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These are both important points. With a huge class size and a home market desired by every T14, it leads to greater competition than the rest of the T14.bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
GULC's lay prestige is ridiculous. When I told people back home I was going to Virginia, they'd keep responding with, "If you're moving near DC, why don't you try for Georgetown?"bdubs wrote:Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
1. High lay prestige relative to legal prestigethedude221 wrote:Also, what are the comparisons of Georgetown to Cornell? I've already gotten into GULC and I was mulling over whether to apply to Cornell but I would rather live in DC anyway so if they are the same in terms of prestige and job prospects then i ll probably stick with GULC.
Fair enough, if I am interested in practicing in the Atlanta area though will that help me since fewer Georgetown grads likely go down there so I won't have as big of a problem differentiating myself? And most of the graduates who I'll be competing will have mostly gone to lower ranked schools?vanwinkle wrote:These are both important points. With a huge class size and a home market desired by every T14, it leads to greater competition than the rest of the T14.bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
GULC's lay prestige is ridiculous. When I told people back home I was going to Virginia, they'd keep responding with, "If you're moving near DC, why don't you try for Georgetown?"bdubs wrote:Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
As much as folks put down GULC here, it is a well-respected law school in the legal market. The problems are just that there are so many GULC grads and heavy competition for DC-area jobs. Those things make things rougher for most GULC students, but they don't mean the degree isn't respected in the profession.
vanderbilt? really? my impression was that T14 always trumps non T14 even when that non T14 is in that market.CanadianWolf wrote:My impression is that Atlanta firms favor Duke & Vanderbilt over Georgetown.
Or a higher percentage of Duke and Vanderbilt's students are from Atlanta.CanadianWolf wrote:My impression is that Atlanta firms favor Duke & Vanderbilt over Georgetown.
MissLucky wrote:vanderbilt? really? my impression was that T14 always trumps non T14 even when that non T14 is in that market.CanadianWolf wrote:My impression is that Atlanta firms favor Duke & Vanderbilt over Georgetown.
If you're from the Atlanta area (or the South generally enough), GULC would be great for you. If you're not, Atlanta employers are going to look at you and go "WTF are you applying here for?"thedude221 wrote:Fair enough, if I am interested in practicing in the Atlanta area though will that help me since fewer Georgetown grads likely go down there so I won't have as big of a problem differentiating myself? And most of the graduates who I'll be competing will have mostly gone to lower ranked schools?
A law student graduates from a T-14 school and falls in a forest. No one is there to see this. Does she make a sound?nonprofit-prophet wrote:MissLucky wrote:vanderbilt? really? my impression was that T14 always trumps non T14 even when that non T14 is in that market.CanadianWolf wrote:My impression is that Atlanta firms favor Duke & Vanderbilt over Georgetown.
Cornell grad and UT grad both apply for a job at V&E in Dallas. Both have similar grades. who gets the job?
The law school of the hiring partner is not really an important factor at all.CanadianWolf wrote:More important than where the law students are from is from what law school did the hiring partners graduate.
bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
DC has that "reputation" everywhere, bro. It's because it's true.bostlaw wrote:bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
Truth.RVP11 wrote:DC has that "reputation" everywhere, bro. It's because it's true.bostlaw wrote:bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
Even at Harvard? DC is the second largest legal market in the country, I can't imagine that it is very hard for a Harvard grad to find a market paying job here.vanwinkle wrote:Truth.RVP11 wrote:DC has that "reputation" everywhere, bro. It's because it's true.bostlaw wrote:bdubs wrote:Georgetown is 3x the size of Cornell and it seems to hurt the grads in terms of recruiting prospects. I guess its harder to differentiate yourself when you have 600 peers instead of 200.
Additionally, DC has a reputation on TLS as being a very hard market to break into. Cornell naturally feeds into NYC while Georgetown is at a bit of a disadvantage on its home turf.
Lay prestige at Georgetown is high, while its prestige amongst law firms is probably on par with Cornell if not slightly higher.
I personally think that TLS exaggerates the difficulty a bit, but it's definitely harder than the other mass legal market: NYC.bdubs wrote:Even at Harvard? DC is the second largest legal market in the country, I can't imagine that it is very hard for a Harvard grad to find a market paying job here.
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