Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help Forum
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Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help
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
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
Last edited by mdog3000 on Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Marine Law- School Choice Help
Curious, what do you think 'marine law' is?
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Re: Marine Law- School Choice Help
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
See this for examples of programs at Miami
http://www.law.miami.edu/academics/jd-mps.php?op=0
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Re: Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help
lol dude marine law, really? Everyone knows bird law is where it's at
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Re: Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help
Yes. Not Miami. Preferably, you'll land at HYS or a T14 with $$$.ajax adonis wrote: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.
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Re: Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help
Are you still OK being a lawyer and not working in whatever you think "marine law" is? If not, don't go.
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Re: Marine/Ocean Affairs- School Choice Help
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.