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This is more of a curiosity thing than anything, because I look at some law schools and am just confused. Generally speaking, there are two figures that people think are most important in job statistics - % j.d. required jobs, and % biglaw jobs. Most law schools seem to follow a set pattern. top tier law schools, which have 30%+ landing biglaw, usually have very low, single digit unemployment for grads, and nearly all grads enter a job which requires a J.D. Then some law schools, mostly 2nd tier regionals, will have most of their grads (some 80%) entering J.D. required jobs, with some minimal big law presence (5-15%, commonly).

But then there are some law schools that just confuse me. I just got an email from Santa Clara, figured I'd look it up (never heard of it), and it's not in an area I want to practice but... these job figures just confuse me. 39% of grads have JD required jobs, 35% are unemployed, and 10% end up in big law (LST defines it as "large firm", which I think might be different than how most people classify biglaw).

I'm just curious how/why a law school would have 2nd tier biglaw performance, but 4th tier job performance in general.

http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/ ... jobs/2014/

It's located in a market with a fair amount of big law jobs so firms can swoop in and swoop up the top 10%ers (or so). Also, lots of IP there in that area, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of SCU's big lawyers are IP bros.

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Sorry, off topic, but is your username based off Spencer from PLL?