• Judicial Clerkship

  Includes clerkship positions at the federal, state, or local level, or at international or foreign courts. The defining characteristic of a clerk is one who provides assistance to a judge in making legal determinations.

• Large Regional Law Firms

  Law firms with between 101 and 250 attorneys total across one or more offices.

• LST Employment Score

  Reflects graduates with a successful start to a legal career: long-term, full-time jobs that require a law license, other than solo practitioners

• LST Under-Employment Score

  Reflects graduates who are underusing their skills and credentials. These graduates have not started a professional career, legal or otherwise.

• National Law Firms

  Law firms with at least 251 attorneys total across one or more offices.

• Public Service

  Jobs with the government (at any level) or with public interest organizations, such as charitable non-profits and unions. Unless otherwise specified, we count only jobs that are both long-term and full-time.

• Small Law Firms

  Law firms with 10 or fewer attorneys, including solo practitioners.

• Small Regional Law Firms

  Law firms with between 11 and 100 attorneys total across one or more offices.

• Star a School to Add to Your List

  To add a law school to your list, you may star it from this page. Add a school to your list when you're interested in attending or tracking their performance. You can do many things with this list and add schools to it from all over this site.

• Your Job Score

  Your Job Score reflects how close a school's job outcomes are to your goals. Higher scores are better, all else equal, but consider cost, starting salaries, and other factors in deciding value.

  If you change job preferences through the LST Wizard, Your Job Score will change.

For more definitions, view the full glossary.