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law1776 wrote:Wondering what you think about Regent with full scholarship? Read somewhere that 23% of their honors students got judicial clerkships out of class of 2016. That doesn't sound bad.

What is the percentage of honors students out of the total class?

lymenheimer wrote:

law1776 wrote:Wondering what you think about Regent with full scholarship? Read somewhere that 23% of their honors students got judicial clerkships out of class of 2016. That doesn't sound bad.

What is the percentage of honors students out of the total class?

23% can be approximated by 3/13 so "honors" is probably top 10% and 3 of those kids got clerkships out of a class of 130 or so.

pancakes3 wrote:

lymenheimer wrote:

law1776 wrote:Wondering what you think about Regent with full scholarship? Read somewhere that 23% of their honors students got judicial clerkships out of class of 2016. That doesn't sound bad.

What is the percentage of honors students out of the total class?

23% can be approximated by 3/13 so "honors" is probably top 10% and 3 of those kids got clerkships out of a class of 130 or so.

That's what I figured. I wasn't sure if "Honors" was the label of one of their scholarship programs or something.

You're going to run into a lot of obstacles with a JD from Regent.

First, you're in a metropolitan area that already has a good law school (William and Mary). Second you're in a state that's already packed with higher ranked law schools (George Mason ASSlaw, Richmond, Washington and Lee) and, most notably, the 500 lb gorilla UVA. Then, to add insult to injury, you've got another hyper-evangelical law school (Liberty) in your same state splitting/diluting the only niche Regent has.

All this is reflected in the school's employment statistics from the last graduating class, 15 people (out of a class of 118) were completely unemployed while only 2 had federal clerkships. 0 people were in big or midlaw. http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/ ... ends/2015/

So, as I see it, their headline should actually read "Regent: where you're 7 times more likely to be completely unemployed than to get a desirable outcome."

So, while free is nice, it's only half of the equation. I'd try again and attempt to go free at a school with a decent shot at meaningful employment upon graduation.

With a full ride, your downside risk is obviously pretty small. But the top outcomes aren't that great as acknowledged, so youd have to make sure you had no desire to do biglaw. If you have a desire to do biglaw, take out some debt and go to a higher ranked school. If you are fine doing whatever it is the top 25% Regent grads do, then sure going to Regent is fine. I think it's pretty safe to assume that with a full scholly, you'll be able to get top 25% at this sort of school if you put in the work (do all the reading, outline, study your ass off during finals).

terrible option

law1776 wrote:Wondering what you think about Regent with full scholarship? Read somewhere that 23% of their honors students got judicial clerkships out of class of 2016. That doesn't sound bad.

Are you a conservative culture warrior with a lot of connections in the Republican party? If so, it could get you some street cred. If you just want to be a lawyer and don't care about politics, there are far better options.

Judicial clerkship =/= federal clerkship

To be fair, at least one of their 2016 grads has a US District and US Circuit clerkship lined up right now. But you should definitely assume that won't be you. Even if you have the numbers to get a full scholarship, you should still assume you won't be #1 in your class, and even being #1 in your class wouldn't guarantee that outcome.