<p>Fordham is well below NYU and Columbia, but significantly above the rest of the other NYC schools. Their placement into clerkships is very good, they have roughly the same percentage of students getting clerkships as harvard, and their academic standing is rising. Fordham is still in the upper bracket where you learn theory rather than practice, and many of their professors either teach at other higher ranked schools or have moved onto positions at other schools (Columbia’s new evidence professor came from Fordham). Also, because it is in NYC, the recruitment for big law is very good. You obviously have to be in a higher percentage of the class at Fordham than at Harvard to get the same job, but it’s still quite a good school that will leave all of the opportunities open.</p>