Most mobile non-T17s Forum

[FuManChusco]

Outside of the T14 (plus UCLA and Texas), the mobility of the degree is determined pretty much entirely by your legwork as an applicant and your ties to the area. If you go to WUSTL, you can still get a job in Seattle if you grew up there, have the grades, and submit direct applications. However, no school outside the T16 is going to be a good bet for getting you into a geographically distant market to which you don't have ties.

Also T16 isn't a meaningful distinction lulz

lol at the vandy troll.

[James Bond]

Lol @ "T17" or "T16"

Absolutely meaningless trolling

[JOThompson]

Lol @ "T17" or "T16"

Absolutely meaningless trolling

Would it be preferable to say T14 + Vandy? I think the point is that people feel that a couple of the lower T20 schools (UT for Texas, Vanderbilt for the Southeast) are decent options even though they don't fit fall into the mythical T14.

[James Bond]

Lol @ "T17" or "T16"

Absolutely meaningless trolling

Would it be preferable to say T14 + Vandy? I think the point is that people feel that a couple of the lower T20 schools (UT for Texas, Vanderbilt for the Southeast) are decent options even though they don't fit fall into the mythical T14.

So? It's the T14. It always has been the T14. If the 15th or 16th school is good, then fine, apply and go to it. But that doesn't mean you make it the T15 or T16 or T17 to make yourself feel better. It's absolutely pointless.

[JOThompson]

Lol @ "T17" or "T16"

Absolutely meaningless trolling

Would it be preferable to say T14 + Vandy? I think the point is that people feel that a couple of the lower T20 schools (UT for Texas, Vanderbilt for the Southeast) are decent options even though they don't fit fall into the mythical T14.

So? It's the T14. It always has been the T14. If the 15th or 16th school is good, then fine, apply and go to it. But that doesn't mean you make it the T15 or T16 or T17 to make yourself feel better. It's absolutely pointless.

T14 is arbitrary anyways. What's it to you if people find some meaning in expanding the category to T16 or T17 or T20? It's just an indication that more and more people find the slightly expanded range to be of value when considering applications and job options. No reason to get hot and bothered.

[James Bond]

Lol @ "T17" or "T16"

Absolutely meaningless trolling

Would it be preferable to say T14 + Vandy? I think the point is that people feel that a couple of the lower T20 schools (UT for Texas, Vanderbilt for the Southeast) are decent options even though they don't fit fall into the mythical T14.

So? It's the T14. It always has been the T14. If the 15th or 16th school is good, then fine, apply and go to it. But that doesn't mean you make it the T15 or T16 or T17 to make yourself feel better. It's absolutely pointless.

T14 is arbitrary anyways. What's it to you if people find some meaning in expanding the category to T16 or T17 or T20? It's just an indication that more and more people find the slightly expanded range to be of value when considering applications and job options. No reason to get hot and bothered.

Finding something stupid or masturbatory doesn't make me angry or "hot and bothered"

[JOThompson]

I'm not the one getting worked up over another poster's use of a term, certainly not to the point of deeming it stupid or pointless.

[James Bond]

I'm not the one getting worked up over another poster's use of a term, certainly not to the point of deeming it stupid or pointless.

Never said you were...

[Grizz]

Outside of the T14 (plus UCLA and Texas), the mobility of the degree is determined pretty much entirely by your legwork as an applicant and your ties to the area. If you go to WUSTL, you can still get a job in Seattle if you grew up there, have the grades, and submit direct applications. However, no school outside the T16 is going to be a good bet for getting you into a geographically distant market to which you don't have ties.

Also T16 isn't a meaningful distinction lulz

lol at the vandy troll.

You must be new here.

[Cupidity]

unless any of these posters are incognito admissions people with hard data, their responses are either anecdotal (effectively worthless) or speculative (absolutely worthless).

I mean true in the case that schools might straight up lie on their career pages. There is some evidence of that -- like Duke's 100% employment -- but otherwise this is pretty good data to support it... like most schools' data in that range, not ITE of course.

http://law.wustl.edu/career_services/pages.aspx?id=459

http://www.law.gwu.edu/Careers/prospect ... stics.aspx

http://www.bu.edu/law/prospective/careers/jd/work.html

Class of 09 Stats, seems good.

[09042014]

LOL at T14. T13. Nice try Georgetown.

[Veyron]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it if you must) is BYU.

[HeavenWood]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it) is BYU.

Too bad I'm not Mormon. We Jews are stuck with crappy Yeshiva, which, from what I've heard, isn't even all that Jewish a law school?

