Is it worth it to go to a big name school? Forum

[sideroxylon]

OP is somewhere in my burgeoning zone of both funny and sad. The older I get, the more things that are both funny and sad.

Don't go to UNC if you want a good job. Don't go to Charlotte if you want to do high-end deals. You can certainly have a decent career living in North Carolina and working as a lawyer. If you go to Duke or UVA. But it will be an uphill battle even then, because there's simply not a lot of legal work there.
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Don't go to UNC if you want a "good job"? That's an awfully bold statement with no facts to back it up. Obviously Duke or UVA is better, but if T-14 isn't within reach for someone, or that student is debt averse, UNC or Wake (only) with major $ isn't necessarily a bad idea for someone who wants to work in Charlotte or NC.

Edit: I know UNC is risky for OP given his/her goals, but a blanket "don't go to UNC" isn't helpful, either.

(hasn't gone through OCI yet)

[Mal Reynolds]

It's an epidemic I tell you.