Cheaper to Make a Lateral Transfer to Georgetown
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:48 am
Question:
I am currently at a 15-25 law school and last semester, after doing some investigating, I realized that my current school's LRAP program does not cover jobs in federal government, only non-profit work (contrary to my impression of LRAP when I decided to attend). My main career goals all involve federal government and I've been trying to square how I can continue to pursue this without having to pay an arm and a leg while I pay off my loans through IBR. I have a $25,000/year scholarship currently but predict being 85,000-100,000 in debt by the end of three years. I placed around the top 10% (approximately because my school doesn't rank) in my first semester and I ended up applying to Georgetown Early Action and was accepted.
Now GULC has a very generous LRAP program and I've confirmed that I would be eligible for it and it would cover what I want to do. My question is would it be worth it to transfer for the financial reasons weighed against the lower opportunity for law review/journal and (somewhat) burning bridges with my 1L professors, whom I really like. I have an interest in applying for federal clerkships and realize having those 1L professors in your corner is necessary.
Other factors to consider is that although I really like it at my current school, I don' really have any intention of staying in the region and otherwise have no connection to the area. I understand that that law review at my current school is not a guarantee but it would be even harder to make by doing the transfer write-on competition at Georgetown and GULC is not telling me how many how many spots are reserved for transfers on each journal nor how many transfers compete in the write-on.
Any thoughts one way or another. I appreciate any help!
I am currently at a 15-25 law school and last semester, after doing some investigating, I realized that my current school's LRAP program does not cover jobs in federal government, only non-profit work (contrary to my impression of LRAP when I decided to attend). My main career goals all involve federal government and I've been trying to square how I can continue to pursue this without having to pay an arm and a leg while I pay off my loans through IBR. I have a $25,000/year scholarship currently but predict being 85,000-100,000 in debt by the end of three years. I placed around the top 10% (approximately because my school doesn't rank) in my first semester and I ended up applying to Georgetown Early Action and was accepted.
Now GULC has a very generous LRAP program and I've confirmed that I would be eligible for it and it would cover what I want to do. My question is would it be worth it to transfer for the financial reasons weighed against the lower opportunity for law review/journal and (somewhat) burning bridges with my 1L professors, whom I really like. I have an interest in applying for federal clerkships and realize having those 1L professors in your corner is necessary.
Other factors to consider is that although I really like it at my current school, I don' really have any intention of staying in the region and otherwise have no connection to the area. I understand that that law review at my current school is not a guarantee but it would be even harder to make by doing the transfer write-on competition at Georgetown and GULC is not telling me how many how many spots are reserved for transfers on each journal nor how many transfers compete in the write-on.
Any thoughts one way or another. I appreciate any help!