Big Law Partners and Law School Ranking
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 2:18 am
I was wondering if there is any correlation between where an individual attended law school, and making partner in big law.
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0L disclosure, but from what i've researched, i've gathered the impression that making partner is more about your work product, meeting certain levels of billable hours, and possibly how much business you bring to the firm. The law school you attend is important in getting you a job as an associate, but it's not going to make a significant impact on getting you promoted to partner.AlanShoreDisciple wrote:I was wondering if there is any correlation between where an individual attended law school, and making partner in big law.
I'm under the impression that the bolded is the #1 factor re whether one makes partner.Knock wrote:0L disclosure, but from what i've researched, i've gathered the impression that making partner is more about your work product, meeting certain levels of billable hours, and possibly how much business you bring to the firm. The law school you attend is more important in getting you a job as an associate, but it's not going to make a significant impact on getting you promoted to partner.AlanShoreDisciple wrote:I was wondering if there is any correlation between where an individual attended law school, and making partner in big law.
Maybe if you had let them borrow your DeLorean before they posted in this thread, McFly.Samara wrote:Really? No one ITT reads ATL? Here's a recent story on school rankings by biglaw partners. --LinkRemoved--
Just keep in mind that correlation is not causation, self-selection may be a significant factor, and the school that is best for you may not correlate with these rankings.
Exactly. T-14 is more likely to get you into the door for a big law firm. Therefore, those schools will have the most graduates who are partners.Samara wrote:Really? No one ITT reads ATL? Here's a recent story on school rankings by biglaw partners. --LinkRemoved--
Just keep in mind that correlation is not causation, self-selection may be a significant factor, and the school that is best for you may not correlate with these rankings.
Haha, touche, I didn't realize this was a necroed thread.stratocophic wrote:Maybe if you had let them borrow your DeLorean before they posted in this thread, McFly.Samara wrote:Really? No one ITT reads ATL? Here's a recent story on school rankings by biglaw partners. --LinkRemoved--
Just keep in mind that correlation is not causation, self-selection may be a significant factor, and the school that is best for you may not correlate with these rankings.
If you trust the math of the comment posters, Georgetown is #3 per capita:- it favors big classes because class size is not factored in (is it really that surprising that Georgetown is #2 author?)
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 1&t=162542nealric wrote:If you trust the math of the comment posters, Georgetown is #3 per capita:- it favors big classes because class size is not factored in (is it really that surprising that Georgetown is #2 author?)
http://abovethelaw.com/2011/08/law-scho ... s#comments
To do it right, you would also need historic class size data.viewtopic.php?f=1&t=162542
Wonder whose math is better....