Big Law Still Loves Columbia Grads

Columbia Law School remains a darling of Big Law.

According to the American Lawyer’s “Go-To Law Schools Report,” the school sent 68 percent of its 2017 graduating class to first-year associate jobs at the 100 largest firms in the United States, more than any of its competitors.

The University of Chicago Law School, at 60 percent, and NYU Law School, 57 percent, followed .

Overall, the top 100 law firms in the U.S. hired 4,199 new law graduates in 2017.

Columbia graduates fared particularly well at Davis Polk & Wardwell, which hired 24 of its grads, and Debevoise and Plimpton, ...