HP in-house department hires law school grads—and Northwestern's a beneficiary

If this is a sign of what's to come, it's huge news.  According to this ALM story, HP will be hiring law school graduates for its in-house department.  Typically, the in-house departments hire biglaw associates after a few years of training.  In-house departments usually lack the size, time, resources and varied work flow that lead to in-depth training.  So it's not surprising to me that two of the four new HP hires will come from Northwestern, which has focused on admitting students with prior work experience.