For some background, I am someone who resides within NYS and would preferably like to go to a law school in metro NY. I have applied to NYU, Cardozo, Brooklyn, St. John's, Fordham and Hofstra. I am currently waiting for decisions from NYU and Fordham and it seems to be delayed because of COVID-19. At the moment, seat deposits are due soon and I have a decision to make, what would you do? If possible please explain your position in terms of bar passage % and future employment. I am someone who would preferably like to remain in small or mid-sized law firm but will do a few years in Big Law if necessary (it probably will be).
(Please be kind as this process is not easy)
I received:
22K per year from Cardozo (#53), where there is no minimum gpa required to retain after each year
30K per year from SJU (#74), if I remain in the top 80% after each year
A full ride from Hofstra (#102) (60k a year), if I remain in the top 50% of my class after each year
36K per year from Brooklyn Law (#83), if I remain in the top 80% after each year.
CARDOZO, BROOKLYN OR SJU Forum
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Re: CARDOZO, BROOKLYN OR SJU
I would look at the placement stats between I dunno 2011 and 2013 give or take from these schools and assume that you’ll be graduating into the same climate.
Here’s a spoiler alert: they’ll be bad. When the Econ folds, schools of this level (and even Fordham) take a massive hit.
TCR = retake if you don’t land NYU.
Here’s a spoiler alert: they’ll be bad. When the Econ folds, schools of this level (and even Fordham) take a massive hit.
TCR = retake if you don’t land NYU.
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Re: CARDOZO, BROOKLYN OR SJU
Biglaw is not something you can treat as a fallback option from any of these schools. It's an outcome that only the top students in the class get a chance at. And as pointed out, the number of students at these schools who get that opportunity will shrink dramatically in the coming years.LSCANDIDATE wrote:I am someone who would preferably like to remain in small or mid-sized law firm but will do a few years in Big Law if necessary (it probably will be).
None of these are good options. Hofstra for free sounds nice, but it's a conditional scholarship that you could easily lose. The other schools, even ignoring the conditions on scholarships (any condition is a bad condition), will leave you with too much debt to reasonably service on your likely salary. A biglaw salary would be necessary to pay that debt off, but you almost certainly won't get biglaw from any of these.