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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://law.yale.edu/class-2016-employment

It seems other than private practice or corporate law, salaries aren’t as high as one would expect. Is it worse for public law schools? [/quote]

It's complicated and not worth addressing in a post. Search for bi-modal salary distribution, and also understand that salary numbers are skewed by grads who clerk right after law school. In any event, whether a law school is public or private is immaterial. What matters is whether it's T14 or not. Top 14 law school grads have much better outcomes and better options. [/quote]

Except that T14 is really T25.  And T26-50 have the same results at the top 10% of their classes[/quote]

This isn't true.  I have participated in recruiting at multiple BigLaw firms and it's simply not true that T14 and T25 are interchangeable.  It's more accurate to say that the top 10- maybe 20% at T15-25 + something to set you apart (clerkship, internship, targeted demonstrated interests, prestigious undergrad) is equal to top 50% at T14.  T26-50 you need to set yourself apart even more.

It's not admirable, but there are partners who will reply-all to the recruiting thread with "why are we interviewing multiple people from [T20ish school]?  Did we not have success at Harvard/Yale this year?"  The mindset is entrenched that of course there might be one exceptional candidate, so the door isn't completely closed, but they are not viewed as equivalent to T14.[/quote]

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