根據Big Law Board的資料,2007年22個美國大的Law Firm在美國紐約及DC等地所招收的summer associates的數量。就資料本身而言,可以在一定程度上反映出列表中的學校在美國及主要區域職場的影響力。資料本身有其不足的地方,比方說這是summer associate的錄取資料並非正式雇用資料;另有很多辦公室設在美國的其他國家大型law firm在報告中沒有得到反映。第三,錄取者幾乎都是JD, LL.M.由於競爭力較弱 , Big Law Board並沒有(也很難)單就LL.M.做出一份報告。
要說明的是:第一,一般而言JD如能在一間大的law firm做summer associate,畢業後被該所錄用的可能性相當大(70% up);第二,沒有一個報告具備完整性,只能在該研究的能力範圍內作出合理的預測和估算。
就法學院在美國職場的影響力而言,暫且得出如下結論:
1(.美國T14法學院在各地職場影響力依舊很大;
2(.具有全國性職場影響力的法學院有(依順序):
Harvard, Columbia, Yale, NYU, Stanford, Michigan.
3(.紐約職場最具影響力的法學院有(依順序):
Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Chicago, Virginia, Yale
4(.D.C.職場最具影響力的法學院有(依順序):
Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, GWU, Virginia
5(.Chicago職場最具影響力的法學院有(依順序):
Chicago, Northwestern, Michigan
6(. Boston職場最具影響力的法學院有(依順序)
Boston Univ./ Harvard , Boston College , Georgetown,
Northwestern
6、加州職場最具影響力的法學院有(依順序):
Berkeley, Stanford , Harvard, Chicago, UCLA
7、資料再次確認學校地緣優勢牢不可破。排名不高的當地學校對於當地職場往往具有超越外地排名較高學校的影響力。
以下為各Law Firm的summer associate錄取資料(數字為人數):
1. Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
New York office
Columbia 7
Harvard 6
Yale 6
Chicago 3
NYU 3
Penn 3
Stanford 3
Howard 1
Vanderbilt 1
W&M 1
2. Cravath, Swaine & Moore
New York office
Harvard 25
Columbia 20
NYU 10
Yale 6
Chicago 5
Michigan 5
Unknown 5
Georgetown 4
Penn 3
Virginia 3
Duke 2
Cornell 1
Fordham 1
McGill 1
Northwestern 1
Rutgers 1
St. John's 1
Stanford 1
Texas 1
Tulane 1
W&M 1
3. Sullivan & Cormwell
Global
Columbia 17
NYU 12
Yale 12
Harvard 9
Virginia 7
Georgetown 6
Penn 5
Stanford 5
Michigan 4
UCLA 4
Boalt 3
Duke 3
McGill 3
Rutgers 3
Boston U 2
Chicago 2
Cornell 2
Howard 2
Northwestern 2
NY Law 2
Texas 2
American 1
Arizona 1
Catholic 1
Florida 1
GWU 1
Hofstra 1
Ludwig-Maximillan 1
Ohio State 1
Ottawa 1
Pace 1
Pepperdine 1
Seton Hall 1
Toronto 1
West Virginia 1
Unknown 5
4. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
New York office
Unknown 18
Columbia 15
Harvard 10
Texas 10
NYU 8
Virginia 8
Fordham 7
Georgetown 7
Penn 5
Boston College 4
Duke 4
Toronto 4
Brooklyn 3
Stanford 3
Albany 2
American 2
Boston U 2
Cornell 2
McGill 2
Temple 2
UCLA 2
Vanderbilt 2
WUSTL 2
Yale 2
Boalt 1
Buffalo 1
Cardozo 1
Chicago 1
Emory 1
Florida 1
Howard 1
Iowa 1
Kentucky 1
Maryland 1
Michigan 1
Minnesota 1
Notre Dame 1
Osgoode 1
Seton Hall 1
South Carolina 1
St. John's 1
Syracuse 1
Tennessee 1
UConn 1
USC 1
Villanova 1
W&M 1
Wisconsin 1
5. Latham & Watkins
San Diego office
Boalt 3
Chicago 3
UCLA 3
Duke 2
Harvard 2
USC 2
Virginia 2
Yale 2
Gonzaga 1
NYU 1
Penn 1
Pepperdine 1
Stanford 1
6. Kirkland & Ellis
Chicago office
Michigan 11
Chicago 10
Northwestern 10
Cornell 5
Georgetown 5
Harvard 5
Illinois 5
DePaul 4
Notre Dame 4
Vanderbilt 4
Iowa 3
Ohio State 3
Loyola 2
Cincinnati 1
GWU 1
Indiana 1
John Marshall 1
Minnesota 1
NYU 1
Penn 1
Stanford 1
Texas 1
Utah 1
Virginia 1
WUSTL 1
Yale 1
Los Angeles office
Pepperdine 4
Stanford 3
Loyola CA 2
Northwestern 2
Arizona 1
Boalt 1
BYU 1
Case Western 1
Columbia 1
Duke 1 *
Harvard 1
NYU 1
UCLA 1
USC 1
7. Covington & Burling
D.C. office
Harvard 13
Yale 9
Virginia 7
NYU 5
GWU 4
Michigan 3
Stanford 3
Columbia 2
Duke 2
Georgetown 2
Illinois 2
Penn 2
BYU 1
Chicago 1
George Mason 1
Iowa 1
Maryland 1
Notre Dame 1
Texas 1
Tulane 1
Vanderbilt 1
8. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
D.C. office
Harvard 13
Yale 7
Georgetown 3
GWU 3
Boalt 2
Catholic 2
Columbia 2
Maryland 2
Virginia 2
American 1
Boston College 1
Chicago 1
