NLJ: Corrected Law School Rankings by Graduates in BigLaw Jobs

I am re-publishing the ranking of law schools by graduates in BigLaw jobs because the National Law Journal has issued a correction:  "We mistakenly omitted five University of Chicago graduates who were hired by Mayer Brown. The addition of these associates brings the percentage of 2013 Chicago graduates at NLJ 250 firms to 55.34%, which moves them from the No. 4 spot to No. 2."

Large law firm associate hiring ticked up for a second straight year in 2013—welcome news, considering law schools sent more newly minted juris doctors into the job market than ever before. Among the 50 schools most popular with hiring firms, 27 percent of graduates landed associate jobs—up from 25 percent in 2012. That was the highest hiring percentage recorded since 2010.

We’ve ranked the top 50 law schools by the percentage of 2013 law school graduates who took jobs at NLJ 250 firms—the nation’s largest by headcount as identified in The National Law Journal’s annual survey. We’ve also identified the law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner during 2013, and compared how each law school’s cost compares to its large firm hiring record.

The Top 50 Go-To Law School:  These schools sent the highest percentage of new graduates to NLJ 250 firms:

Rank	Law School	2013 Grads @ NLJ 250	2013 JDs	% of Grads @ NLJ 250	Tuition
1	Columbia	286	437	65.45%	$55,488
2	Chicago	119	215	55.34%	$50,727
3	NYU	295	537	54.93%	$51,150
4	Harvard	309	577	53.55%	$50,880
5	Pennsylvania	136	259	52.51%	$53,138
6	Northwestern	146	286	51.05%	$53,468
7	Duke	117	241	48.55%	$51,662
8	Stanford	89	189	47.09%	$50,802
9	Cornell	87	193	45.08%	$55,301
10	UC-Berkeley	135	301	44.85%	$48,068
11	Virginia	161	364	44.23%	$46,400
12	Michigan	165	400	41.25%	$48,250
13	Yale	80	206	38.83%	$53,600
14	Georgetown	238	638	37.30%	$48,835
15	Texas	120	378	31.75%	$32,376
16	Vanderbilt	65	206	31.55%	$46,804
17	UCLA	101	332	30.42%	$45,221
18	USC	65	220	29.55%	$52,598
19	Fordham	118	481	24.53%	$49,526
20	Notre Dame	45	184	24.46%	$45,980

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