University | 4:52 pm | February 28, 2012 | By Daniel Sisgoreo

YLS does not rank first on list

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Photo by Joy Chen.

Yale Law School is the top law school in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. But when it comes to sending alumni to the nation’s top 250 law firms, YLS fell below its peers, according to a new ranking by the National Law Journal.

YLS landed at 15th on the list, with 31 percent of its class of 2011 entering one of the 250 biggest firms. Yale placed below all other schools in the U.S. News’ top 10 on the National Law Journal’s rankings. The University of Pennsylvania Law School, number seven in the nation according to U.S. News, topped the National Law Journal’s list, sending 57 percent of its 2011 graduates to a large law firm.

But Yale Law students will probably turn out OK, anyway — according to the American Bar Association Journal, top law schools tend to send many of their alumni to prestigious clerkships instead of law firms.

Comments
  • jamesdakrn

    lololol this is the real ranking. YHS/CCN/MichVirgPennBerk/DukeNWCornell and GULC

  • River_Tam

    Lol @ basing the rankings on entering big firms.

    • jamesdakrn

      SCOTUS clerkship>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>V100 firm

  • inycepoo

    Lol @ people even bothering to make, read, or analyze these rankings.

    • jamesdakrn

      only law school ranking that matters is US News. And accurate rankings do matter in professional schools like Law or Business if you want jobs afterwards. I do agree that UG rankings can be stupid, but in terms of prof schools where the goal is to be educated for a specific job, I’d say having accurate rankings is important so that a potential student doesn’t waste 200k for a 90k job as an immigration attorney in the Bronx or something.

  • yalengineer

    It would be better for society if that percentage was even lower.

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  • DocHollidaye

    Surface statistics usually leave a great deal to be desired. It’s safe to say that if you graduate YLS you will be further ahead of the game than most.