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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Law - "Law School Ranking by Starting Salaries of Graduates"
TaxProf Blog today quotes from the new National Jurist article ranking law schools by starting salaries of grads. The chart shows top average starting salaries of $135,000 from grads of Chicago, Duke, Michigan and Northwestern. Ranking 156 is South Dakota at $38,251. In-between are #14 Notre Dame ($105,000), #51 IU Bloomington ($75,300), and #76 IU-Indianapolis ($65,000).
Of course, a study like this raises many questions. For one, I don't see Yale listed. For another, is it more of a reflection of schools that place grads at big firms rather than government offices, public service, etc? Also, how about adding a column showing a factor derived from dividing projected starting salary by cost of law school education? Several of these schools look to be bargains in that regard.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 8, 2008 03:06 PM
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