Best Article Iii Clerks Programs | Top Law Schools

Whose 2009 graduates are most likely to be employed as Federal judicial clerks with Article III Federal judges? Best Law Schools

Ranked in 2011

College name	Percent employed in all judicial clerkships	Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
Yale University New Haven, CT	30.6%	27.0%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	26.0%	24.0%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	20.6%	18.1%
University of Washington Seattle, WA	22.8%	18.0%
Duke University Durham, NC	17.0%	12.0%
University of Georgia Athens, GA	14.0%	11.0%
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	13.6%	11.0%
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	13.0%	11.0%
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	15.0%	10.4%
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	13.0%	10.0%
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO	16.0%	9.5%
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	11.0%	9.0%
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	9.0%	9.0%
Northwestern University Chicago, IL	9.0%	8.1%
Columbia University New York, NY	8.0%	8.0%
New York University New York, NY	11.0%	8.0%
University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX	12.0%	8.0%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	15.1%	7.6%
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	12.0%	7.5%
University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd) Las Vegas, NV	20.5%	6.8%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	6.0%	6.0%
University of Memphis (Humphreys) Memphis, TN	11.0%	6.0%
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	9.1%	5.9%
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	19.3%	5.9%
Emory University Atlanta, GA	8.3%	5.7%

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College name

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

Yale University

New Haven, CT

30.6%

27.0%

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

26.0%

24.0%

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

20.6%

18.1%

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

22.8%

18.0%

Duke University

Durham, NC

17.0%

12.0%

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

14.0%

11.0%

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

13.6%

11.0%

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

13.0%

11.0%

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

15.0%

10.4%

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

13.0%

10.0%

University of Colorado--Boulder

Boulder, CO

16.0%

9.5%

University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11.0%

9.0%

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

9.0%

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

9.0%

8.1%

Columbia University

New York, NY

8.0%

New York University

New York, NY

11.0%

8.0%

University of Texas--Austin

Austin, TX

12.0%

8.0%

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

15.1%

7.6%

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

12.0%

7.5%

University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd)

Las Vegas, NV

20.5%

6.8%

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

6.0%

University of Memphis (Humphreys)

Memphis, TN

11.0%

6.0%

University of California--Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

9.1%

5.9%

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

19.3%

5.9%

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

8.3%

5.7%