Fordham ($45k) vs. Cardozo ($81k) Forum

[blacklawboss]

I think the consensus is that Fordham at sticker is very risky. High COA coupled with about a 25% shot at getting a job that can service the debt. Also, I think Fordham is known to be stingy with money, and law schools in general are stingy with students off their waitlist.

Is 81k the total scholarship from Cardozo, or the total COA?

Really there's about a 40-50% chance of getting a job that pays $145k coming out of Fordham. Just a 25% chance of getting an NLJ 250 job, but many non NLJ 250 firms in NYC still pay six figures.

Did you fail math?

^FTW^

[MrAnon]

There is a 15% chance of finding no paying job 9 months after graduation from Fordham. The school was still employing that many students by paying their salaries 9 months out last year. Is that worth $170K? Imagine how foolish most of those grads feel. That is 1 out of every 7 students. Its quite high and virtually equal to the number of grads who were employed by NLJ250 firms. So for everyone crowing about how awesome your chances of biglaw are, keep in mind your chances of being unemployed are roughly same. And no, there is no basis to conclude the market is getting better and will be even more better next year. That is just speculation. These are the numbers as they stand.