Law for judges/profs Forum

[Loyalty]

Hello, I am a prospect law applicant and I am interested in becoming a judge or a law professor (probably after a few years of practicing law especially). What areas/focus of laws are especially good for preparing for the desired route? And, what law schools (top 100) should I look into?

thanks,

Loyalty

[ToTransferOrNot]

Hello, I am a prospect law applicant and I am interested in becoming a judge or a law professor (probably after a few years of practicing law especially). What areas/focus of laws are especially good for preparing for the desired route? And, what law schools (top 100) should I look into?

thanks,

Loyalty

What is this I don't even

[Tom Joad]

Hello, I am a prospect law applicant and I am interested in becoming a judge or a law professor (probably after a few years of practicing law especially). What areas/focus of laws are especially good for preparing for the desired route? And, what law schools (top 100) should I look into?

thanks,

Loyalty

I would look at Yale, Harvard, and Stanford as prospective schools to attend.

[Yukos]

I imagine becoming a judge without more than "a few years" of practicing law is pretty much impossible.

For becoming a professor, Yale. If Yale is impossible, Harvard, Stanford or (maybe) Chicago, with strong grades and a publication. If you can't make those, go to a lesser school and publish like crazy during and after LS.

[JamMasterJ]

Yale

[UnamSanctam]

Yale, Harvard, Stanford

To a lesser extent, Chicago, Columbia. Otherwise, forget about becoming a prof.

[JamMasterJ]

Yale, Harvard, Stanford

To a lesser extent, Chicago, Columbia. Otherwise, forget about becoming a prof.

for academia, Chicago is greater than or equal to Stanford

[Loyalty]

My apologies for not making it clear, I will not be practicing in the U.S. I will be going back to my home country (which does not have any law schools but most of the legal stuff are based on U.S constitution and law). I guess I was not also clear enough to mention that I was especially looking for a specialty/concentration (constitutional, administrative, ???) that is relevant to the job and what schools (doesn't have to THE BEST but within tier 1 &2 range) that are especially good in those areas. I hope that helps....

Loyalty

[CanadianWolf]

Go to the best law school to which you are admitted. Otherwise, ask judges in your home country for recommendations.

P.S. It will be difficult to become a law professor in a country with no law schools.

[HeavenWood]

The good news is that becoming a judge (especially a state judge) has little to do merit. Just befriend the right people from the right political party in your desired region.

[thedive]

Go to a school that has one of the largest law libraries. Judges and profs. are very smart because they read about 16 hours of the day. Make sure to also keep up with local gossip reading such as the National Enquirer, Star Magazine, etc. Judges hate to be out of the loop on anything.

[FlightoftheEarls]

Yale, Harvard, Stanford

To a lesser extent, Chicago, Columbia. Otherwise, forget about becoming a prof.

for academia, Chicago is greater than or equal to Stanford

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... a#p4188514

[mattviphky]

it's not all about practice. My step-dad was telling my about a guy in chicago with a big family name that ran for judge fresh out of law school. Judges in Illinois are elected...not exactly merit-based.

[WSJ_Law]

Lol at this imbecile thinking he'll be a judge just lol

[vanwinkle]

Lol at this imbecile thinking he'll be a judge just lol

[JamMasterJ]

Yale, Harvard, Stanford

To a lesser extent, Chicago, Columbia. Otherwise, forget about becoming a prof.

for academia, Chicago is greater than or equal to Stanford

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... a#p4188514

I stand corrected. I had just heard that Chi is more academia focused than S. Guess not.

[NZA]

My apologies for not making it clear, I will not be practicing in the U.S. I will be going back to my home country (which does not have any law schools but most of the legal stuff are based on U.S constitution and law). I guess I was not also clear enough to mention that I was especially looking for a specialty/concentration (constitutional, administrative, ???) that is relevant to the job and what schools (doesn't have to THE BEST but within tier 1 &2 range) that are especially good in those areas. I hope that helps....

Loyalty

...how are you going to be a law professor in your country if there are no law schools?

Like...you want to teach at the undergraduate level?

[TMC116]

From what i understand, Columbia actually turns out more profs than virtually any other school.

Obviously, if you go into the top 3 then you'll still be in a good position for academia (if you finish really well in your class).

[JamMasterJ]

From what i understand, Columbia actually turns out more profs than virtually any other school.

Obviously, if you go into the top 3 then you'll still be in a good position for academia (if you finish really well in your class).

If you mean by "virtually every school" you mean raw as opposed to per capita, and all but a few, then yes.

[johnnyutah]

I imagine becoming a judge without more than "a few years" of practicing law is pretty much impossible.

You'd be wrong. You just have to be a Senator's son.

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/15/news/mn-28198

[paul34]

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[IAFG]

Go to the best law school to which you are admitted. Otherwise, ask judges in your home country for recommendations.

P.S. It will be difficult to become a law professor in a country with no law schools.

This is the only good advice ITT so far.

No one here even knows what your home country is, and probably even if you told us, we couldn't meaningfully help you figure this out. You need a good mentor back home (and I would ask multiple people for advice to try to find some consensus).

If you've already done that and they've just said to get some American JD, the curriculum at most schools is pretty equivalent so I would be bargain-shopping. If money were no object, I'd probably be aiming for DC-area schools.

[FlightoftheEarls]

From what i understand, Columbia actually turns out more profs than virtually any other school.

Obviously, if you go into the top 3 then you'll still be in a good position for academia (if you finish really well in your class).

[anstone1988]

My apologies for not making it clear, I will not be practicing in the U.S. I will be going back to my home country (which does not have any law schools but most of the legal stuff are based on U.S constitution and law). I guess I was not also clear enough to mention that I was especially looking for a specialty/concentration (constitutional, administrative, ???) that is relevant to the job and what schools (doesn't have to THE BEST but within tier 1 &2 range) that are especially good in those areas. I hope that helps....

Loyalty

If abroad, then Harvard. If in the US, then Yale.

[SehMeSerrious]

If you've already done that and they've just said to get some American JD, the curriculum at most schools is pretty equivalent so I would be bargain-shopping. If money were no object, I'd probably be aiming for DC-area schools.

Just curious, why DC over other areas?