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Danteshek wrote:The Disability Rights Legal Center is located at Loyola Law School.

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vanwinkle wrote:

Danteshek wrote:The Disability Rights Legal Center is located at Loyola Law School.

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The problem is that the OP seems to be asking two separate questions.

This helps the title, which is where the best school to study disability rights is. You could work at that legal center pro bono all through your law school tenure and probably study quite a bit about disability rights law.

However, OP also said they want to go to law school to help the deaf community, which also implies wanting to practice in that field when they graduate. In that case, HYS is the correct response, followed by the rest of the T14. Civil rights law is an intensely competitive field, and to have the best chance of getting a job you need to be in the best possible position when you graduate, which means going to the best school you possibly can.

That Disability Rights Legal Center is a nice thing, but notice how their entire civil rights litigation department is six people, one of whom is in a temporary fellowship position. You're not getting a job there when you graduate. In fact, it looks like much of the work they do requires pro bono assistance from outside attorneys; you'd be more likely to work for them at all by going to a school that would get you BigLaw (which means T14 or better), and then volunteering to help them pro bono for as many pro bono hours as your law firm will allow.

vanwinkle wrote:

Danteshek wrote:The Disability Rights Legal Center is located at Loyola Law School.

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The problem is that the OP seems to be asking two separate questions.

This helps the title, which is where the best school to study disability rights is. You could work at that legal center pro bono all through your law school tenure and probably study quite a bit about disability rights law.

However, OP also said they want to go to law school to help the deaf community, which also implies wanting to practice in that field when they graduate. In that case, HYS is the correct response, followed by the rest of the T14. Civil rights law is an intensely competitive field, and to have the best chance of getting a job you need to be in the best possible position when you graduate, which means going to the best school you possibly can.

That Disability Rights Legal Center is a nice thing, but notice how their entire civil rights litigation department is six people, one of whom is in a temporary fellowship position. You're not getting a job there when you graduate. In fact, it looks like much of the work they do requires pro bono assistance from outside attorneys; you'd be more likely to work for them at all by going to a school that would get you BigLaw (which means T14 or better), and then volunteering to help them pro bono for as many pro bono hours as your law firm will allow.

Borhas wrote:
yes yes yes going to SYH/YSH is better for getting ANY job

but what frustrates me about these sorts of empty answers is that they give no especially useful information. Aside from saying specialty in law school may not be a particularly important choice in school, it's also important to recognize that when weighing options people aren't weighing Loyola vs. YSH/SYH they are weighing Loyola against schools in that region like USC, ASU, USD etc and in that pool of similarly selective schools (so maybe not USC) but Tulane, Florida, Pepperdine etc...

Which regions have places that even do that sort of thing?
which schools have clinics that deal with that sort of thing?

these factors ought to be weighed within the selectivity class of possible schools...

IAFG wrote:If you want to help deaf people become a social worker or lobbyist or something, WTF

IAFG wrote:If you want to help deaf people become a social worker or lobbyist or something, WTF

IAFG wrote:If you want to help deaf people become a social worker or lobbyist or something, WTF

Judith Butler wrote:

IAFG wrote:If you want to help deaf people become a social worker or lobbyist or something, WTF

I'm not charming enough for politics and I'm too mean to be a social worker. Interpreting is boring and doesn't suit my personality.

Lobbyists didn't get the ADA passed by themselves. Snarky lawyers were behind that too.

I know a lawyer who is very involved with the Deaf community here. If my paid work is unrelated to public service I can cope as long as I can do pro bono on the side. A legal education that emphasizes PS would be helpful either way.

Thanks for your constructive criticism.

JOThompson wrote:Attend the best school that you can. Specialty rankings and programs do not translate into better job placement in those areas.