Ken,

Currently I am a 1L joint degree student at Vermont Law School with a Master of Environmental Law and Policy. The school is number 1 for my subject matter, however, it is not ranked so well overall. I am looking to practice in the NY/NJ area with the hopes of taking the multistate bar. Though I have not received any grades as of yet, my experience thus far points to great academic success at this law school. I also have a very high possibility of becoming an "Energizer" which would allow me to work the the school's Energy Institute performing various functions such as editing articles, writing institute's position papers regarding various Environmental Law standpoints with a combination of empirical data and policy overviews/perceived required changes, attending conferences to present these works, and possibly publishing and presenting my own work. I would also be able to earn a certificate in Energy Law. In addition there is a possibility of the school's law review as well as Vermont Journal of Environmental Law published by the school as well.

However, I want to work for a large NY law firm because that would give me better footing in my overall career goals and perhaps delusional hopes for lifetime accomplishments. I am very firm in my pursuit of environmental law with hopes of participating in major policy changes within my future.

Is transferring a good option given what I do have here v. what I may have at another school and if another school would be better suited to get me into a larger firm, pursuant to my Environmental Law goals. Would the benefits of transfer outweigh the detriment i.e. inability to participate on law review, being barred from earning certain honors, etc. Any advice would be great.

Respectfully,
Armin

Since when did Ken become a "Dear Abby"?

Ballsy fucking statement. Let's see some A's and then come back and talk.

actually, i think a lot of schools allow you to join law review as a transfer nowadays including HYS and NYU.

Funny... When I took the New York Bar.. there was no multistate bar option... My how things must change in just a year or two..

FLAME.

And addressing it to Ken is just absurd and uncalled for.. don't bring him into this garbage.

Come back and talk to us when... you know... you actually have grades.

Imaginary schools don't give grades.

Anti-Berkeley troll.

Also -- I'm going to file this thread under "Top 10 reasons I don't use my real name on internet forums."

PKSebben ftw

A's on CivPro and ConLaw midterms, guess it wasn't all that ballsy. Secondly I saw another forum addressed to and replied by Ken. And law review comments reflect Transfer section of the LSAC site describing reasons why one shouldn't. And if you don't want to help you should probably make better use of your time outlining, reading, or studying, because it seems you have alot of anger due to your own personal law school struggles. Additionally, it would be the NYS bar, the multistate, and the NJS bar. Figured that'd be pretty obvious for someone who took the bar.

t14 transfer here. Everyone is right to tell you not to get ahead of yourself when you don't have semester grades yet. Midterms aren't the same thing as finals. I don't know how it works at your school but at some schools if they even have midterms they either don't count at all or only a small percentage of your grade.

As far as working for an NY Law firm goes, they might be suspicious of your background if you are super enviro law focused and seem like the "tree hugger" type. Most of the enviro law at big firms is basically anti-environmental law and working for the "bad guys".

One thing I would advise is contacting enviro lawyers, preferably alums of your school that work in NY/NJ and ask if they would be willing to talk to you about their careers. I would worry about grades right now and try to do this as soon as exams are over so you talk with some people over your winter break.