Top-Tier Law Schools Report an Increase in Summer Associate Hiring

Students at top-tier law schools are securing more summer associate positions, though the job numbers still fall short of levels before the recession. Reuters collected summer hiring statistics from top-tier law schools and found: • At New York University, about 70 percent of incoming third-year law students got summer associate positions in 2011, up 15 percentage points from the previous year. • At the University of Chicago, about 77 percent of 3Ls obtained summer associate positions last year, up eight percentage points from the previous year. • At Yale, about 75 percent of 3Ls obtained summer associate jobs, up three percentage points from 2010. • At the University…