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
latest
Princeton
Review
law
school
rankings
are
out,
and
today,
we’ll
focus
on
yet
another
valuable
ranking
for
those
who
are
trying
to
get
a
within
the
judiciary:
The
law
schools
that
are
the
best
for
federal
clerkships.
Which
law
schools
do
you
think
came
out
on
top
of
this
list?
First,
we’ll
begin
with
the
methodology
Princeton
Review
used
to
determine
which
law
schools
are
the
best
for
getting
federal
clerkships.
This
ranking
was
based
on
school-reported
data,
specifically,
the
percent
of
2024
J.D.
graduates
who
were
employed
in
federal
judicial
clerkships.
According
to Princeton
Review,
these
are
the
law
schools
that
are
the
best
for
obtaining
federal
clerkships:
- University
of
Chicago
Law
School
(ranked
#3
last
year)- Yale
University
Law
School
(no
change)- Harvard
University
Law
School
(ranked
#6
last
year)- Stanford
University
School
of
Law
(ranked
#1
last
year)- University
of
Notre
Dame
Law
School
(ranked
#4
last
year)- University
of
Virginia
School
of
Law
(ranked
#5
last
year)- University
of
Texas
at
Austin
School
of
Law
(ranked
#10
last
year)- University
of
Alabama
School
of
Law
(ranked
#7
last
year)- Duke
University
School
of
Law
(ranked
#8
last
year)- University
of
Michigan
Law
School
(unranked
last
year)
An
obvious
point
to
make
here
is
that
these
rankings
don’t
distinguish
between
prestige
of
clerkship.
Were
these
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.
Did
your
law
school
make
the
cut?
If
it
did,
do
you
think
it
was
ranked
fairly?
If
it
didn’t
make
the
list
for
being
best
for
federal
clerkships,
do
you
agree
with
that
assessment?
Please email
us or
text
us
(646-820-8477)
your
thoughts.
Best
for
Federal
Clerkships
2025
[Princeton
Review]
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