We honor 42 law schools based on three criteria: 1) the three-year average for law firm employment, modified for quality; 2) the salary average, using data from the National Association for Law Placement; and 3) the percentage of alumni who are recognized as Super Lawyers.
BC Law is one of the best law schools in the nation when it comes to helping graduates land jobs at law firms. It earned an A+ in our latest ranking of Best Schools for Law Firm Employment.
Super Lawyers percentage is where University of Florida Levin College of Law excels: 18.5% of alumni are recognized by the Super Lawyer rating service.
Most attorneys do not earn Super Lawyer status until they have been in practice for at least seven years. The honor is based on their professional performance, not on the prestige of their law school or their GPA.
Still, our analysis is intended to show prospective students which law schools are geared toward helping them land a law firm job. And the most prestigious law schools fare best when it comes to employment and salaries right out of law school.
That is why such heavyweights as Cornell Law School, Duke University School of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Columbia University are at the top of the list. Each of them received an A+ for law firm employment and an A+ for salaries right out of law school.
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