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Internet Resources for Law School Applicants

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Law School Application Resources

  • The NAPLA-SAPLA Book of Law School Lists
    Comprehensive lists of specialty areas, clinical programs, study abroad programs (by country and by school), joint degree programs, schools with an evening division, schools that allow students to start in January, and much more information about law school programs and policies. If you'd like to browse through a hard copy of this book, visit the HPPLC Reading Room. We have several copies of this invaluable resource.

  • The NALP Directory
    Learn which of the largest firms and agencies will be recruiting at the law schools. Click the link for "Advanced Search" on the left frame. (If you get an error message, or the page does not stop loading, simply paste http://www.nalpdirectory.com/ into the URL of your browser.) Enter the appropriate search criteria. Note: if you do not select a particular "practice area" it will show all recruiters. Err on the side of being overly inclusive. Then scroll down to "Campus Interviews," pick the law school, and click on "search." You will then be able to see how many NALP firms are recruiting there. Alternately, you can choose a law firm and see at which schools they recruit.

A warning to this method: NALP's membership includes approximately 800 of the nation's largest legal employers. That means that many smaller and local recruiters who also come to individual law schools will NOT be listed! If you're checking out the University of Chicago, it probably won't matter; if you're investigating other schools in the greater Chicago area, it probably will. But, in any case, this will show you how far the reputation of the school travels with major employers nationwide.

You should always call the placement office of every law school to get their spin on recruiting.

  • Law Firm directory from Martindale

    Find out which law school's grads have been hired by law firms. This site will show you the law school attended by the attorneys of most law firms. By searching, for instance, large law firms in Chicago, and looking at the junior associates, you can see who's actually been hired from which school in the last 8 or 10 years. You can also do an "advanced search" for attorneys in a given city based upon the law school they attended.

  • What Law School Rankings Don't Say About Costly Choices
    Important new cost/benefit analysis reveals that it can make economic sense to attend a LOWER ranked law school, IF you will be looking for a job in a high-paying law firm:  In short, the authors of this study contend that rankings are especially important only for those schools ranked 27 or higher.  Here's an excerpt:  "For example, between schools No. 25 (William & Mary) and No. 5 (Columbia), employment [in high-paying firms] rose from 21.9 percent to 54.5 percent, an increase of 32.6 percentage points...Conversely, between schools No. 45 (Brigham Young) and No. 25, the increase...was only 8.4 percentage points. And between No. 65 (Louisville) and No. 45, the increase in large-firm employment is a mere 4.3 percentage points. Below school No. 26 (Emory), a graduate has a less than one in five probability of starting his or her career at a large law firm...With these numbers, does it really make economic sense to go to the highest-ranked school one can get into? In many cases, the answer is no."  Please read this entire article for specific, detailed information to consider as you select schools. 

 

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