re: How do other universities (other than lsu) see Southern University Grads

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I hear Southern's law school has a better reputation than the rest of the university....

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Last time I looked it was near the bottom of law school rankings in the US

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Last time I looked it was near the bottom of law school rankings in the US

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Their part time program supposedly does considerably better than the full time program.

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volod

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I'm not trying to offend you....Southern is largely not considered a good school by recruiters even in Baton Rouge.

There's a near endless supply of LSU grads that will take a reasonable salary to stay in south Louisiana and especially Baton Rouge. Southern is barely even on the radar outside of service companies and temp agencies. It's not nearly as competitive as it should be. That's the truth.

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As an attorney I don't think it has a reputation outside of Louisiana

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I actually think this helps some... employers hiring out of state will likely put more weight on your high grad % than it docks you for graduating from a relatively unknown school that it has no preconceived notion of.. My buddy had a harder time getting hired with a Southern Law degree in state than out of state.

Personally, I think the Southern Law evening program offers a great alternative to the debt laden education of Loyola. (Although in this legal job market, I'm not sure I could honestly recommend either... I'd probably encourage people to go with LSU's internal audit program and then work their way back to law if they were dead set on it.)

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I actually think this helps some... employers hiring out of state will likely put more weight on your high grad % than it docks you for graduating from a relatively unknown school that it has no preconceived notion of.. My buddy had a harder time getting hired with a Southern Law degree in state than out of state.

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I would have serious doubts. I mean, solos or small firms, that might be possible. But the idea that it'll slip by decent small, medium or large law firms is just unrealistic.

The only time I've seen this happen is with mediocre schools from the west coast. And FWIW, those aren't bad schools, just perhaps lower than the typical school targeted on the east coast. An unknown HBCU from Louisiana that a google search reveals is T4? No chance at firms I am familiar with.

Now, to be really frank, HBCU law grads can get hired with decent grades, but it is in spite of their degree, not attributable to it. But, even with a surge of diversity interest by medium and large law firms, I think minority candidates from non-HBCU schools are more competitive. Of course, I know Southern has a lot of non-minority law students, so that isn't applicable for a lot of grads.

The real question is how do employers view Southern grads? IMO a bachelor's from there is = to an associates from Baton Rouge College of Champions. They got a solid law school though.

Southern Engineering grads are very weak and seem to have problems passing the FE........IMHO, its not the kids, its poor academics and instruction. While being a minority institution, you don't have to act as some do in positions of influence.

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This is not an Alter and I am a real person

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...I assumed alters are not robots as well....

Better than Grambling. Slightly lower than Southeastern.