Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Law School Rankings by BigLaw Partners
Following up on yesterday's post, Law School Rankings by BigLaw Jobs: National Law Journal, Associates Promoted to Partner:
Law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner [in the 250 largest law firms] in 2011.
Here are the Top 20 (out of the 60 schools ranked), along with each school's U.S. News ranking:
|
Rank |
School |
Associates Promoted to Partner |
U.S. News Rank |
|
1 |
Harvard |
47 |
2 |
|
2 |
Virginia |
35 |
9 |
|
|
Georgetown |
35 |
14 |
|
4 |
Columbia |
31 |
4 |
|
5 |
Texas |
29 |
14 |
|
6 |
NYU |
28 |
6 |
|
7 |
Vanderbilt |
26 |
16 |
|
8 |
Michigan |
24 |
7 |
|
|
G. Washington |
24 |
20 |
|
10 |
Duke |
20 |
11 |
|
11 |
Cornell |
19 |
13 |
|
|
Fordham |
19 |
30 |
|
13 |
USC |
18 |
18 |
|
|
Houston |
18 |
56 |
|
15 |
Boston College |
17 |
27 |
|
16 |
Emory |
15 |
30 |
|
|
Illinois |
15 |
23 |
|
|
Pennsylvania |
15 |
7 |
|
19 |
Northwestern |
14 |
12 |
|
20 |
10 Schools Tied |
13 |
|
See also Theodore Seto (Loyola-L.A.), Law School Rankings by BigLaw Partners.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/02/law-school-1.html
Given Baltimore's presence on the Anziska/Strauss target list, one would never have guessed that it does very well in biglaw placement relative to its US News rank.
Further evidence that the Anziska/Strauss list is rather random.
Posted by: Jess | Feb 28, 2012 8:01:21 AM