[Veyron]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it) is BYU.

Too bad I'm not Mormon. We Jews are stuck with crappy Yeshiva, which, from what I've heard, isn't even all that Jewish a law school?

Hey, the question said nothing about the most mobile secular non-elite school.

[HeavenWood]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it) is BYU.

Too bad I'm not Mormon. We Jews are stuck with crappy Yeshiva, which, from what I've heard, isn't even all that Jewish a law school?

Hey, the question said nothing about the most mobile secular non-elite school.

According to their website (with an insanely long title bar): "Yeshiva University provides the highest quality Jewish and secular education of any Jewish university in the world." So is it secular, or is it Jewish? Can it really be both?

[Veyron]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it) is BYU.

Too bad I'm not Mormon. We Jews are stuck with crappy Yeshiva, which, from what I've heard, isn't even all that Jewish a law school?

Hey, the question said nothing about the most mobile secular non-elite school.

According to their website (with an insanely long title bar): "Yeshiva University provides the highest quality Jewish and secular education of any Jewish university in the world." So is it secular, or is it Jewish? Can it really be both?

I don't know, can an athiest really be a Jew? What is the meaning of life? Was Maimonides really correct when he postulated that in heaven the intellectually inferior will serve the intellectually superior (G-d I hope so) Are we really having a meta discussion about Judiasm on TLS?

[James Bond]

Are we really having a meta discussion about Judiasm on TLS?

Are you new here?

[HeavenWood]

I don't know, can an athiest really be a Jew?

Of course. Welcome to the wacky, wonderful world of ethnic religions.

[Blindmelon]

Its T-14, please respect our social norms. Also, major LULZ to the schools that have so far been suggested. BU in LA, plz. The only truly mobile school outside of the T-14 (or the three mega-regional schools after it if you must) is BYU.

Ah random conjecture by someone who has no idea what they're talking about. Gotta love TLS <3.

[whymeohgodno]

BU is about as mobile as the tree in my frontyard.

[FuManChusco]

Outside of the T14 (plus UCLA and Texas), the mobility of the degree is determined pretty much entirely by your legwork as an applicant and your ties to the area. If you go to WUSTL, you can still get a job in Seattle if you grew up there, have the grades, and submit direct applications. However, no school outside the T16 is going to be a good bet for getting you into a geographically distant market to which you don't have ties.

Also T16 isn't a meaningful distinction lulz

lol at the vandy troll.

You must be new here.

not really. every time someone makes up a ridiculous tier of schools I have a laugh though. I'm really just waiting for a WUSTL troll to play the T19 card. that's something I haven't seen before. Maybe when my splitter ass gets rejected everywhere else, I'll start trolling people.

[whymeohgodno]

not really. every time someone makes up a ridiculous tier of schools I have a laugh though. I'm really just waiting for a WUSTL troll to play the T19 card. that's something I haven't seen before. Maybe when my splitter ass gets rejected everywhere else, I'll start trolling people.

I've seen HYS, t6, t10, t13, t14, t17, and t20.

[Blindmelon]

BU is about as mobile as the tree in my frontyard.

Again, pure TLS conjecture. If you have ties to an area and good enough grades, its not like you're stuck in Boston. I know 4 people with bigfirm jobs in DC, 1 KS, 1 OC, some LA, NYC, Philly, etc. How is that not mobile?

If you mean mobile as in, doors everywhere are automatically opened to you because where you go to school - then you mean HYS, maybe CN and thats it. Everything else is going to take ties/decent grades to move far.

[Patriot1208]

Outside of the T14 (plus UCLA and Texas), the mobility of the degree is determined pretty much entirely by your legwork as an applicant and your ties to the area. If you go to WUSTL, you can still get a job in Seattle if you grew up there, have the grades, and submit direct applications. However, no school outside the T16 is going to be a good bet for getting you into a geographically distant market to which you don't have ties.

Also T16 isn't a meaningful distinction lulz

lol at the vandy troll.

Vandy is better than texas and UCLA anyways

[RVP11]

BU is about as mobile as the tree in my frontyard.

Copy/pasting this for you:

"How much ties matter depends a lot more on the particular city and firm than which school you're coming from.

The whole idea of school mobility is a misinformed one. What the T14 schools give you is firms from all over the country coming to OCI, and a recognized brand name that can be leveraged in most markets through non-OCI direct mailing (provided you have the requisite ties). And pretty much the entire T14, plus a few others, are "brand names" in most major cities in the U.S. - there's no sense in drawing a line at T6."