Want to Work in Big Law? These Schools Are Good Bets
Columbia Law School lands at the top of our 2020 Go-To Law Schools ranking of Big Law feeder schools—marking the seventh straight year the school tops the list.
March 05, 2020 at 05:45 PM
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Columbia Law School has kept the streak alive.
For the seventh straight year, the law school sent a higher percentage of its graduates into associate jobs at the nation's largest 100 law firms than any other campus. Among the class of 2019, some 70% are now working as associates at those firms.
But Columbia isn't the only law school that made a consistent showing on the Big Law recruiting front last year. The top five schools on this year's annual Go-To Law Schools report remained unchanged from 2018. The University of Pennsylvania Law School snagged the No. 2 spot by sending 58% of recent grads to the largest firms, followed by New York University School of Law at 56%. Rounding out the top five are Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law at No. 4 with a Big Law placement rate of 55%, and the University of Virginia School of Law at No. 5 with 53% of the 2019 class heading to large firms.
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