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Do law school rankings matter?
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:34 pm
In the grand scheme of things? For example, starting up your own firm.
This post was edited on 10/11/15 at 11:35 pm
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Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:35 pm to Futures Bleak
Maybe.
That will be $100. Thanks
That will be $100. Thanks
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:37 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Why did i expect serious answers from here
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:43 pm to Futures Bleak
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In the grand scheme of things? For example, starting up your own firm.
No. It is better to be in the top 10% of a lowly regarded law school than to be back of the pack at a mid-tier. Obviously, the top 20 schools are tickets to the game in larger firms in larger cities, but you're just joining another highly competitive game at that point.
If you're going to hang out your own shingle - either soon after graduating, or after 3 to 5 years learning the ropes at a family/friend firm or a smaller firm in a smaller town, where you went to law school or what it was ranked will mean little, if anything to your long-term success. Competence, hard work, hustle to get clients and luck - in some combination will be far more important.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:44 pm to Futures Bleak
Starting your own firm? No. Not at all.
You just have to sell yourself. Every time you meet a potential client, you're really at a job interview.
Clients don't give a shite where you went to law school. They just want a winner.
Firms care about law school rankings. Prospective students care about law school rankings.
They do matter, but they aren't everything.
You just have to sell yourself. Every time you meet a potential client, you're really at a job interview.
Clients don't give a shite where you went to law school. They just want a winner.
Firms care about law school rankings. Prospective students care about law school rankings.
They do matter, but they aren't everything.
This post was edited on 10/11/15 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:45 pm to Futures Bleak
If you want to be a Supreme Court Justice you had better go to Yale, Harvard, or Stanford.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:04 am to Futures Bleak
Do you hear anything on those TV ads about:
"Hey, I was on Law Review?"
"I went to Harvard?"
"I graduated top 10 in my class?"
That crap don't matter!
"Hey, I was on Law Review?"
"I went to Harvard?"
"I graduated top 10 in my class?"
That crap don't matter!
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:04 am to SabiDojo
What about business skills? Safe to say that is an area that needs to honed also?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:07 am to Futures Bleak
You need to worry about simple math.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:09 am to Futures Bleak
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Futures Bleak
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law school
Adds up.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:09 am to northalabamacracker
Ok, now you've delved into a stalking manner. It's been days since we've had that argument, let it go.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:29 am to Futures Bleak
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What about business skills? Safe to say that is an area that needs to honed also
A law firm is a business. You better have business skills.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:31 am to Futures Bleak
As long as you didn't go to Southern Law
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:33 am to Futures Bleak
I don't even remember my law school ranking. That's how unimportant it is to everyone except civil defense firms.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:34 am to biglego
You mean your class ranking?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:38 am to SabiDojo
Yeah class ranking. That's not what we're talking about here?
If we're talking actual ranking of the school, then no one cares unless it's a top 15 or so school.
If we're talking actual ranking of the school, then no one cares unless it's a top 15 or so school.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:42 am to biglego
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If we're talking actual ranking of the school, then no one cares unless it's a top 15 or so school
Yeah, but I've seen some job postings (in big cities) where they require a J.D. from a Top 25 law school.
I imagine the bigger firms like the prestigious names because it makes their brand more prestigious as well.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:50 am to SabiDojo
Top 15, top 25, something like that. None of it matters to a solo bc clients never ask.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:51 am to Futures Bleak
I got into a top 10 school and had to withdraw due to crippling OCD and anxiety. It haunts me every day of my life.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 12:52 am to biglego
Lego you see my reply in the LF youtube thread? 
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