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Do
you
like
prestige?
Of
course
you
do.
Is
there
really
a
law
student
who
doesn’t?
That
being
said,
if
you’re
like
the
majority
of
your
colleagues
and
you’d
like
to
embark
upon
one
of
the
most
prestigious
career
paths
available
to
recent
law
school
graduates,
then
you’ll
probably
want
to
compete
for
an
elite
federal
clerkship.
The
American
Bar
Association
recently
released
new
employment
data
for
the
Class
of
2025,
and
thanks
to
an
analysis
made
by Reuters,
we
now
know
which
law
schools
dominated
the
clerkship
market
by
sending
the
highest
percentage
of
graduates
into
federal
clerkships.
According
to
the
ABA
data,
just
3.19%
of
the
class
of
2025
found
work
as
federal
clerks.
In
all,
30
schools
were
responsible
for
more
than
half
(59%)
of
all
federal
clerk
hiring,
and
the
10
law
schools
that
sent
the
highest
percentage
of
graduates
into
these
clerkships
are
listed
here.
Without
further
ado,
these
are
the
top
10
schools
for
clerkships:
-
Yale:
23.33% -
Chicago:
22.69% -
Stanford:
19.47% -
Notre
Dame:
17.07% -
Harvard:
16.61% -
Texas:
14.29% -
Alabama:
12.33% -
Duke:
11.74% -
Washington
(St.
Louis):
11.72% -
Vanderbilt:
11.31%
You
can
access
the
full
list
by
clicking here.
Yale
might
have
lost
its
No.
1
spot
at
the
top
of
the
U.S.
News
law
school
rankings,
but
the
school
is
still
pulling
its
weight
when
it
comes
to
clerkship
placements.
The
Ivy
League
school
elbowed
Chicago
out
of
the
way,
after
the
Windy
City
school
reigned
in
this
ranking
for
four
out
of
the
last
five
years.
Stanford
still
clocked
in
at
the
top
of
the
heap
for
the
class
of
2025,
sending
just
under
20%
of
its
graduates
to
elite
clerkships.
An
obvious
point
to
make
here
is
that
these
rankings
don’t
distinguish
between
prestige
of
clerkship.
Were
these
judges
the
ABA
determined
to
be
“qualified”
or
“not
qualified,”
feeder
judges
or
non-feeder
judges,
circuit
courts
or
district
courts,
Article
III
courts
or
non-Article
III
courts?
In
the
land
of
law,
these
things
are
important.
Considering
how
coveted
federal
clerkships
are,
we’d
absolutely
love
to
see
this
information.
If
you
have
it,
please
feel
free
to
email
us.
Congratulations
to
all
of
these
law
schools
on
helping
their
graduates
get
federal
clerkships.
Check
back
with
us
next
year
to
see
if
Yale
is
able
to
hold
onto
the
top
spot.
These
law
schools
sent
the
most
grads
to
coveted
clerkships
in
2025
[Reuters]
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