Law Schools Ranked by Their Graduates’ Salaries

Is the job market for law school graduates back to pre-recession conditions?

Well, it at least looks that way at the top, if you ask Cornell Law School Dean Eduardo Peñalver.

“We think our graduates are basically where they were pre-recession in terms of the mix of jobs they are finding,” said Peñalver.

Cornell ranked first in arecent report that looked at salaries of recent law graduates. The report was conducted by Social Finance, Inc. — commonly known as SoFi, an online loan refinancing company, which ranked law schools according to which touted the highest salaried graduates.

To do this, the company ...