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Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:32 am to bendover504
Where do you live and what are the three areas in which you’d like to practice when you get out?
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:32 am to bendover504
Your career goals and cost of attendance are the only 2 things you should look at.
LSU is probably the best overall option of the 3 unless one of the other schools is giving you nearly a full ride.
If you some how manage to be top 10%, LSU gives you the best chance to land the big law jobs in New Orleans, BR, and Houston. The tuition is also not that expensive, in terms of law schools.
I do add this, for the majority of students all that should matter when picking a school is saving the most amount of money possible and passing the bar. Chances of you being top 25% and landing a top tier job is slim but you never know until you start school. You just don't want to be swamped in debt when you are likely to land a job only paying $55k right out of school.
LSU is probably the best overall option of the 3 unless one of the other schools is giving you nearly a full ride.
If you some how manage to be top 10%, LSU gives you the best chance to land the big law jobs in New Orleans, BR, and Houston. The tuition is also not that expensive, in terms of law schools.
I do add this, for the majority of students all that should matter when picking a school is saving the most amount of money possible and passing the bar. Chances of you being top 25% and landing a top tier job is slim but you never know until you start school. You just don't want to be swamped in debt when you are likely to land a job only paying $55k right out of school.
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 11:34 am
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:33 am to Pavoloco83
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fricking hates it.
yeah yeah we all do, pays the bills
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:34 am to Pavoloco83
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Wrong. he's out of law school, passed the bar in Georgia and is a practicing attorney. fricking hates it.
It’s a horrible soul-sucking profession. Luckily I’ve found another use for my JD and am in much more pleasant gig now.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:36 am to bendover504
I've seen better law schools walking through the Quad!
Did I do this right?
Did I do this right?
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:37 am to Pavoloco83
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Wrong. he's out of law school, passed the bar in Georgia and is a practicing attorney. fricking hates it.
I misread...bottom line if you get good grades, have a nice ranking you will get a good job...you fall back in the pack and, yeah, it's going to be a slog involving traffic tix, etc.
That being said, even if you get the good job, it's a grind - keeping up with billables.
I'm out of the firm game...I went in-house and then overtime transitioned completely out. But my career is based off my law degree...
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:37 am to PrideofTheSEC
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Chances of you being top 25% and landing a top tier job is slim but you never know until you start school.
And you get rewarded with a miserable BigLaw™ job and work 80 hours a week.
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 11:39 am
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:38 am to bendover504
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I am deciding on going to either LSU, Loyola, or Texas A&M law school.
Go to LSU, bust your arse for 3 years and graduate near the top of your class.
Just because you went to law school, doesn't mean you have to be a lawyer, will open plenty of opportunities.
I know personally of at least one schmuck who graduated from LSU law who doesn't practice law anymore and likes his job. Mediocre fantasy baseball player though.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:40 am to barry
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:40 am to bendover504
I don't know many lawyers who would likely do it all over again. And I know a few that have/had well paying jobs.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:41 am to bendover504
I sincerely mean this with the intensity of a thousand suns, don't go to law school. I got sucked in to the dream along with many others. Having said that, pick LSU of the ones in that list. We have many newbies come and go in my line of work, and I have personally witnessed the LSU grads get picked up by larger, prosperous firms more than any other of the Louisiana schools. But again, go do something else.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:41 am to bendover504
Hooray! Just what the world needs! Another fricking lawyer.
Once you graduate, are you going to go the Chip Forstall route and make creepy commercials with mediocre New Orleans musical talent, or the Gordon McKernan route and have your mug plastered on every billboard in the city?
Once you graduate, are you going to go the Chip Forstall route and make creepy commercials with mediocre New Orleans musical talent, or the Gordon McKernan route and have your mug plastered on every billboard in the city?
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:42 am to bendover504
Harvard
University of Chicago
Detroit Mary
Southern
Only four choices imo
University of Chicago
Detroit Mary
Southern
Only four choices imo
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:43 am to bendover504
You should go to UH. Best bang for your buck law school in the area.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:44 am to TheFonz
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:46 am to bendover504
I'd probably go to A&M but you really should have cast a broader net.
A&M should continue to climb though, and I'd rather spend the years in Fort Worth than in BR/NO.
Regardless, start preparing now to go in and dominate your 1L and 2L years. I'm not talking about reading books and the like, but you need to go in with an aggressive mindset. A couple of things to avoid:
- Going in assuming you'll do well because you always have. That very well could end up being the case, but you can't have that attitude in this market and coming from those schools. Work like you're outgunned, at least for the first half of law school. Most people put it on some level of cruise control later on, so just know you'll get your life back in 18-24 months.
- Going in expecting to be average. This is kind of the opposite of the above. I've seen smart people who put law school on a pedestal go in, work pretty hard but not overly so (a little defeatist from the outset), and who are surprised when they do pretty well when first grades arrive. In other words, don't sell yourself short by assuming you won't compete at the very top. People in this category usually end up doing fine, but probably wondering if they could have been coif instead of top 25%, etc.
A&M should continue to climb though, and I'd rather spend the years in Fort Worth than in BR/NO.
Regardless, start preparing now to go in and dominate your 1L and 2L years. I'm not talking about reading books and the like, but you need to go in with an aggressive mindset. A couple of things to avoid:
- Going in assuming you'll do well because you always have. That very well could end up being the case, but you can't have that attitude in this market and coming from those schools. Work like you're outgunned, at least for the first half of law school. Most people put it on some level of cruise control later on, so just know you'll get your life back in 18-24 months.
- Going in expecting to be average. This is kind of the opposite of the above. I've seen smart people who put law school on a pedestal go in, work pretty hard but not overly so (a little defeatist from the outset), and who are surprised when they do pretty well when first grades arrive. In other words, don't sell yourself short by assuming you won't compete at the very top. People in this category usually end up doing fine, but probably wondering if they could have been coif instead of top 25%, etc.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:47 am to DVA Tailgater
quote:yep, that's why it was never my aspiration. Couldn't live working 80 hours a week. I may not make as much money but it's more than what I would've made with my poli sci degree and I enjoy what I do.
And you get rewarded with a miserable BigLaw™ job and work 80 hours a week.
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:48 am to cwill
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LSU is the better degree in Nola and LA generally. Loyola is the white Southern where you basically pay through the nose to cover over your low LSAT/grades. It's not the better Nola degree its just limited to Nola.
If you want to practice anywhere in LA, go to LSU.
Loyola is fine if you want to practice in NOLA or the surrounding area.
And it is not the Southern law of NOLA...Loyola actually beat LSU on bar passage this past July.
Tulane is better for a national job search.
However, it’s ultimately up to you and your ability to sell yourself that matters most.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 11:53 am to cwill
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I misread...bottom line if you get good grades, have a nice ranking you will get a good job...you fall back in the pack and, yeah, it's going to be a slog involving traffic tix, etc.
I think racking up billable hours doing insurance defense would be considered a slog as well.
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