Harvard Law School

HappyAlumnus
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:52:02 +0000

@Popcorn11201, you can listen to the HLS alumnus who is still involved with the school and has friends from HLS who work for the school, or you can listen to someone else.

Every single person from HLS who wants a big firm job gets one unless something is seriously, seriously wrong with the person.

Out of a class of about 550 people, about 25-30 are in “school-funded” jobs. That includes people who go straight to teaching positions at HLS and the university overall or at one of the many high-profile institutes around campus, such as the Berkman Center for internet law.

Even when I was coming through, at least some people stayed at HLS after graduation and worked for the school. One of my friends was offered a teaching + professor assistant position. He turned it down and went to an AmLaw 10 firm. One of my other more recent alumni friends actually quit a big law firm and now is doing a fellowship at HLS. So those jobs aren’t for losers; they’re generally pretty desirable, and those who take them have other options.