Are the most highly ranked law schools the best ones for getting a job in Big Law? Well, duh!

Actually, the correlation isn’t quite so direct. Sure, most law firms wouldn’t turn away Yale, Harvard or Stanford law students knocking at their doors. But here’s the deal: You don’t have to go to the tippy top law schools to get a job that pays big bucks. Truth is, the most elite schools are not always the biggest feeders of Big Law.