Notre Dame reputation in the South Forum

[flman70]

Thank you all in advance for your insight and guidance.

I am curious as to Notre Dame Law's reputation in the Southeast, specifically Atlanta. While I recognize that it is not considered a national law school, I was wondering if its generally prestigious name carries any weight in ATL.

I appreciate your time - all you tls posters have provided me with incredible advice during my admissions process.

[cavalier1138]

Regional schools have regional reputation.

Could you get a job in Atlanta from ND if you had ties? Sure. But it takes the same numbers to get into Emory, and that's going to be the obvious choice for the Atlanta job market.

[AJordan]

I gathered during my research that ND has a reputation, in some circles, for being a decent environment to cultivate conservative catholic law students into that fraternity of like-minded individuals. Think FedSoc, Heritage Foundation etc. If that sounds like you, there may some more opportunity for you than is readily apparent but that's said with a huge grain of salt. In those situations it probably does not pay to target a market.

If you really want ATL a good minimum goal might be UGA for free.

[QContinuum]

I gathered during my research that ND has a reputation, in some circles, for being a decent environment to cultivate conservative catholic law students into that fraternity of like-minded individuals. Think FedSoc, Heritage Foundation etc. If that sounds like you, there may some more opportunity for you than is readily apparent but that's said with a huge grain of salt. In those situations it probably does not pay to target a market.

Sure, I can see that, but even still, for someone targeting ATL in particular, wouldn't it still make more sense to attend Emory and join FedSoc there? ND's right-wing ties would probably be most useful for right-wingers targeting D.C. positions.