Cardozo Class of 2020 Forum

[Ferrisjso]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

[tnovak894]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

[Ferrisjso]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

Yes I will be. How about you?

[tnovak894]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

Yes I will be. How about you?

yep! I wont be until the lunch part and on due to work. But ill be there for the rest of the day's event. Looking forward to meeting you. -Steve

[potus]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

Yes I will be. How about you?

yep! I wont be until the lunch part and on due to work. But ill be there for the rest of the day's event. Looking forward to meeting you. -Steve

I'm going but actually skipping the lunch part. Interested in meeting the Dean and the panels. Is anyone going to do the reading for the 1st yr property class?

[Shakawkaw]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

Yes I will be. How about you?

yep! I wont be until the lunch part and on due to work. But ill be there for the rest of the day's event. Looking forward to meeting you. -Steve

I'm going but actually skipping the lunch part. Interested in meeting the Dean and the panels. Is anyone going to do the reading for the 1st yr property class?

I'd recommend the lunch part if you can - sat with a cool con law professor and that kinda won me over not gunna lie. She was chill af.

[Ferrisjso]

Not sure if I'm attending yet, but I decided to start this thread up for all the people who were!

Hope you all enjoy your law school experience in NYC and If I attend I look forward to meeting all of you:)

Accepted and considering. Are you going to be at the admitted students day this Thursday?

Yes I will be. How about you?

yep! I wont be until the lunch part and on due to work. But ill be there for the rest of the day's event. Looking forward to meeting you. -Steve

I'm going but actually skipping the lunch part. Interested in meeting the Dean and the panels. Is anyone going to do the reading for the 1st yr property class?

Looking forward to meeting you to tnovak! Im probably going to skip the lunch too. My main priority is getting a chance to tour the law school and hear about their tax law program which taxprof seems to think is really good. I didnt know the mock class was going to be on property law? Ive heard cases like this are meant to be fun but i might give it a once over, where can i find it?

[potus]

Looking forward to meeting you to tnovak! Im probably going to skip the lunch too. My main priority is getting a chance to tour the law school and hear about their tax law program which taxprof seems to think is really good. I didnt know the mock class was going to be on property law? Ive heard cases like this are meant to be fun but i might give it a once over, where can i find it?

Did you make sure to RSVP for the ASD? If you did, you should've gotten an email from Rachel Margiewicz on Monday morning with an attachment. I can PM it to you, but you should really check your email. It's the one that also includes the agenda.

[tnovak894]

I'm going but actually skipping the lunch part. Interested in meeting the Dean and the panels. Is anyone going to do the reading for the 1st yr property class?

Yea i looked over the reading. Was actually a little interesting, and I looked up the prof that is giving the class. Supposed to be really good. See ya there!

Looking forward to meeting you to tnovak! Im probably going to skip the lunch too. My main priority is getting a chance to tour the law school and hear about their tax law program which taxprof seems to think is really good. I didnt know the mock class was going to be on property law? Ive heard cases like this are meant to be fun but i might give it a once over, where can i find it?

As potus said, I got the email as well, and it comes with an attachment of recommended reading for mock class.

[Ferrisjso]

Looking forward to meeting you to tnovak! Im probably going to skip the lunch too. My main priority is getting a chance to tour the law school and hear about their tax law program which taxprof seems to think is really good. I didnt know the mock class was going to be on property law? Ive heard cases like this are meant to be fun but i might give it a once over, where can i find it?

Did you make sure to RSVP for the ASD? If you did, you should've gotten an email from Rachel Margiewicz on Monday morning with an attachment. I can PM it to you, but you should really check your email. It's the one that also includes the agenda.

Yeah id gotten it, guess my eyes skimmed over the class part! Ill go through the attachment.

[Lamppost 1]

I'll be there tomorrow! I'm going to miss lunch but will be there for the rest of the events.

[potus]

I'll be there tomorrow! I'm going to miss lunch but will be there for the rest of the events.

Cool! This makes me feel less guilty for walking in past the check-in period.

[Ferrisjso]

Got here early, if anyone wants to hang out PM me!

[potus]

Anybody here in section A? We're a bit small, but anyone else looking forward to orientation this week?

[LeavingHomeSoon]

Anyone know if it'll be okay if I skip the Manhattan boat cruise? Will there be important information that will be given on the ride/will attendance be checked? Something important that's family related just came up =/

[potus]

Anyone know if it'll be okay if I skip the Manhattan boat cruise? Will there be important information that will be given on the ride/will attendance be checked? Something important that's family related just came up =/

It's optional. Everything in blue is optional (says in the box in the bottom right of the orientation week schedule).

[Shakawkaw]

Sup fam.

[potus]

Sup fam.

Hi anon. Goodrich is hilarious, but I have no idea what's going on in contracts atm.

[liclaire]

Did any of y'all end up going to cardozo? I heard its competitve and cut throat. Looking at cardozo for big law. Any advice?

[Wubbles]

Did any of y'all end up going to cardozo? I heard its competitve and cut throat. Looking at cardozo for big law. Any advice?

You should not go to Cardozo for biglaw. Point blank.

[basketofbread]

Did any of y'all end up going to cardozo? I heard its competitve and cut throat. Looking at cardozo for big law. Any advice?

I did it. It's inherently competitive because only the top ~20% percent can get biglaw. But cut throat? Not in my experience. People are kind and probably less competitive, on average, than people at top schools.

I don't think it's that hard to get top grades here if you follow the TLS guides. Coming in as a psychotic TLS reader will give you a massive advantage over your wide-eyed Cardozo 1L peers.

But as the poster above me says, it's certainly not a "safe bet" to go to Cardozo expecting big law. You truly have to get into the top of your class or you have no chance. You will get 0 interviews at OCI if you're far outside of the top 15%. The plus side is they are quite generous with scholarships. Last I checked, 1/4 of students had full rides.

It's easy for me to say in hindsight that it was a good idea, but many times throughout 1L and OCI, I thought "damn why didn't I go to a top school?"

[potus]

Did any of y'all end up going to cardozo? I heard its competitve and cut throat. Looking at cardozo for big law. Any advice?

I agree with the above poster. Big law is possible at Cardozo; there's many people I know who do get them. But it's top 10-15% mostly. It's possible, but not a large percentage. There's many more who do small to mid sized firms and other public interest placements like LAS and NY Law Dept.

If you're planning on going to Cardozo for big law, I would suggest only going if you have a full or very near to full scholarship.