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U.S. News World Report, considered the authority on ranking law schools, does not have a special category for corporate law; however, each year the National Law Journal (NLJ) publishes a list of the law schools that send the largest percentage of their graduates to the top 250 corporate law firms. In , these law schools were Northwestern School of Law, Columbia Law School and Stanford Law School.

Northwestern's law school tops the NLJ list and has been in the top five since 2007. In , the law school sent 55.9 percent of its graduating class to the top 250 corporate firms in America (commonly known as the "NLJ 250"), according to the NLJ list. Alone among the top law schools, Northwestern places a great emphasis on prospective students' prior work experience; in fact, as of , 95 percent of entering students had at least one year of work experience prior to admission, and more than 80 percent of entering students had two or more years of work experience, according to Northwestern's website. The emphasis on work experience may be one reason why corporate law firms seek out Northwestern graduates.

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