[Mamzelle]

Don't forget that you also need to make the top ten percent. The other ninety percent just exist to prop up the ten...

[CatoRenasci]

Well, that's true if you want a clerkship, or the 'hottest' Boston, San Francisco or DC firms, and you went to a school other than Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Chicago, Columbia or Berkeley. At those schools, top 1/4 will get you the above, top 1/2 will get you top NYC majors. At the other top 20 schools, you need top 1/4 and law review or top 10% for the top NYC majors, or top regional firms.