Top Law Schools

If cost isn't an issue and we are assuming I am NOT top 10% regardless of the school then which of these would give me better job prospects upon graduation?

Edit: I've already applied to these schools and been accepted to some and still waiting to hear from others. I did the poll to help me narrow down my options. Your comments are appreciated as well.

havanese11 wrote:If cost isn't an issue and we are assuming I am NOT top 10% regardless of the school then which of these would give me better job prospects upon graduation?

http://www.lawschooltransparency.com

Need more information. COA is still relevant unless job prospects differ significantly. Any special abilities or work experience may also affect your employment results. Contacts to the area.

Wasn't there something (from a few years back now) that had Fordham having some ridiculously high average starting salary?

Gatriel wrote:Wasn't there something (from a few years back now) that had Fordham having some ridiculously high average starting salary?

Pre-ITE Fordham was a pretty damn good law school. Such a shame

Where are you from/where do you want to work?

ChampagnePapi wrote:

Gatriel wrote:Wasn't there something (from a few years back now) that had Fordham having some ridiculously high average starting salary?

Pre-ITE Fordham was a pretty damn good law school. Such a shame

Still significant shot at Biglaw

dingbat wrote:

ChampagnePapi wrote:

Gatriel wrote:Wasn't there something (from a few years back now) that had Fordham having some ridiculously high average starting salary?

Pre-ITE Fordham was a pretty damn good law school. Such a shame

Still significant shot at Biglaw

Agreed, with a scholly I still think Fordham is a great option

Definitly GW or F for pure salary. Of course cost of living will be higher in those markets too....

Iowa and Wisc are good bets if you are ok with staying there. They dominate their markets + cheap COL

Putting American on the list is a joke, right?

I don't know why GW is outperforming Fordham by as much as it is.

dingbat wrote:I don't know why GW is outperforming Fordham by as much as it is.

Highest USNWR Ranking of the schools on the list. Raking in those 0L lurker votes.

It depends where you're from. Going to a regional school might be a waste of your time if the market is insular and not open to outsiders.

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cinephile wrote:It depends where you're from. Going to a regional school might be a waste of your time if the market is insular and not open to outsiders.

Hence why Fordham is the best option. It's more or less tied with GW for placement and with W&L and W&M for rankings, but it's in the major market that is least insular and most open to outsiders

Retake and reapply next cycle.

Where do you live? If midwest, Wisconsin/OSU. Otherwise Fordham/retake

dingbat wrote:

cinephile wrote:It depends where you're from. Going to a regional school might be a waste of your time if the market is insular and not open to outsiders.

Hence why Fordham is the best option. It's more or less tied with GW for placement and with W&L and W&M for rankings, but it's in the major market that is least insular and most open to outsiders

Yeah cuz everyone in Wisconsin is... racist? irrational? scared of.. southerners?

Guys, people who hire lawyers are lawyers, not hillbillys who don't like you because "ur not from around here, ain't cha?"

The only reason to worry about ties to an area is if you can't convince employers that you are committed to living and working in that area. Going to the local school, Wisco, gets you 9/10 of the way to a credible story about why you want to live in Milwaukee. That is, of course, unless you are dumb enough to attend Wisconsin--Madison with hopes of working in FL. In that case there is no hope for you, anyway.

JamMasterJ wrote:Where do you live? If midwest, Wisconsin/OSU. Otherwise Fordham/retake

+1

Way to burn someone for talking about ties and then agree with them.

InGoodFaith wrote:Way to burn someone for talking about ties and then agree with them.

Thx.

Come back with an LSAT score, uGPA, and scholarship numbers. Until then, this thread is pretty useless.

I hear Fordham has pretty solid employment statistics. Kind of need to know more about you and what your ideal endgame is.

John Milton wrote:I hear Fordham has pretty solid employment statistics. Kind of need to know more about you and what your ideal endgame is.

Well, you heard wrong. Anyone but the very top Fordham students are going to end up hosed. If you're the average Fordham grad be prepared to get in-line behind Columbia, NYU, Cornell, and all the other Ivy grads and Stanford grads that flock to the super desirable, super saturated NYC market.

Pro tip: Law schools all like you to think they have "pretty solid" employment numbers.

OP is asking the wrong questions.

John Milton wrote:I hear Fordham has pretty solid employment statistics. Kind of need to know more about you and what your ideal endgame is.

About a quarter get biglaw or fed clerkship, so you need to be at least top 1/3 to be competitive. Above median you should be able to find a real lawyer job. Bottom 1/3 goes on welfare.

dingbat wrote:

John Milton wrote:I hear Fordham has pretty solid employment statistics. Kind of need to know more about you and what your ideal endgame is.

About a quarter get biglaw or fed clerkship, so you need to be at least top 1/3 to be competitive. Above median you should be able to find a real lawyer job. Bottom 1/3 goes on welfare.

+1000