Benefits of the Coif? Forum
-
- Posts: 90
- Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:00 am
Benefits of the Coif?
Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
- Avian
- Posts: 274
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:04 pm
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
Some schools cut off at different percentages for latin honors, so order of the coif can be an additional indicator of performance because I believe it's universally top 10%, e.g., magna cum laude is top 15%omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
- rpupkin
- Posts: 5653
- Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:32 pm
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
If you are at a school that doesn't rank its students (or doesn't permit its students to put their class ranks on their resumes), coif signals that you are in the top 10% of your class. Otherwise, there is no substantive benefit.
-
- Posts: 37
- Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:13 am
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
At my law school, absolutely nothing. There are no events or anything. We pay the fee to put it on our resume. However, I think it is a good investment for the price. Resumes count for a lot where legal employment, including clerkships, are concerned.omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
-
- Posts: 92
- Joined: Mon May 02, 2016 5:50 am
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
Shit! Magna is 15% at your school. My school cut magna off at about 7%. Just to get cum laude you had to be like top 15-20%. I finished right outside coif and got cum laude. T1 for reference.Avian wrote:Some schools cut off at different percentages for latin honors, so order of the coif can be an additional indicator of performance because I believe it's universally top 10%, e.g., magna cum laude is top 15%omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login
- sublime
- Posts: 17385
- Joined: Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:21 pm
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
ihadadream wrote:At my law school, absolutely nothing. There are no events or anything. We pay the fee to put it on our resume. However, I think it is a good investment for the price. Resumes count for a lot where legal employment, including clerkships, are concerned.omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
There's a fee? I thought it was just something that happens. And how would there be school events since you don't know until after graduation
- TLSModBot
- Posts: 14835
- Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:54 am
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
The actual coif you get afterwards in the mail though is pretty cool
it can mitigate puncture damage from most arrow attacks and bladed weaponry
it can mitigate puncture damage from most arrow attacks and bladed weaponry
- Avian
- Posts: 274
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:04 pm
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
No, that was just an example. But your school is another example of why order of the coif might matter versus magna cum laude.WinSome wrote:Shit! Magna is 15% at your school. My school cut magna off at about 7%. Just to get cum laude you had to be like top 15-20%. I finished right outside coif and got cum laude. T1 for reference.Avian wrote:Some schools cut off at different percentages for latin honors, so order of the coif can be an additional indicator of performance because I believe it's universally top 10%, e.g., magna cum laude is top 15%omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
- Barack O'Drama
- Posts: 3272
- Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:21 pm
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
Capitol_Idea wrote:The actual coif you get afterwards in the mail though is pretty cool
it can mitigate puncture damage from most arrow attacks and bladed weaponry

Last edited by Barack O'Drama on Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Posts: 37
- Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:13 am
Re: Benefits of the Coif?
They wrote us a formal letter offering membership. We had to pay a fee. I can't remember show much it was. It was certainly less than $100, though perhaps in the ballpark of $50.sublime wrote:ihadadream wrote:At my law school, absolutely nothing. There are no events or anything. We pay the fee to put it on our resume. However, I think it is a good investment for the price. Resumes count for a lot where legal employment, including clerkships, are concerned.omegaomega wrote:Aside from putting it on your resume and web bio, what are the benefits of being a member of the Coif? As far as "prestige" goes, doesn't latin honor (i.e., magna cum laude) do the same thing?
There's a fee? I thought it was just something that happens. And how would there be school events since you don't know until after graduation