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2007 Top Ten Law Schools with the Best Career Prospects
Provided by The Princeton Review
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Let’s face it: Many students choose law school for somewhat less altruistic reasons than a commitment to upholding the laws of the land. While the opportunity to defend truth and justice is its own reward, the simultaneous opportunity to earn over a hundred grand at one of the country’s top law firm is an unmistakable draw. To come up with the schools on this list, The Princeton Review looked at institutional data concerning job placement, average starting salary, and bar passage rates of students after graduation. The Princeton Review also asked students whether their school program encourages practical experience and how well prepared they feel to practice law after graduation. According to The Princeton Review’s annual survey of 17,000 law school students at the nation’s Best 170 Law Schools these ten schools offer their students the best career prospects.
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
Thanks to the school’s first-rate national reputation, Northwestern law students are extremely confident about their job prospects. “The Chicago firms just love NU students” and if you have “decent grades it’s really easy to get a job coming out of Northwestern.” In fact, recruiters are so confident about their NU prospects that “interview spots are awarded by lottery and not by firm pre-screening resumes.” - University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
UC’s “name opens doors.” One student promises, “If you come to UC, you are pretty much guaranteed a job that pays you $125,000 per year.” If you want a judicial clerkship, you can do that, too. If you’d rather help people in need, Chicago is rolling out a “generous loan repayment plan, which will revolutionize the public interest job market and make it accessible to more people.” - University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Michigan JDs have no trouble finding work. “The reputation is amazing,” writes one student. “With a Michigan degree, you are employable from Hawaii to Maine and grads are around the globe, doing everything from practicing corporate law to drafting constitutions.” And, of course: “Grads have their pick of top jobs in the Midwest.” - Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
HLS students have countless “job options.” Harvard’s reputation “can open any door.” Students say, “There is an opportunity to do anything you could imagine and everyone is guaranteed a six-figure job” or a great public-interest career “regardless of GPA.” While students agree that “It’s kind of messed up that law firms slobber all over us just because we are at Harvard,” no one seems to be complaining. - New York University (New York, New York)
NYU students have little trouble securing the most coveted jobs after graduation. Although many alums end up at top private law firms across the country, the school is “dedicated to placing students in public interest jobs” as well. Students here “appreciate the promotion of the idea that everyone in the profession still has obligations to the public interest” and agree that “We all get awesome jobs pretty much no matter what.” - University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
At Penn, a wealth of journals, moot court opportunities, and clinical courses ensures the production of “real practicing lawyers and Penn tends to attract an enormous number of recruiters.” As you might expect, virtually every graduate gets a “well-paying” gig, often at a large firm in the Northeast. - University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
The University of Notre Dame Law School’s motto is “Educating a different kind of lawyer,” and the school fosters social consciousness by emphasizing “values, morality, and social responsibility.” Notre Dame’s loan forgiveness program“ has a lot of support for students interested in public interest or government jobs.” - Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
At BU, “The practical skill opportunities are wonderful.” “BU has a solid reputation in the Northeast, and students are able to find jobs at the top firms in Boston and New York.” One student comments, “If you are in the top 30 percent of the class after the first year, you can work at a big firm anywhere in the country.” - University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
While “Career Services could stand to broaden its horizons” in terms of the types of firms they bring to campus to interview students, it almost doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the sheer employability of UVA graduates. “Employers (including judges) know that UVA produces well-trained attorneys” in almost all areas of law. - The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
“The best thing about GW is its location in one of the best legal markets in the United States.” Students say “amazing opportunities abound for internships, clerkships, externships, and full-time jobs at law firms, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations,” which is great as “many students are interested in public interest law and not just ‘big firm’ work.”
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