Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help Forum

[mdog3000]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the law school scene coming from a science undergrad background (Marine Science and Biochemistry double major with a Business minor), and am looking for advice on a law school choice. I'm taking the LSAT in October, but I should be around 170ish. My GRE is verbal 165 (95th), quant 165 (92nd), writing 5 (92nd) and I have a 4.0 GPA.

I want to do marine (ocean) law and am looking at schools with joint degree programs. My issue is, it seems that University of Miami has a really strong marine law program but a weak law program in general. Would going there hurt my job prospects even though they're top in that field or should I shoot for a joint degree in a more broad and less useful "environmental" law program at a T14 like Duke or Berkeley?

Side note, chances of full tuition?

Thanks everyone

[timbs4339]

Curious, what do you think 'marine law' is?

[mdog3000]

I mean marine affairs. So like coastal, conservation law.

See this for examples of programs at Miami
http://www.law.miami.edu/academics/jd-mps.php?op=0

[Myself]

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[t-14orbust]

lol dude marine law, really? Everyone knows bird law is where it's at

[hephaestus]

Like environmental law? These fields you're interested are pretty barren. Your best shot at any of these type of jobs is HYS and that's it.

Yes. Not Miami. Preferably, you'll land at HYS or a T14 with $$$.

[nebula666]

Are you still OK being a lawyer and not working in whatever you think "marine law" is? If not, don't go.

[sopranorleone]

With a 4.0 and a biochemistry major, you should seriously consider going to a T14 and doing IP. Take the patent bar exam before law school even.