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re: Is going to a ‘bad’ Law School worth doing?
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:19 am to Tactical Turtleneck
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:19 am to Tactical Turtleneck
All law schools are paper mills
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Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:19 am to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:19 am to kywildcatfanone
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All law schools are paper mills
A dying industry?
This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 9:21 am
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:20 am to Tactical Turtleneck
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:22 am to Tactical Turtleneck
Depends what you want to do. I went to a crap law school for my JD, but a great school for my LLM. Have a great job and no complaints. FYI, I am not in private practice anymore.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:23 am to AbitaFan08
I agree with this. Same with doctors and accountants. Once you get your license you are good to go. Just get past the Bar exam or CPA exam and your in.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:23 am to brass2mouth
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I know a couple friends that went to Southern Law.
None have a job as a lawyer though.
So TTFWIW.
Look at the bios of most judges in Baton Rouge/19th JDC. Most of them seem to be SU Law graduates, even the white ones.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:24 am to AbitaFan08
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Once you graduate from law school (and pass the bar), you're a lawyer. No one tends to give a shite where you went.
I certainly disagree with this, to an extent
You very rarely see T3 and T4 grades at big law firms, even those lateraling a few years into their careers. Which isn't to say big law life is all there is, but people should know that you're cutting out a big segment of the legal profession when you opt for those schools.
Same is true in house. Meeting in house insurance attorneys from bad schools is very rare, and for true in house jobs it's almost non-existent.
Very little of this is because 5 years into your career people care a lot about your law school (they care some, but not a lot). Rather, it's because very, very few people from T4 law schools are getting on a career path that leads to bigger firms or in house jobs.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:25 am to Tactical Turtleneck
I would generally give this a big no, unless you have a family or friend hookup after graduation. I will say that after a few years of practicing, nobody really cares about school or grades.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:25 am to Tactical Turtleneck
Lol no
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:27 am to Pettifogger
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You very rarely see T3 and T4 grades at big law firms, even those lateraling a few years into their careers. Which isn't to say big law life is all there is, but people should know that you're cutting out a big segment of the legal profession when you opt for those schools.
Same is true in house. Meeting in house insurance attorneys from bad schools is very rare, and for true in house jobs it's almost non-existent.
Very little of this is because 5 years into your career people care a lot about your law school (they care some, but not a lot). Rather, it's because very, very few people from T4 law schools are getting on a career path that leads to bigger firms or in house jobs.
I agree with all of this.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:27 am to Tactical Turtleneck
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Is going to a ‘bad’ Law School worth doing? by Tactical Turtleneck
Just take out "a 'bad'" from the question. You should simply be asking "Is going to Law School worth doing?"
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:42 am to Mo Jeaux
Ya me too.
If you want to lateral into a big law firm they aren't going to take you if you went to a shite school unless you miraculously have an amazing client book, and that won't happen in real life.
Big firms also still require your grade transcripts after you've been practicing for a few years and many will have different requirements that if you can't meet, they won't hire you. Those requirements are looser for higher ranked schools. I'm not even sure they consider T3 on their grade scale.
If you want to lateral into a big law firm they aren't going to take you if you went to a shite school unless you miraculously have an amazing client book, and that won't happen in real life.
Big firms also still require your grade transcripts after you've been practicing for a few years and many will have different requirements that if you can't meet, they won't hire you. Those requirements are looser for higher ranked schools. I'm not even sure they consider T3 on their grade scale.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:43 am to Tactical Turtleneck
If you’re school is ranked 100-150, should be okay if you’re practicing in the region of the school. Unless you’re summa cum laude, order of the coif, etc good luck having any portability on your own.
Over 150 law schools aren’t worth it. Retake the LSAT. Some schools take the GRE now.
Over 150 law schools aren’t worth it. Retake the LSAT. Some schools take the GRE now.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:44 am to Tactical Turtleneck
All kidding aside listen to the Malcolm Gladwell podcast on law schools and what law firms think of where there lawyers went.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:46 am to AbitaFan08
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Once you graduate from law school (and pass the bar), you're a lawyer. No one tends to give a shite where you went.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:51 am to brass2mouth
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I know a couple friends that went to Southern Law.
None have a job as a lawyer though.
So TTFWIW.
I know a couple that went to Southern and they're making $250+ 6 years into their careers. see how that works.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:52 am to Tactical Turtleneck
Jimmy McGill went to the University Of American Samoa and things turned out well for him.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:52 am to SlushPuppie
Posted on 3/10/20 at 9:53 am to Pettifogger
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I certainly disagree with this, to an extent
You very rarely see T3 and T4 grades at big law firms, even those lateraling a few years into their careers. Which isn't to say big law life is all there is, but people should know that you're cutting out a big segment of the legal profession when you opt for those schools.
Same is true in house. Meeting in house insurance attorneys from bad schools is very rare, and for true in house jobs it's almost non-existent.
Very little of this is because 5 years into your career people care a lot about your law school (they care some, but not a lot). Rather, it's because very, very few people from T4 law schools are getting on a career path that leads to bigger firms or in house jobs.
This x 1000. It completely depends on what you want to do. And depending on what you want to do (ie, big time prominent firms) it absolutely can matter what tier law school you go to and the percentile you graduate in.
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