Faculty Quality Based on Membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012

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WHERE ELITE LITIGATION BOUTIQUES HIRE
JUNE 2012

We looked at where partners and associates at the top five litigation boutiques for 2012 according to Vault earned their law degree. We limited the study only to those who earned the degree since the year 2000. The firms studied were Susman Godfrey (headquartered in Houston, but with offices nationally); Keker & Van Nest (San Francisco); Bartlit Beck (Chicago); Kellogg Huber (Washington, DC); and Morvillo, Abramowitz (New York). These firms tend to be the most selective legal employers in the nation, and set the standard for compensation for attorneys as well.

The first chart ranks the schools by a kind of “per capita” measure (the total number of attorneys at these boutique firms divided by the size of the recent graduating class, rounded to the nearest 25); the second chart ranks the schools by the total number of alumni at these firms. The remaining charts show the representation of each school at each of the five firms.

"Per Capital" Placement at Elite Litigation Boutiques

Rank	School	Number of Post-2000 JD Grads at Top 5 Litigation Boutique	Average Class Size (Nearest 25)	"Per Capita" Top 5 Boutique Employment
1	University of Chicago	27	200	.14
2	Harvard University	28	575	.05
	Stanford University	9	175	.05
	Yale University	9	200	.05
5	University of California, Berkeley	11	300	.04
	University of Texas, Austin	15	400	.04
7	Northwestern University	8	250	.03
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	10	375	.03
	University of Pennsylvania	8	250	.03
10	Columbia University	10	425	.02
	New York University	8	475	.02
	Runners-up for the top ten
	University of California, Los Angeles	3	325	.01
	Emory University	2	225	.01
	University of Virginia	3	375	.01
	Tulane University	2	250	.01
	University of Utah	1	125	.01
	University of California, Hastings	3	425	.01
	St. John's University	2	300	.01
	Tulsa University	1	150	.01
	University of Houston	2	325	.01
	University of Washington	1	175	.01
	University of Notre Dame	1	175	.01
	Other Schools Represented
	Duke University	1	200	.005
	Louisiana State University	1	200	.005
	Georgetown University	3	675	.004
	American University	2	475	.004
	University of Minnesota	1	250	.004
	George Washington University	2	550	.004
	Washington University, St. Louis	1	275	.004

Total Placement at Elite Litigation Boutiques

Rank	School	Number of Associates/Partners at Top 5 Litigation Boutique (with JD since 2000)
1	Harvard University	28
2	University of Chicago	27
3	University of Texas, Austin	15
4	University of California, Berkeley	11
5	Columbia University	10
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	10
7	Stanford University	9
	Yale University	9
9	New York University	8
	Northwestern University	8
	University of Pennsylvania	8
	Other Schools Represented
	Georgetown University	3
	University of California, Hastings	3
	University of Virginia	3
	University of California, Los Angeles	3
	American University	2
	George Washington University	2
	Emory University	2
	St. John's University	2
	University of Houston	2
	Tulane University	2
	Duke University	1
	Lousiana State University	1
	University of Minnesota	1
	University of Notre Dame	1
	University of Tulsa	1
	University of Utah	1
	University of Washington	1
	Washington University, St. Louis	1

FIRM-BY-FIRM NUMBERS

Susman Godfrey

Rank	School	Susman Godfrey Partners & Associates 2000 and After
1	University of Texas, Austin	13
2	Columbia University	5
3	Harvard University	4
	Stanford University	4
5	University of Chicago	3
6	University of Houston	2
	Tulane University	2
	Yale University	2
9	University of California, Berkeley	1
	University of Washington	1
	University of California, Los Angeles	1
	University of Tulsa	1
	University of Pennsylvania	1
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	1
	Louisiana State University	1
	University of Notre Dame	1

Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Rank	School	Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Associates & Partners With Post-2000 JDs
1	University of Chicago	19
2	Northwestern University	7
3	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	4
4	University of Texas, Austin	1
	Yale University	1
	Harvard University	1
	University of Utah	1
	Stanford University	1
	University of Pennsylvania	1
	University of Minnesota	1

Keker & Van Nest

Rank	School	Keker & Van Nest Associates & Partners With Post-2000 JDs
1	Harvard University	10
	University of California, Berkeley	10
3	New York University	3
	University of Chicago	3
	Yale University	3
6	University of California, Hastings	2
	Stanford University	2
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2
9	American University	1
	George Washington University	1
	Georgetown University	1

Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel

Rank	School	Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel Partners & Associates With Post-2000 JDs
1	Harvard University	8
2	Columbia University	4
3	Yale University	3
4	University of Virginia	2
	Stanford University	2
6	University of Texas, Austin	1
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	1
	Duke University	1
	Georgetown University	1
	University of Chicago	1
	Emory University	1

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Annello & Bohrer

Rank	School	Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Annelo & Bohrer Partners & Associates With Post-2000 JDs
1	New York University	5
	Harvard University	5
3	University of California, Los Angeles	2
	St. John's University	2
	University of Pennsylvania	2
6	University of Chicago	1
	Emory University	1
	George Washington University	1
	University of Virginia	1
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	1
	Columbia University	1
	Washington University, St. Louis	1
	University of California, Hastings	1
	Northwestern University	1
	American University	1
	Georgetown University	1

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