The Top Law Schools for Jobs

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Dreaming of clerking for a judge? These are the schools with the largest percentage of 2013 graduates earning federal clerkships:

School Clerkship Percentage
Yale University 35.0%
Stanford University 29.4%
UC-Irvine 17.9%
Harvard University 17.0%
University of Virginia 12.9%
Cornell University 11.4%
University of Alabama 10.2%
University of Chicago 10.2%
University of Georgia 9.4%
University of Pennsylvania 9.3%

Source: National Law Journal
For those students hesitant to leave the nest, these schools provide the highest percentage of school-funded jobs:

School Percentage of School-Funded Jobs
Emory University 22.9%
College of William & Mary 22.1%
University of Virginia 16.2%
University of California-Davis 15.3%
Michigan State University 15.3%
George Washington University 14.8%
Boston University 14.7%
UCLA 13.6%
Georgetown University 12.9%
Charlotte School of Law 12.9%

Source: National Law Journal
If you plan to enter public service as a prosecutor, public defender, or nonprofit attorney, head to the DC area. Six of the top ten schools are based within a few hours of the nation’s capitol:

School Government and Public Interest Percentage
College of William & Mary 34.6%
City University of New York 34.1%
Florida State University 28.3%
George Washington University 26.9%
George Mason University 26.3%
Georgetown University 25.7%
Vermont Law 25.5%
University of Colorado-Boulder 25.0%
Howard University 24.6%
Catholic University 24.4%

Source: National Law Journal
To see how your school fares in these categories – or to view the schools with the highest percentages of unemployment, underemployment, or state clerkships – click here.
Sources: National Law Journal, National Law Journal

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