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Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Title says it all: Which is the best of these schools for a student that wants to go into Big Law?
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Duke for if New York, D.C., California and the south are in play. Cornell is you're all right being limited to New York. Michigan for Detroit and Chicago.SLS_AMG wrote:Title says it all: Which is the best of these schools for a student that wants to go into Big Law?
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Cornell placed best in biglaw last year of those 3. Unless you hate NY go to Cornell.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
The year before it was the worst. Making bold proclamations on one year of NLJ250 is stupid.BarbellDreams wrote:Cornell placed best in biglaw last year of those 3. Unless you hate NY go to Cornell.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Actually, historically Duke places the best among those three. But honestly, this is really just go where the money is.BarbellDreams wrote:Cornell placed best in biglaw last year of those 3. Unless you hate NY go to Cornell.
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- crossarmant
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Yeah, go where you're getting money. Other wise you're just splitting hairs between them all. The fluctuations on how many go into BigLaw from each will change with each class simply due to the composition of the class. They're all fantastic choices, so pick whatever's cheapest and the area you'd enjoy the most.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
If you want a shot at Chicago, Michigan. If you just want biglaw somewhere, all three are fine.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Historical placement amont the three is comparable. Thus you decision should depend entirely on (i) where you want to practice and (ii) relative CoA.scholarships.
Until we have that info available, it's hard (and generally a useless exercise) to advise one way or another. I would say that, Duke/Michigan > Cornell for everywhere outside of NY/Boston.
Until we have that info available, it's hard (and generally a useless exercise) to advise one way or another. I would say that, Duke/Michigan > Cornell for everywhere outside of NY/Boston.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
M unless you specifically want the south or NYC.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
or D.C. or California.JamMasterJ wrote:M unless you specifically want the south or NYC.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
I'll give Duke D.C., but I don't know about California. I've heard that of MVPDCG, Mich has by far the best reach out west.quakeroats wrote:or D.C. or California.JamMasterJ wrote:M unless you specifically want the south or NYC.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Peer schools are peer.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
West Coast big law is a flame. SF has like 100 spots a summer. And you gotta compete with Stanford, Boalt, UCLA, USC and the top of all the TTT's out there.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
LOL Detroit big lawlquakeroats wrote:Michigan for Detroit and Chicago.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Duke is very good for Southern biglaw, but they didn't even place 40% into the NLJ250 for the C/O 2010 (C/O 2009 wasn't that pretty either). So I would be careful there.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
LOL Chicago big lawl as well.Flips88 wrote:LOL Detroit big lawlquakeroats wrote:Michigan for Detroit and Chicago.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Quaker Oats shall smite thee with his flaming sword.Helmholtz wrote:Duke is very good for Southern biglaw, but they didn't even place 40% into the NLJ250 for the C/O 2010 (C/O 2009 wasn't that pretty either). So I would be careful there.
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- ndirish2010
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Bigger LOL for Detroit. Chicago at least has around 400 spots for SAs this year.Desert Fox wrote:LOL Chicago big lawl as well.Flips88 wrote:LOL Detroit big lawlquakeroats wrote:Michigan for Detroit and Chicago.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Why you gotta crush my dreams, brah?Desert Fox wrote:West Coast big law is a flame. SF has like 100 spots a summer. And you gotta compete with Stanford, Boalt, UCLA, USC and the top of all the TTT's out there.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
I really doubt a median student at Duke has a better shot at DC than a median student from Michigan, and the top 10% at either is probably going to do okay there. It's probably more hurtful than helpful to choose a school for its DC placement.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
I forgot about quakeroats. OP, do you really want to be surrounded by people like that for three years? Then again, there's a very good chance that he's a UNC Law troll trying to make Duke look bad so UNC can return to its rightful spot as the king of Charlotte biglaw.bjsesq wrote:Quaker Oats shall smite thee with his flaming sword.Helmholtz wrote:Duke is very good for Southern biglaw, but they didn't even place 40% into the NLJ250 for the C/O 2010 (C/O 2009 wasn't that pretty either). So I would be careful there.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
With at least 2000 lawl students in state, and probably 2000 more from other midwestern schools.ndirish2010 wrote:Bigger LOL for Detroit. Chicago at least has around 400 spots for SAs this year.Desert Fox wrote:LOL Chicago big lawl as well.Flips88 wrote:LOL Detroit big lawlquakeroats wrote:Michigan for Detroit and Chicago.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Dude, he's got a DFW avatar and uses 50 words to say what he could in 5. Coupled with his Duke Law Degree, he is on the fastpath to SULCROM equity partnership.Helmholtz wrote:I forgot about quakeroats. OP, do you really want to be surrounded by people like that for three years? Then again, there's a very good chance that he's a UNC Law troll trying to make Duke look bad so UNC can return to its rightful spot as the king of Charlotte biglaw.bjsesq wrote:Quaker Oats shall smite thee with his flaming sword.Helmholtz wrote:Duke is very good for Southern biglaw, but they didn't even place 40% into the NLJ250 for the C/O 2010 (C/O 2009 wasn't that pretty either). So I would be careful there.
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Get market paying big law in Detroit->Use $40,000 to buy entire neighborhood worth of houses->Invest another $40,000 in kevlar and ak47s
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Re: Best for Big Law: UMich, Duke, or Cornell?
Yea but those neighborhoods aren't even worth 40K.Flips88 wrote:Get market paying big law in Detroit->Use $40,000 to buy entire neighborhood worth of houses->Invest another $40,000 in kevlar and ak47s
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