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All the key financial metrics for The Am Law 100 rose by single digits last year: gross revenue, revenue per lawyer and profits per partner. Eighty-three firms posted revenue gains, 25 more than in the prior year. Firms reversed course and added to their head count. Even equity partners grew their ranks on average after two years of flat or negative growth. But as a rule, income inequality continued to plague the rankings.

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After three years of flat to negative growth, 2011 was when the nation's 250 largest law firms started getting bigger again. Headcount among NLJ 250 firms was up a collective 2,132 lawyers, for a growth rate of 1.7 percent -- in line with the average increase during the past 10 years, but well below the 4 to 5 percent growth of 2005-2008. Growth was far from universal in 2011; while 118 firms on the list added lawyers, 109 shrank and eight were flat.

A Time to Grow, Once Again

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While the nation's 100 highest-grossing firms rebounded from a disastrous 2009 by posting healthy gains in 2010, gains at the Second Hundred were less robust. The Second Hundred's total gross revenue rose 2.2 percent, to $17.46 billion in 2010 from $17.08 billion in 2009, while average revenue per lawyer increased just 1.5 percent, to $579,749 from $570,999. Average profits per partner rose 3.4 percent, to $665,665 from $643,580. So why aren't they worried?

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The economy began to rebound in 2011, but that wasn't enough to get firms to rev up associate hiring. We rank the top 50 law schools by percentage of 2011 J.D. grads who took jobs at NLJ 250 firms. We also identify the schools where NLJ 250 firms recruited the most graduates and the law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner in 2011.

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