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Is this a hard decision? What should affect this decision?

juleesong wrote:What should affect this decision?

Where you want to practice. GULC may be a T14, but I would have some doubts about its strength to place its grads in NYC relative to Fordham.

Yeah if you want to live in New York its a decision. If not its probably Georgetown. But you know that.

In general I think GULC is a no brainer. If you were absolutely sure you wanted to practice in NYC, maybe you could make a case for Fordham, but I really think GULC's placement pretty much anywhere else outweighs fordham to the point that it doesn't offset the money they're offering you.

imchuckbass58 wrote:In general I think GULC is a no brainer. If you were absolutely sure you wanted to practice in NYC, maybe you could make a case for Fordham, but I really think GULC's placement pretty much anywhere else outweighs fordham to the point that it doesn't offset the money they're offering you.

I dunno. Gtown's 2009 employment stats weren't impressive. They placed, I think 42-43% in top firms and another 8ish% in federal clerkships (see NLJ 250 firm placement and article III clerkship placement for '09). What does the other half of the class wind up in? While I don't think they're unemployed, I don't think they're making six figures either. I can't see how this is worth $200k. Its a gamble, though almost any school is.

But I'll admit that its a personal decision to make, based on career goals and geographic preference, if Georgetown is worth sticker.

Where can one find "NLJ 250 firm placement and article III clerkship placement for '09"

beesknees wrote:

imchuckbass58 wrote:In general I think GULC is a no brainer. If you were absolutely sure you wanted to practice in NYC, maybe you could make a case for Fordham, but I really think GULC's placement pretty much anywhere else outweighs fordham to the point that it doesn't offset the money they're offering you.

I dunno. Gtown's 2009 employment stats weren't impressive. They placed, I think 42-43% in top firms and another 8ish% in federal clerkships (see NLJ 250 firm placement and article III clerkship placement for '09). What does the other half of the class wind up in? While I don't think they're unemployed, I don't think they're making six figures either. I can't see how this is worth $200k. Its a gamble, though almost any school is.

But I'll admit that its a personal decision to make, based on career goals and geographic preference, if Georgetown is worth sticker.

Your math is a bit off. It's not $200k vs $0, it's $200k vs. something around $140k (Fordham - $60k). I think $60k is not enough to justify taking Fordham over GULC. I would recommend asking Fordham to up that number to $100k. Otherwise, GULC.