| # | School | Tier | BigLaw % | Fed. Clerkship % | BigLaw + Clerk | Graduates |
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BigLaw % is the percentage of all graduates (not just employed graduates) who secured positions at firms with 251 or more attorneys — the industry threshold for what's typically called "BigLaw." This uses total graduates as the denominator, not just those whose status is known, which produces a more honest figure than most published rankings.
Fed. Clerkship % measures graduates placed in federal judicial clerkships — Article III courts, bankruptcy courts, and other federal tribunals. Combined with BigLaw, this metric ("BigLaw + Clerk") is often used to gauge elite outcome positioning.
All data comes directly from ABA Employment Summary Reports for the Class of 2024, the most recent year available.
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