Supreme Court clerkship placement, 2013 through 2019 terms (CORRECTED)

This covers the 2013 through 2019 terms of the U.S. Supreme Court.  The “per capita” rate reflects the total number of clerks from each law school during those seven terms divided by the average number of students per year at each school (based on ABA data), rounded to the nearest 25 (that number appears in parentheses after the school name).

Rank by “per capita” SCOTUS clerks, 2013-2019 terms (for schools with at least two clerks during this time)

Rank	School (avg. class size rounded to nearest 25)	“Per  capita” SCOTUS clerkship placement
1	Yale University (200)	.37
2	Harvard University (575)	.11
3	Stanford University (200)	.10
4	University of Chicago (200)	.08
5	Columbia University (400)	.04
	University of Virginia (325)	.04
7	Duke University (225)	.02
	New York University (450)	.02
	Northwestern University (250)	.02
	University of California, Berkeley (325)	.02
	University of Michigan (375)	.02
	University of Notre Dame	.02
13	Georgetown University (650)	.01
	University of Pennsylvania (250)	.01
	University of Texas, Austin (325)	.01
	Vanderbilt University (175)	.01

 

Rank by total number of SCOTUS clerks, 2013-2019 terms:

Rank	School	Total SCOTUS clerks, 2013-19
1	Yale University	73
2	Harvard University	62
3	Stanford University	20
4	University of Chicago	15
5	Columbia University	14
	University of Virginia	14
7	New York University	7
8	University of Michigan	6
9	Duke University	5
	Georgetown University	5
	Northwestern University	5
	University of California, Berkeley	5
13	University of Notre Dame	4
14	George Washington University	2
	University of Pennsylvania	2
	University of Texas, Austin	2
	Vanderbilt University	2
18	Brigham Young University, Brooklyn Law School, Cornell University, Louisiana State University, Ohio State University, Pepperdine University, Universities of Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, and Mississippi	1 each