The distribution of pay is depressingly bimodal: http://www.nalp.org/salarycurve_classof2011 http://www.nalp.org/salarycurve_classof2011. Mid-tier law schools

The distribution of pay is depressingly bimodal: http://www.nalp.org/salarycurve_classof2011 http://www.nalp.org/salarycurve_classof2011. Mid-tier law schools are definitely not pumping out lawyers who make $150k as first year associates. Even coming out of a top-20 school, you have to be ~top 20% to be competitive.