preLaw - Back to School 2007 - (Page 16) Where law firms interview Hundreds of law firms interview law students each fall through on campus interviews. To determine where law firms are more likely to visit, we tabulated the number of NALPmember law firms that interview on campus. This does not represent all law firms that interview on a given campus, but it is a good indicator for the number of large law firms. Law school state DC VA MI MA NY NY DC DC NC PA IL IL CA TN CA NY TX CT CA NY IN MA CA MA CA VA GA NY NY VA DC #firms 280 245 226 223 206 196 188 184 183 179 167 166 161 155 152 149 136 129 122 121 115 112 104 104 102 87 85 85 84 82 76 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Georgetown University Law Center University of Virginia School of Law University of Michigan Law School Harvard Law School New York University Columbia University School of Law The George Washington University Law School Howard University School of Law Duke Law School University of Pennsylvania Law School Northwestern University School of Law The University of Chicago Law School University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) Vanderbilt University Law School Stanford Law School Fordham Law School The University of Texas School of Law Yale Law School UCLA School of Law Cornell Law School University of Notre Dame Law School Boston University School of Law University of Southern California Gould School of Law Boston College Law School University of California, Hastings College of the Law Washington and Lee University School of Law Emory University School of Law Brooklyn Law School Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law William & Mary School of Law American University, Washington College of Law “Fordham Law has long been known as one of the nation’s top law schools by the people whose opinion matters most — the hiring partners and recruiters,” he said. “[They] rely on our graduates to be exceptional attorneys, grounded with both a strong theoretical background and solid practical experience in the skills of lawyering.” Treanor said there are only four law schools that have more lawyers working at the nation’s 40 most successful law firms. Emory’s Dean David Partlett said his school has made great strides recently, in part thanks to a new Transactional Law Center that will allow students to gain practical experience in executing business transactions. “We have worked hard to solidify our relationship with recruiters and hiring partners by strengthening our outreach efforts,” he said. “We continue to further improve our program offerings with new opportunities that take advantage of our position in Atlanta.” Ranking third is Howard University School of Law in the District of Columbia, where Dean Kurt Schmoke said deans don’t like rankings to begin with, but the reaction from some of the applicants has been positive. “We feel that we offer a great institution with great value,” he said. “Tuition at Georgetown is $40,000 for law school, here it is $19,000 and we have an average of 150 students in our classes, compared to Harvard that has 500.” Dean Harold Krent, of the ChicagoKent College of Law-Illinois Technology Institute, No. 4 on the list, said the ranking was bittersweet. “On one hand, you are delighted that you are listed, but only wish the rep would meet up with the enthusiasm of the program,” he said. “I think, however, over time this should happen. The survey brings attention, and if it brings us to close the gap, we are delighted because we are pleased that there is a great reception. We had great company in the survey.” Where law firms interview There are few surprises among the schools where NALP-member legal employers interview the most. Students at the top 20 schools certainly have more choices. Most large firms will frequent schools at the top, as will many other employers. “There are not a whole lot of employers who want to come on campus who aren’t www.preLawInsider.com Source: We tabulated the numbers at www.nalpdirectory.com in May. We searched by campus interviews, and then counted the number of law firms for each school. We counted each firm only once, even if they had multiple offices interviewing at that school. We did not include non-law firms in the final counts. NALP is the National Association for Law Placement, a non-profit organization that promotes the exchange of information between law schools and employers. NALP does not approve of the tabulation and ranking of law schools based on the number of its members that interview on campus. 16 preLaw http://www.nalpdirectory.com http://www.preLawInsider.com
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