I finally got the missing data for the 2002 and 2003 terms, so here is a new listing of the law schools who produced Supreme Court clerks since 1991 through the current (2004-05) term. I’ll transfer this information soon to my law school ranking site. Next to each school name is the total number of Supreme Court clerks during this period who graduated from the school; the number in parentheses is the number of clerks as of 2001, followed by the school’s rank as of 2001.

NYU has made the most dramatic improvement in its clerkship placement in the last few years, and is now closing in on UVA. Berkeley has also had a noticeable improvement. Notre Dame continues to benefit from the loyalty of Justice Scalia to its best graduates (though Justice Thomas has taken at least one Notre Dame clerk as well). Among top law schools, Penn and Cornell still underperform strikingly in Supreme Court clerkships.

1. Harvard University 118 (93, 1st)
2. Yale University 94 (75, 2nd)
3. University of Chicago 62 (50, 3rd)
4. Stanford University 38 (29, 4th)
5. Columbia University 30 (25, 5th)
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 20 (16, 6th)
7. University of Virginia 17 (14, 7th)
8. New York University 16 (9, 8th)
9. University of California, Berkeley 11 (7, 10th)
9. University of Texas, Austin 11 (9, 8th)
11. Northwestern University 9 (7, 10th)
12. Duke University 7 (7, 10th)
12. Georgetown University 7 (5, 13th)
14. University of Notre Dame 6 (4, 15th)
15. University of Pennsylvania 5 (5, 13th)
16. University of California, Los Angeles 4 (3, 16th)
17. Brigham Young University 3 (2, 17th)
17. University of Kansas 3 (2, 17th)
19. University of Illinois 2 (0, not ranked)
19. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2 (1, 20th)
19. Vanderbilt University 2 (2, 17th)
22. Boston College 1 (0, not ranked)
22. Cornell University 1 (1, 20th)
22. George Washington University 1 (0, not ranked)
22. Ohio State University 1 (0, not ranked)
22. Pepperdine University 1 (1, 20th)
22. Rutgers University, Newark 1 (1, 20th)
22. State University of New York, Buffalo 1 (1, 20th)
22. University of Arizona 1 (1, 20th)
22. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 1 (1, 20th)
22. University of Missouri, Columbia 1 (1, 20th)
22. University of Southern California 1 (1, 20th)