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I hope to practice in California, as that is where I am from. I have spent the last four years living in manhattan and wouldn't mind going to school here if I could go back to California. I still have two deposits down for fall, one at fordham and another at a school in SoCal (Fordham is ranked higher and has better employment numbers, but I don't know what those figures mean for me as I would look for a job in CA not NY). Because Fordham is ranked higher and has better numbers, should I go there over a California school even though California is where I want to ultimately end up?

You shouldn't go to Fordham at all without a pretty decent scholarship. And definitely don't plan on being able to get back to CA with a degree from Fordham.

http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/fordham/

Going to Fordham to end up in CA is a bad idea

what's you other choice

Don't go to Loyola unless you have a full ride and are aching for small firm/local government work paying like 50k starting out.

My choice is between Loyola with nearly a full ride, and fordham with a small scholarship but a lot need based aid. I was set on Loyola but two attorneys I spoke to about my choices said I should definitely go with Fordham as it is the better school of the two. I just don't know if their advice is very valuable as they both are older attorneys who went to law school in the early 80's and the market has changed so much since/

BigZuck wrote:Don't go to Pepperdine unless you have a full ride and are aching for small firm/local government work paying like 50k starting out.

Lol Pepperdine is no where in this discussion, trying deciding between Fordham and Loyola but thanks?

giantsfan19192 wrote:

BigZuck wrote:Don't go to Pepperdine unless you have a full ride and are aching for small firm/local government work paying like 50k starting out.

Lol Pepperdine is no where in this discussion, trying deciding between Fordham and Loyola but thanks?

My B bro, I was way off base. I went back and corrected my post, it should read properly now.

What do you want to do with your law degree?

goldenflash19 wrote:What do you want to do with your law degree?

I would like to work in international business, but I'm open to different areas of law depending on what find I'm interested in during law school

giantsfan19192 wrote:

goldenflash19 wrote:What do you want to do with your law degree?

I would like to work in international business, but I'm open to different areas of law depending on what find I'm interested in during law school

What do you mean by international business?

If you're talking about large firm work probably a small percentage of the class at Fordham does big law with an international bent and I'm guessing 0 or extremely close to 0 percentage of grads at Loyola do.

But maybe I'm misinterpreting. Can you be specific about what types of jobs you're talking about?

BigZuck wrote:

giantsfan19192 wrote:

goldenflash19 wrote:What do you want to do with your law degree?

I would like to work in international business, but I'm open to different areas of law depending on what find I'm interested in during law school

What do you mean by international business?

If you're talking about large firm work probably a small percentage of the class at Fordham does big law with an international bent and I'm guessing 0 or extremely close to 0 percentage of grads at Loyola do.

But maybe I'm misinterpreting. Can you be specific about what types of jobs you're talking about?

Interested in Project finance, international tax, and cross-border IP disputes,international trade disputes etc. Either with large firms, boutique firms, or for government agencies

giantsfan19192 wrote:

BigZuck wrote:

giantsfan19192 wrote:

goldenflash19 wrote:What do you want to do with your law degree?

I would like to work in international business, but I'm open to different areas of law depending on what find I'm interested in during law school

What do you mean by international business?

If you're talking about large firm work probably a small percentage of the class at Fordham does big law with an international bent and I'm guessing 0 or extremely close to 0 percentage of grads at Loyola do.

But maybe I'm misinterpreting. Can you be specific about what types of jobs you're talking about?

Interested in Project finance, international tax, and cross-border IP disputes,international trade disputes etc. Either with large firms, boutique firms, or for government agencies

Yeah, I mean, that stuff is almost certainly not going to happen from either school and definitely not Loyola. Maybe slim chance at Fordham, but it'll require excellent grades (which are pretty much impossible to predict) and even that might not be sufficient.

I know that from either school the path to the career I want is going to be very difficult, but at this point I need to figure out which option would make it easier. The local school or the higher ranked out of state school..

giantsfan19192 wrote:I know that from either school the path to the career I want is going to be very difficult, but at this point I need to figure out which option would make it easier. The local school or the higher ranked out of state school..

Neither.

Retake/reapply and aim higher

Seeing as you're not going to listen to anyone tell you "neither", definitely Loyola. When you realize how "very difficult" doesn't refer to your ability to get a job and instead relies entirely on factors completely outside your control, come back and warn other 0Ls.