Cornell 1
Duke 1
Howard 1
Michigan 1
Penn 1
Stanford 1
Texas 1
Boston office
Boston College 7
Boston U 7
Harvard 6
Georgetown 3
Northeastern 3
Virginia 3
Michigan 2
Cornell 1
NYU 1
Stanford 1
Suffolk 1
Syracuse 1
Yale 1
New York office
NYU 4
Yale 3
Boalt 1
Boston College 1
Boston U 1
Fordham 1
NY Law 1
Pace 1
Penn 1
Quinnipiac 1
9. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
New York office
Columbia 13
NYU 6
Fordham 2
Penn 2
BYU 1
Duke 1
Harvard 1
Michigan 1
UCLA 1
Virginia 1
D.C. office
Harvard 8
Yale 8
GWU 4
Michigan 3
Penn 3
Virginia 3
Georgetown 2
Chicago 1
Columbia 1
Duke 1
Stanford 1
10. Jones Day
New York office
Columbia 8
Cardozo 5
Fordham 4
GWU 3
NYU 3
UCLA 3
Boston College 2
Georgetown 2
Penn 2
Tulane 2
Virginia 2
American 1
Boalt 1
Boston U 1
Case Western 1
Cornell 1
Northwestern 1
Ohio State 1
St. John's 1
Stanford 1
USC 1
Wisconsin 1
WUSTL 1
11. Hogan & Hartson
D.C. office
Harvard 13
Unknown 10
Georgetown 7
Virginia 7
Duke 5
Stanford 5
GWU 4
Vanderbilt 4
NYU 3
Boalt 2
Maryland 2
Michigan 2
WUSTL 2
Yale 2
American 1
Indiana 1
Iowa 1
Northwestern 1
Penn 1
Pittsburgh 1
W&L 1
Washington 1
12. Clifford Chance
New York office
NYU 8
Georgetown 5
Columbia 4
Cornell 3
Fordham 3
Penn 3
McGill 2
Osgoode 2
St. John's 2
Albany 1
Boston U 1
Cardozo 1
Duke 1
Michigan 1
Virginia 1
W&M 1
WUSTL 1
13. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Harvard 6
Georgetown 4
GWU 4
American 2
Catholic 2
Michigan 2
Texas 2
Yale 2
Chicago 1
Columbia 1
Howard 1
NYU 1
Penn 1
Stanford 1
UCLA 1
Virginia 1
14. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
New York office
Columbia 4
Michigan 3
NYU 3
Vanderbilt 3
UNC 2
Boston College 1
Chicago 1
Cornell 1
Harvard 1
Penn 1
Toronto 1
Virginia 1
15. Baker Botts
D.C. office
Harvard 4
Virginia 4
Columbia 2
American 1
Case Western 1
Duke 1
GWU 1
Indiana 1
Michigan 1
Northwestern 1
NYU 1
16. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
D.C. office
Georgetown 5
American 2
GWU 2
Maryland 2
Michigan 2
Virginia 2
Baltimore 1
Boalt 1
Catholic 1
Rutgers 1
Rutgers Newark 1
Yale 1
17. Jenner & Block
D.C. office
Yale 8
Harvard 5
Stanford 2
Chicago 1
Columbia 1
18. Munger, Tolles & Olson
Los Angeles office
Stanford 6
Harvard 5
Yale 5
Boalt 3
Chicago 3
Michigan 3
NYU 2
UCLA 2
Texas 1
19. Irell & Manella
Los Angeles office
Columbia 4
Harvard 4
UCLA 4 $
Stanford 3
Unknown 3
USC 3
Yale 2
Boalt 1
NYU 1
Penn 1
Texas 1
20. Cooley, Godward, Kronish
Palo Alto office
Boalt 4
Santa Clara 4
Stanford 4
Duke 2
Hastings 2
Michigan 2
UCLA 2
Boston U 1
Chicago 1
Davis 1
Fordham 1
Harvard 1
Northwestern 1
NYU 1
Penn 1
San Diego office
San Diego 4
Georgetown 2
Boalt 1
Chicago 1
Harvard 1
UCLA 1
San Francisco office
Boalt 3
Cornell 2
Davis 2
Hastings 2
NYU 1
Broomfield office
Colorado 1
Columbia 1
Cornell 1
D.C. office
NYU 2
Chicago 1
Stanford 1
W&M 1
New York office
Fordham 2
NYU 2
Reston office
Virginia 2
Chicago 1
Cornell 1
Duke 1
Richmond 1
21. Fish & Richardson
Global
Minnesota 6
GWU 4
Hastings 4
Michigan 4
SMU 4
Boston College 3
Harvard 3
Maryland 3
Texas 3
Boalt 2
Chicago 2
Miami 2
North Carolina 2
Penn 2
Texas 2
Virginia 2
American 1
California Western 1
Denver 1
Emory 1
Iowa 1
Stanford 1
Suffolk 1
UCLA 1
Utah 1
Vanderbilt 1
22. Thacher Proffitt & Wood
New York office
Virginia 7
Georgetown 6
St. John's 3
Duke 2
Fordham 2
Harvard 2
Penn 2
Boston College 1
Columbia 1
Cornell 1
GWU 1
Michigan 1
Northeastern 1
NY Law 1
UCLA 1
W&L 1
D.C. office
Georgetown 1