Does W&M have a national reputation??? Forum

[bubbletea]

Does W&M have any credit as a national school or is it strictly regional? Since it is the oldest law school and has consistently been top 30, I was hoping that it would at least have recognition in the Northeast outside of VA (e.g. NYC)

[NYC Law]

Jesus Christ dude just go to Duke

[dpk711]

No one outside of VA knows what a W&M is.

[protein]

Jesus Christ dude just go to Duke

[El_Gallo]

W&M has national recognition, at least along the east cost.

east coast recognition=/= national recognition

I have no idea about the northeast, but I'll tell you that nobody on the west coast has ever heard of W&M. So, no. It does not have national recognition.

[Soar]

Its reputation is regional, but along most of the Northeast region, which includes lots of legal markets.

[23402385985]

I always thought it had a cute name.

[RVP11]

<--- from SoCal

<--- never heard of W&M until I applied to law school

[Soar]

<--- from SoCal

<--- never heard of W&M until I applied to law school

Had you heard of the University of Virginia (aside from sports) or Vanderbilt or Emory before you applied to law school?

I said it's a REGIONAL school, but the region extends throughout lots of the Northeast, not just VA

[RVP11]

<--- from SoCal

<--- never heard of W&M until I applied to law school

Had you heard of the University of Virginia (aside from sports) or Vanderbilt or Emory before you applied to law school?

I said it's a REGIONAL school, but the region extends throughout lots of the Northeast, not just VA

UVA and Vanderbilt - yes (they are in major sports conferences), Emory - no.

But whether people on the opposite coast have heard of the school is irrelevant.

The issue is that OP is considering both Duke and W&M and is trying to convince himself that he will have the same career opportunities at W&M. He won't.

And even if we're going to separate schools into "national" and "regional" - which is a pointless exercise that's not really based on anything - W&M's influence doesn't travel much north of the Mason-Dixon line, so it's hard to say it extends to the "Northeast."