Reasons Your Firm Should Hire Pepperdine Students
• Pepperdine University is ranked among the top third of law schools nationally. The 2009 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings were released in March 2008, and Pepperdine has climbed again in the rankings, up to number 59 out of 184 ABA law schools in the country. In fact, Pepperdine has been the fastest rising law school in the U.S. News & World Report rankings over the course of the last three years. Pepperdine's ranking officially makes it the third highest ranked Southern California Law School.
• Pepperdine's student qualifications are the third best of all Southern California law schools, with only UCLA and USC currently ranked higher. The median LSAT score for our incoming class this past fall was 160, while the median GPA was an impressive 3.55. Moreover, the top quarter of the class had a median LSAT score of 162 and a median GPA of 3.73. These incoming student qualifications were third best in Southern California.
• Our graduates are successful federal court clerks. In the last several years, the number of Pepperdine students securing federal clerkships has significantly increased, culminating with a remarkable achievement by a recent Pepperdine graduate who will be clerking for Justice Alito during the 2008-09 Supreme Court term. This will be Pepperdine's second alumnus to secure a clerkship on the Supreme Court.
• Pepperdine Law School has a developed advocacy program competing at the highest levels. Pepperdine law students have repeatedly distinguished themselves in national and international appellate and trial competitions, advancing through preliminary rounds up to quarter finalists, semi finalists and finalists. In November 2006, Pepperdine Law School was the champion of Loyola Law School's 5th annual National Civil Trial Competition. In the Spring of 2007, Pepperdine law students became international champions by winning the prestigious Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Hong Kong. During this academic year 2007-2008, Pepperdine law students again advanced through the rounds of several national appellate and trial competitions, culminating with being awarded the title of National Champions in the 2007-2008 ABA/National Labor & Employment Trial Competition.
• Our students are highly sought after. During this past year, the number of law firms and legal organizations interviewing our students almost doubled.