Need some serious advice (T23, between top 5-10%) Forum

[NotoriousIIED]

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[NotoriousIIED]

bueller? bueller?

[Younger Abstention]

It's do-able at Berkeley.

Most T10s will only take 1-2 transfers onto law review. If you want law review (and a clerkship), probably better to stay where you are at.

[traehekat]

As you noted, Chicago would be tough if you're heart is set on LR (but possibly still worth it to apply, depends on career goals obviously).

[flcath]

I would stay put unless you can land CCN. The gains of transferring beyond that are those ephemeral feel-good gains, since you've done adequately for Biglaw and you're more likely to land a fed clerkship as a LRer at your current school than as a non-LRer at a new school (it seems like you've got a good grasp on that).

Therefore, I'd say apply HCCN, and maybe Penn (I've heard they put off their LR competition for transfers; correct me if I'm wrong).

[concurrent fork]

dont want to transfer anywhere that makes it hard for transfers to make law review

This is the case at every school.

[CanadianWolf]

Not at Yale.

[CanadianWolf]

Sounds like you are only considering transfer apps to Chicago & Northwestern, and have ruled out Chicago without law review. Contact NU to find out their transfer write-on situation, but I agree with the above poster that you are best advised to remain at your current law school (whether Illinois or Notre Dame) since law review is so important to you & since top 10% plus law review at either Illinois or Notre Dame should get you serious consideration at several Chicago firms.

[Cupidity]

Can we all pause a moment to laugh at T23?

[NotoriousIIED]

I mean the whole thing is kind of silly, you're right

[CanadianWolf]

OP: I just noticed that you are currently at Indiana-Bloomington. That changes my opinion. Top 10% plus law review at Illinois or Notre Dame should be able to get you Chicago biglaw, but I think that the opportunities from IUB are much less. Transfer & participate in the law review write-on competition; if unavailable, still apply & evaluate your options as the situation develops. Good luck !

P.S. Your situation is not silly. You have a great situation with more opportunities coming your way if you act promptly.

[NotoriousIIED]

Thank you CWolf, much appreciated.

I think law review at UChi is a longshot as a non-ED transfer but still worth a try. Not sure if my grades are good enough to get in anyway. NU might be more realistic and I think they might be slightly more transfer friendly re: law review though that is somewhat just speculation. And I agree with your comments about Illinois/ND vs. IUB and the Chicago market.

[Kilpatrick]

Can we all pause a moment to laugh at T23?

Can we also laugh at the OP trying to keep the school a secret when it's given away in their posting history

[NotoriousIIED]

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