Wisconsin-Madsion v. University of Houston Law Center Forum

[sooh579]

Hi everyone,

I desperately need your advice on choosing which law school to attend.

Tuition: Wisconsin-Madison out-of-state tution v. UH Law Center in-state tuition with 5k scholarship

Wisconsin is ranked better than UHLC, but I heard schools other than T14 are considered regional.
Is this really true? Would 28th and 60th in ranking not make any difference when getting job offers?

I am open to where I want to work after 3 years, but I have my family in Houston, which makes me hesitate to
choose one over the other. I don't want to regret, and say I should have gone to Wisconsin.

So should I choose Wisconsin-Madison for the ranking and nice school campus and building or UHLC for being close to my family and a big legal market as many say?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!! Thanks

[merichard87]

If your family is in Houston and you are comfortable living and working there go to UH.

Wisconsin doesn't have a great probability of taking you back to Houston or Texas as a whole.

And yes once you get out of the T14 all schools are pretty regional, 15 to 20 are less so though.