re: Loyola Law School

if you know for sure when law school ends you're going to be in nola and only nola, it's worth it over southern

if you can go to LSU or Tulane, you go there

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I know one lsu law 08 grad working at target and another at the mall.

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i ran into one at a restaurant waiting when i was in BR after that mediation last week

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That being said, I'll never be one to tell someone to go get a JD, even if you don't want to practice law, because it "opens so many doors."

That's a huge myth.

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I agree with this 100%. It may be true that a JD from a place like Harvard or Yale opens doors beyond the legal profession, just because you get that Ivy League name on your resume.

But an LSU or Tulane JD will only allow you to become a lawyer. It will not help you get a non-legal job in business. True, it might help you run for politics in the future, but it's a tiny % of the class that goes that route, and even they usually at least start out at law firms.

How many of the people on lawschooldiscussion are actual attorneys? Very few. The vast majority are like you, college seniors trying to figure out where they can get in. They really have no basis to compare one school against the other. To get a more accurate picture of the legal profession you're probably better off reading above the law.

You shouldn't go to Tulane if you can get into a better school.

You shouldn't go to LSU if you can get into a better school or if you want to practice outside of Texas and Louisiana.

You shouldn't go to to Loyola if you can get into LSU or if you want to practice outside of Louisiana and primarily New Orleans.

You shouldn't go to Southern unless you really want to become an attorney and you can't get in anywhere else, or you're a minority and can place in the top ten in your law class. Only minorities get the great jobs out of Southern.



Here in Atlanta, only Tulane counts, but it doesn't count for very much. Very few care about LSU. Very few even know about Loyola or Southern.

Hudson: 1L?

The whole 'law school is versatile' thing is a marketing gimmick used by schools to get your money.

B-schools use similar marketing gimmicks/myths. Schools will often tout their strong 'alumni network' as a selling point.

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i only ask because you were quick with the link to admissions info

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Just have a good memory of those stressful times!

LA is really lucky they dont have law schools like FL and CA. Fly by night lawschools pop up all over states where your JD doesnt have to have ABA backing in order to sit for the bar.