law schools matter, but not as much in the lateral market
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Law Schools Matter, but Not as Much in the Lateral Market
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Summary: The law school you attend matters when entering the legal market, and it still matters for lateralling, but not quite as much.
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Attorneys understand how important their law school is to securing a good job after graduation, but the importance for a lateral move is less clear. Harrison Barnes explores the importance of law schools in his article he recently wrote on the topic.
In order to know the reality behind the importance of law schools in the lateral market, Barnes knew that examining the data was necessary.
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With the data from BCG Attorney Search on the number of interviews and placements for their clients, Barnes placed the data into 15 different charts based on factors that may affect the results.
Here are the summaries of each chart:
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Chart A : The overall data from BCG regarding the rate in which candidates from any law school received interviews with law firms between 2015 and 2016 resulted with the top school being the University of Chicago Law School.
Chart B: The overall data from BCG regarding the rate in which candidates from any school received law firm placements with law firms between 2015 and 2016 resulted with the top law school being Franklin Pierce Law Center.
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Chart 1: The number one law school is Georgetown University Law Center when looking at the percentage of candidates from any law school that received interviews in 2016 through BCG Attorney Search.
Chart 2: The number one law school is the University of Chicago Law School when looking at the percentage of candidates from any law school that received interviews in 2016 where the class size is weighted.
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Chart 3: The top 10 law schools of the candidates that received interviews in 2016 are Georgetown University Law Center, New York University School of Law, University of Chicago Law School, The University of Michigan Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law, UCLA School of Law, Boston University School of Law, Loyola Law School, University of California, and Yale Law School.
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Chart 4: The top 10 law schools of the candidates that received interviews in 2016 when considering class size are University of Chicago Law School, Boston University School of Law, Yale Law School, The University of Michigan Law School, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Tulane University Law School, New York University School of Law, The University of Virginia School of Law, and University of Toledo College of Law.
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Chart 5: The top 5 law schools of the candidates getting interviews as part of a lateral move in 2016 are University of Chicago Law School, Yale Law School, The University of Michigan Law School, New York University School of Law, and The University of Virginia School of Law.
Chart 6: The number one law school is Columbia University School of Law when looking at the candidates from any law firm that received placements in 2016.
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Chart 7: The number one law school is Franklin Pierce Law Center when looking at the percentage of candidates from any law school that received placements in 2016 with the class size weighted.
Chart 8: The number one law school is Georgetown University Law Center for the percentage of candidates from any law school that received placements in 2016.
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Chart 9: The top 20 law schools where candidates received placements in 2016 where class size was not a factor are Columbia University School of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law, New York University School of Law, The University of Texas School of Law…….
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Chart 10: The top 20 law schools for candidates that received placements in 2016 where class size was a factor are Franklin Pierce Law Center, Columbia University School of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Missouri, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Cornell Law School…..
Chart 11: The top law school is Columbia University School of Law for laterals receiving placements in 2016.
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Chart 12: The top law school is USC Gould School of Law for candidates from any law school that received placements in 2015.
Chart 13: The law schools where candidates received the most placements in 2015 and 2016 and were on the "top 20 lists" for placements both years are New York University School of Law, Boston College Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, Columbia University School of Law…..
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This article “How Much Does the Law School You Went to Matter When You Lateral Firms?” first appeared on BCG Attorney Search is widely known to be the most selective recruiting firm in terms of who it represents in the United States.
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