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UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:22 am
by liebs378
Thoughts on UCONN law school? perhaps versus Quinnipiac or Northeastern?

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:27 am
by romothesavior

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:36 am
by TheodoreKGB
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Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:41 am
by liebs378
was also looking at Brooklyn and American as well

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:42 am
by romothesavior
liebs378 wrote:was also looking at Brooklyn and American as well

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:50 am
by Otunga
If picking only out of the schools you mentioned, then UConn even without instate intuition. But don't go if you have to pay OOS tuition. I wouldn't think it's a bad deal if you go for instate tuition and close to free and you'd like small firm work in CT. Lots of ands. Can you live at home and go on close to a full ride with instate tuition? Perhaps TLS would be OK with that.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:24 am
by JustHawkin
As long as you're fine with living in CT and the price is right, UConn is the only worthwhile option here.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:30 pm
by banjo
Connecticut is a small market and you're competing with people from Connecticut who attended BU/BC/Fordham and T14s. The COL is high in the job-rich parts of the state. All of your options are risky.

By the way, many CT firms ask for ties.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:51 pm
by Otunga
banjo wrote:Connecticut is a small market and you're competing with people from Connecticut who attended BU/BC/Fordham and T14s. The COL is high in the job-rich parts of the state. All of your options are risky.

By the way, many CT firms ask for ties.
Would generic New England ties be insufficient? Or would those go above the non-NEers but below the CT ties, with other things about equal?

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:17 pm
by banjo
Otunga wrote:
banjo wrote:Connecticut is a small market and you're competing with people from Connecticut who attended BU/BC/Fordham and T14s. The COL is high in the job-rich parts of the state. All of your options are risky.

By the way, many CT firms ask for ties.
Would generic New England ties be insufficient? Or would those go above the non-NEers but below the CT ties, with other things about equal?
I think the second category is right. You can certainly sell New England ties, especially if you enjoy golf, skiing or the outdoors more generally. NE has a distinct culture. Interestingly, I've heard that there's a difference even between Hartford (NE culture) and Stamford (NYC culture).

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:20 pm
by stillwater
banjo wrote:
Otunga wrote:
banjo wrote:Connecticut is a small market and you're competing with people from Connecticut who attended BU/BC/Fordham and T14s. The COL is high in the job-rich parts of the state. All of your options are risky.

By the way, many CT firms ask for ties.
Would generic New England ties be insufficient? Or would those go above the non-NEers but below the CT ties, with other things about equal?
I think the second category is right. You can certainly sell New England ties, especially if you enjoy golf, skiing or the outdoors more generally. NE has a distinct culture. Interestingly, I've heard that there's a difference even between Hartford (NE culture) and Stamford (NYC culture).
Definitely true. Fairfield County is more New Yorky than New Englandy.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:22 pm
by Otunga
stillwater wrote:
banjo wrote:
Otunga wrote:
banjo wrote:Connecticut is a small market and you're competing with people from Connecticut who attended BU/BC/Fordham and T14s. The COL is high in the job-rich parts of the state. All of your options are risky.

By the way, many CT firms ask for ties.
Would generic New England ties be insufficient? Or would those go above the non-NEers but below the CT ties, with other things about equal?
I think the second category is right. You can certainly sell New England ties, especially if you enjoy golf, skiing or the outdoors more generally. NE has a distinct culture. Interestingly, I've heard that there's a difference even between Hartford (NE culture) and Stamford (NYC culture).
Definitely true. Fairfield County is more New Yorky than New Englandy.
I've barely even been to CT (RI and Mass person), so all that is interesting to know.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:08 pm
by LafayetteJeff
Don't see a lot of UConn'ers in the NYC market. The field is crowded. If you apply yourself, then maybe. If you want NYC, any tier 1 in the city or the north jersey schools will be better. If you think you may want to practice in Connecticut, then UConn may make more sense-- but you better want that.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:58 pm
by Cicero76
Eek not QPac. And not Brooklyn. And not American. And I don't even know what northeastern is. Retake? From what I hear around here, UConn is at least not terrible.

Re: UCONN School of Law

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:00 am
by timbs4339
This did not seem to take the first two times it was posted, but
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