<p>I don’t disagree with everything you say, com - it’s surely something for prospective law school students to consider. But some evidence that “school-funded jobs can and often do turn into non-school-funded jobs” is quoted in the article linked above, for the UVA fellows program at least:
Certainly the guy who wound up a counsel on Capitol Hill landed on his feet, as did the guy who went on to two nice clerkships.</p>
<p>It’s a bit surprising that Yale would want/need to employ 12 percent of its own grads, given that it’s considered the most selective law school.</p>