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Emory University School of Law, Atlanta (Photo: Wikimedia)[/caption] Fifteen percent of 2017 graduates from Emory University law school went to work at one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. That figure put Emory at No. 29 on Law.com's "Go-To Law Schools" list, which recognizes the 50 law schools that send the highest percentage of graduates to the 100 U.S. firms with the most lawyers. Columbia University in New York took the top spot, with 292 of its 432 graduates, or 68 percent, going to the biggest firms. (Law.com is a Daily Report affiliate.) Emory was the only Georgia law school to make the list, with 45 of its 296, or 15 percent, of graduates going to the biggest firms. Those firms include: King & Spalding, Alston & Bird and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, but Dentons—which has a large Atlanta office—is not on that list, as it is not based in the U.S. Georgia State University law school saw 15 of its 184 graduates, or 8 percent, go to the biggest firms. The University of Georgia law school followed with 10 of its 181, or 6 percent. Mercer University law school had 3 of its 125 grads, 2 percent, go to the biggest firms. Atlanta's John Marshall Law School had 1 of its 142 grads, or 1 percent, go to the biggest firms. (Results from all law schools are here.) The "Go-To" survey also listed schools by how many of its graduates were made partners at the biggest firms in 2017. Emory was 15th, with 17 alumni making partner. Georgia was 28th, with 13. Harvard led the list with 62. Two of the five Georgia law schools offered comments about the list. "At Georgia State University College of Law, the goal of our department is to help each student find the right employment opportunity specifically for them, regardless of firm size," said Lyn Knapp, senior director of GSU Law's Center for Professional Development and Career Strategies. "At the University of Georgia School of Law, we are proud of our students’ record of employment," said Kenny Tatum, UGA law's senior director of career development. "We work hard to help them find positions where they can put their legal training into practice—this includes opportunities in judicial chambers, government agencies, nonprofits, small firms and large firms." "Like all law schools, we will report our Class of 2017 employment outcomes to the ABA on April 6," he said. "However, our current records indicate we have more 2017 graduates working for firms with greater than 500 attorneys than were included in the results of this particular survey."