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I hope the moderators bump this so more students can see this!
But if you look at partner promotions in 2022 or 23, it will be 50% NLU and 50% everyone else (averages out there, I checked)
This is because many successful lawyers in tier 1 law firms come through lateral hires from smaller law firms
50% of NLU campus recruited folks will leave in less than 12 months, more before 2 years are over
Law firms will then raid smaller law firms looking for experienced people
Those people make partner as often as the privileged top NLU kids
Its just a different route
Also plenty of non NLU people make it by doing long term internships, something that NLU grads don’t want to tell you