TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 15, 2024

Stanford and Yale law schools, which share the number one spot on U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings, are moving up their summer associate recruiting programs to June, Reuters reports. Other top ranked law schools that supply the bulk of summer associates, including Harvard, Columbia and New York University, are waiting until July or early August for their primary interview program. The expedited process means that firms may have a single semester of grades to consider when extending offers to early recruits, making it tougher to gauge their potential. Law firms' rivalry for the very top law students historically has remained fierce, according to the news source.