Top Law Schools

I'm going to be apply for the entering class of 2013, and I'm having some trouble narrowing down my list of schools to apply to (currently 30, hoping to knock off a few, though I also want as much leverage as possible for negotiation). Does it make any sense applying to these schools if I want to end up practicing in either California or New York? I figure I'll get significantly more aid from them then I will from anything in California/New York/Boston.

Abysmally. Next?

mrloblaw wrote:Abysmally. Next?

+1. This isn't a good plan, OP. lawschooltransparency.com will be able to give you a good idea of where the graduates place.

Bad. Top 5-10% and you have a chance, but even then its definitely not guaranteed.

Illinois undergrad has a very large DC network, but I'm not sure that transfers at all to law jobs.
Indiana would most likely be better for NY and Iowa best for nothing.

Illinois is definitely the greatest bet. But not a great bet.

tennisballs wrote: Indiana would most likely be better for NY

IU-B isn't good for well-paying employment in Indiana, let alone on the coasts, and especially not in NYC.

Grizz wrote:

tennisballs wrote: Indiana would most likely be better for NY

IU-B isn't good for well-paying employment in Indiana, let alone on the coasts, and especially not in NYC.

?. i'm genuinely curious about this statement

mattviphky wrote:

Grizz wrote:

tennisballs wrote: Indiana would most likely be better for NY

IU-B isn't good for well-paying employment in Indiana, let alone on the coasts, and especially not in NYC.

?. i'm genuinely curious about this statement

See low NLJ250 stats for one, the midwest T25 OCI thread, and all the other anecdotes on here about people with awesome class rankings not getting jobs in major markets and having a hell of a time generally.

IUB is a shithole hth

Grizz wrote:

mattviphky wrote:

Grizz wrote:

tennisballs wrote: Indiana would most likely be better for NY

IU-B isn't good for well-paying employment in Indiana, let alone on the coasts, and especially not in NYC.

?. i'm genuinely curious about this statement

See low NLJ250 stats for one, the midwest T25 OCI thread, and all the other anecdotes on here about people with awesome class rankings not getting jobs in major markets and having a hell of a time generally.

I transferred out of IU. Job prospects are non-existent outside of the top 10%. Those within the top 10% are placed in Indy, and 1-5 individual students may make Chicago. NY is highly unlikely, as is DC.

IU is not a top 25, despite their ranking. Its peer schools place significantly better - its ranking proves nothing more than that money can buy you love from USNWR (see Maurer donation)

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Non top-5% IUB students should drop out

When I visited IUB's law school, I sat down for a talk with the director of the career office there to ask where Indiana students work after graduation. He explained that he went to Indiana undergrad, Indiana law school, and worked his whole life in Indiana, and thought that Indiana was an excellent place to have a career. It's a special way of life in Indiana, he said, and the students who come to law school there tend to agree. The proof is that they attract most of their students from outside the state of Indiana, but many of those choose to stay in Indiana to work after they graduate.

Make of that what you will. I can't speak to Iowa or Illinois.

Bumi wrote:When I visited IUB's law school, I sat down for a talk with the director of the career office there to ask where Indiana students work after graduation. He explained that he went to Indiana undergrad, Indiana law school, and worked his whole life in Indiana, and thought that Indiana was an excellent place to have a career. It's a special way of life in Indiana, he said, and the students who come to law school there tend to agree. The proof is that they attract most of their students from outside the state of Indiana, but many of those choose to stay in Indiana to work after they graduate.

Make of that what you will. I can't speak to Iowa or Illinois.

LOL @ "choose to stay"

LOL @ "choose to stay"[/quote]

Maybe the out of staters develop Stockholm Syndrome

Bumi wrote:He explained that he went to Indiana undergrad, Indiana law school, and worked his whole life in Indiana, and thought that Indiana was an excellent place to have a career. It's a special way of life in Indiana, he said, and the students who come to law school there tend to agree.

I'm totally imagining this being said in the voice of a tent revival preacher. Yikes.