did. I just think the claim that Gulc can't count dc as a home market is ridiculous. They routinely place around 40% into dc.

Link?[/quote]
sure. --LinkRemoved--
This shows 45% for the DC/VA/MD markets. Additionally, GULC itself has DC specifically listed at 42%.
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admission ... et2012.pdf

That means over 200 new attorneys in DC from GULC in the most recent available year. If that doesn't constitute a home market, I'm not sure what would qualify.
Additionally, the concept that DC doesn't require ties and therefore doesn't count is absurd, to say the least. Would you also say that New York doesn't count as a home market for NYU? The argument just does not make any sense.

ETA: not big law specific, obviously. Just placement in general.

[IAFG]

sure. --LinkRemoved--
This shows 45% for the DC/VA/MD markets. Additionally, GULC itself has DC specifically listed at 42%.
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admission ... et2012.pdf

That means over 200 new attorneys in DC from GULC in the most recent available year. If that doesn't constitute a home market, I'm not sure what would qualify.
Additionally, the concept that DC doesn't require ties and therefore doesn't count is absurd, to say the least. Would you also say that New York doesn't count as a home market for NYU? The argument just does not make any sense.

ETA: not big law specific, obviously. Just placement in general.

Ah I see. The bolded was our disconnect.

[top30man]

sure. --LinkRemoved--
This shows 45% for the DC/VA/MD markets. Additionally, GULC itself has DC specifically listed at 42%.
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admission ... et2012.pdf

That means over 200 new attorneys in DC from GULC in the most recent available year. If that doesn't constitute a home market, I'm not sure what would qualify.
Additionally, the concept that DC doesn't require ties and therefore doesn't count is absurd, to say the least. Would you also say that New York doesn't count as a home markJet for NYU? The argument just does not make any sense.

ETA: not big law specific, obviously. Just placement in general.

Ah I see. The bolded was our disconnect.

Ah, ok. I see what you mean. Apologies if I came off hostile. I wasn't saying its the best school for DC big law, just that I think DC would be considered Gulc's home market in general.

[Errzii]

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=150004 compiled clerkship/big law data for top schools. Can assume <10% for everything else. HTH.

[TrialLawyer16]

GULC isn't a real T14 because Texas was all but ranked ahead of it in the latest rankings.


DC isn't a true home market for GULC because DC is the market (after NYC) where ties matter the least. This isn't like Texas grads placing in Dallas, or UW grads in Seattle. Everyone wants to go to DC, and offices there could care less where you come from. DC is just up for grabs, and I know for a fact that GULC students had much better luck bidding other (non-DC) markets than they did trying to get jobs at firms in DC, at least in my year (c/o 2012).

Note- I'm not demeaning GULC as a school, but the fact is that UVA places better in DC and better nationwide, with a stronger alumni network, than GULC.

Again. Look at the attorney profiles for big law firms in DC and tell me again that DC isn't GULC's home market. Your anecdotal evidence is just that, these are facts.

Put simply, in DC, GULC significantly outperforms their ranking. That's a fact regardless of what you believe happened in your year. It is evident that GULC gets preferential treatment in DC, that it doesn't get in say NYC - isn't that the entire point of having a home market? Your argument is the same as saying NYU's home market isn't New York city because everyone wants to go there.

[IAFG]

Again. Look at the attorney profiles for big law firms in DC and tell me again that DC isn't GULC's home market. Your anecdotal evidence is just that, these are facts.

Graduate 600 JDs a year and your top 1/4 will be the size of a UChicago class. Your facts are anecdotal evidence just pretending.