Weren’t the Oscars just a royal bore? Much more exciting is The National Law Journal’snewly released go-to list—the much anticipated compilation of law schools most favored by the firms of the NLJ 250.
First, a quick overview of the market from theNLJ’s Karen Sloan:
Most law schools sent slightly larger percentages of their 2012 classes into first-year associate jobs at these firms than they did in 2011. Among the 50 schools most popular with hiring firms, 25 percent of graduates landed associate jobs, up from 22 percent in 2011.
In other words, the legal job market still sucks. So what law school should you attend if you want to maximize your chances of getting a Big Law job? Here are the law school winners in three categories:
