What i'm trying to say is that if you go to McGill and hit Top 30%, you'll have a decent shot to Boston/NYC Firms, but nothing is guaranteed as most of the McGill grads who get these jobs did massive networking (Alumni base is your best tool).adt231 wrote:Noval wrote:Overall job prospects in U.S.: Cardozo wins out.These seem like inconsistent claims since Cardozo's biglaw placement is only about 13%.Noval wrote:If you don't mind practicing in a way less saturated market(Canada) with a fairly good chance to hit biglaw directly or indirectly, go to McGill, you'll still have the chance to try for Boston/NYC BigLaw(But only Top-20-30% gets it from McGill unless you got a killer connection).
But if you want Toronto BigLaw, it will be a lot easier, as it favors UofT, McGill and Osgoode grads.
If you want Montreal BigLaw, then it's a guaranteed job as anyone from McGill gets an interview and the only real competition you get for these jobs are those from UdeM(University of Montreal)...
All of this + the possibility to become a Civil Law Notary if you learn French or get in-house jobs straight out school(In Canada it's different) with no debts at all.
If you pick Cardozo at sticker and miss the BigLaw boat(90% chance it will happen), then you're doomed, period.
But if your FIRST concern is to work in U.S., then forget McGill as it only allows you to sit for MA/NY Bars.
At this point, you should retake and get in a better Law School or try to get a decent scholly from Cardozo.
PS:If you can speak french, you can bypass the LSAT requirement for McGill, but keep in mind that you must report your score if you already did it + McGill doesn't view the LSAT like U.S. Law Schools, it will mainly focus on your grades, your ECs and your letter of recommendations, a student with tons of ECs + humanitary trip to africa with shitty LSAT score but decent GPA will get an offer before the dude with a 4.0 from History and a 175 in LSAT but no ECs at all, even if he comes from Harvard or some other expensive UG.