Arkansas legal market? Forum

[GotYourselfAStewGoin]

Shot in the dark here:

Does anyone have information on the Arkansas (Little Rock especially, but also Northwest Arkansas) legal market? I didn't see anything searching the forums. What's the market rate on starting associate salaries at bigger firms (Friday, Rose). Is there a chance for T14 applicants with ties to enter the market, or do the UA's have a stranglehold on the market?

[pulp]

bump. would also like to know.

[RVP11]

I can't think of a single market in the country where T14 people with ties to the area can't get the best jobs.

[GotYourselfAStewGoin]

Which makes perfect sense, of course, it just seems in my cursory review of the attorneys at a few Little Rock firms that almost everyone is from either UA or UALR. It seems like there would have been at least a few T14s or especially Vanderbilt/Texas mixed in there.

Anyone have any insight on the salary portion of the question?

[drylo]

I can't think of a single market in the country where T14 people with ties to the area can't get the best jobs.

I agree, but I would qualify that statement a little bit by saying that you still need to have good grades at the T14. It seems that just going to a T14 (and having a median GPA) is not as impressive to local firms as finishing at/near the top of the class at the top local school.