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Can anyone give advice/stats about getting a job outside NY/NJ from Fordham? I'm an entering 2L with good but not stellar grades, and a lifelong New Yorker without any real connections to the the markets I'm thinking about (Texas, Florida and a couple of others) but am not so certain I'd like to stay in town.

My understanding is that your chances are best in major markets out of state. I have heard Texas is very hard to break into without ties. I would talk to our CPC about your preferences. I know the school is actively encouraging people to spread out from the tri-state area, and I think they could give you solid advice about how to approach other markets. It's not impossible. Most Fordham grads stay here, but there is a gigantic amount of self selection in that group.

Thanks, OS. A quick search on Martindale gives a total of 67 Fordham alums in the entire state of Texas, and a number of them did undergrad in the state. That doesn't seem too promising.

Especially right now with more jobseekers than jobs, Texas firms are using existing Texas ties as a way to weed out applicants. If you don't have ties to Texas, and you're not going to school in Texas, you should not plan on getting a job in Texas.

This is not to say it's impossible, just that it's very, very unlikely.

vanwinkle wrote:Especially right now with more jobseekers than jobs, Texas firms are using existing Texas ties as a way to weed out applicants. If you don't have ties to Texas, and you're not going to school in Texas, you should not plan on getting a job in Texas.

This is not to say it's impossible, just that it's very, very unlikely.

This is truth. I mean a lot of it is self selection- people that want Texas tend to have Texas ties, or at least some reason for going there. Outside NYC (and vicinity), our school's alumni network is strongest in places like San Francisco, LA, Boston, and Miami.