U.S. News & World Report has ranked 197 Law Schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) in fall 2016 and early 2017. The rankings are based on a weighted average of the following 12 measures of quality (click here for more on methodology): • Peer assessment score (0.25) • Assessment score by lawyers and judges…
U.S. News Law School Rankings 2016
U.S. News and World Report just released its 2016 law school rankings. The top 15 schools won’t surprise anyone and provide little change from previous years. Stanford and Harvard tied for the number 2 spot behind Yale. Below are the top 15 schools with their previous year ranking from Above The Law: 1. Yale (no…
Top Feeder Schools to Big Law
Wondering which law school will lead you to that coveted Big Law job? Well, the WSJ Law Blog broke it down for you using newly released data from the ABA. This data involved employment summary reports for individual schools, revealing that only about 8% of 2011 grads found jobs at big law firms. Plus, “schools…
Dealing with Rejection
What do investor Warren Buffett, entrepreneur Ted Turner, Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy, American television journalists Meredith Vieira & Tom Brokaw, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Nobel laureate Harold Varmus all have in common? All were rejected by Harvard. In a Wall Street Journal article of March 24, 2010, these (and other) thought and…
Steady Hiring From Top Law Firms in 2008
The National Law Journal reports that despite the economic downturn, hiring at top law firms remained steady in 2008.However, recruitment increased at the top 20 law schools, while it decreased at schools outside of the top 20. Some statistical highlights: In 2008, 54.6% of students recruited at the top 20 law schools accepted first-year associate…
Law School Admissions News
A few interesting developments on the law school scene: The 2007 Law School Survey of Student Engagement was published recently and shows: Students at law schools with enrollments under 500 were more likely than their peers at larger law schools to work collaboratively and participate in class discussions. Students at larger law schools were more…
Law School Admissions Consultants
Law.com today has a lengthy article, "Students seek edge in law school quest" about law school admissions consultants, and I am quoted along with an Accepted.com client. The article discusses some adcom views of folks like me and cites in particular Donald Resnick, former dean of recruitment for NYU School of Law, who claims that…
