Rankings Forum

[nikkiblast]

Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding US school rankings.
When choosing which school to go to, should we factor in the US school law rankings as well the college ranking?

Ie.
Univ of Miami law is ranked 76 but the school is ranked 44
Florida State Univ law is ranked 48 but the school is ranked 97


Would Florida State be the better choice since the law rankings is better?

[Nova]

Do not factor in any kind of rankings

USNWR is garbage

Use this: http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/

[nikkiblast]

Do not factor in any kind of rankings

USNWR is garbage

Use this: http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/

Thanks for your advice. I have been using the rankings along with the law school transparency site.
So the rank of the US college itself shouldn't matter? Just its law rankings should?

[Nova]

So the rank of the US college itself shouldn't matter? Just its law rankings should?

Neither matter.

[North]

Neither matter.

This is correct.

OP:

Where do you want to work?

How will you be financing your degree?

What kind of job do you want that you need a law degree to be able to do?

[Aawaldrop]

Things to use in deciding on a law school:
Financing
Employment Post-grad (and summer)
Location

Things not to use in deciding on a lawl school:
Rankings
Quality of the Undergraduate School
Library space per capita

[rad lulz]

Do not factor in any kind of rankings

USNWR is garbage

Use this: http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/

[nikkiblast]

I want to live in either California or Florida. I've been accepted to San Diego and Miami now.

[North]

I want to live in either California or Florida. I've been accepted to San Diego and Miami now.

Okay, one down. Next up:

How will you be financing your degree?

What kind of job do you want that you need a law degree to be able to do?

[nikkiblast]

I want to live in either California or Florida. I've been accepted to San Diego and Miami now.

Okay, one down. Next up:

How will you be financing your degree?

What kind of job do you want that you need a law degree to be able to do?

1. By getting loans and help from my parents
2. I want to become a business lawyer

[exitoptions]

1. By getting loans and help from my parents
2. I want to become a business lawyer

You really need to do some more research into the profession. Every private practitioner is a "business lawyer."

[rad lulz]

1. By getting loans and help from my parents
2. I want to become a business lawyer

1) How much are you taking out in loans for each. Include 3 years worth of interest
2) "Business lawyer" is a meaningless phrase. What do you actually want to do

[North]

I want to live in either California or Florida. I've been accepted to San Diego and Miami now.

Okay, one down. Next up:

How will you be financing your degree?

What kind of job do you want that you need a law degree to be able to do?

1. By getting loans and help from my parents
2. I want to become a business lawyer

We'll start with San Diego.

A law degree from San Diego costs $244,149.00. On the whole, only 45% of graduates from this school are able to get jobs as lawyers. Law firms that do what you likely imagine is "business law" are large firms that employ over 100 attorneys. San Diego only places 6.9% of it's graduates into these firms. The other 38% of the 45% of graduates that get jobs as lawyers are very, very unlikely (read: they don't) to make enough money to make payments on their $244,149.00 loan (plus compounding interest).

By attending this school, you'd be taking on a life-ruining amount of debt for a law degree that offers you less than a coin-flip's chance at becoming an attorney, and less than a 7% chance at actually being able to pay back the quarter-million dollars you owe.

Now tell me: do you think it's worth a quarter million dollars (plus compounding interest) of (1) money your parents worked hard for and (2) money you don't currently have and are unlikely to have in the future (see above) for a law degree that offers you those kinds of outcomes?

If you want to work in business, go back to your UG and get a B.S. in accounting.

[snapdragon25]

I don't think this person can be reasoned with:

Thanks for your suggestions!
Maybe I should have said it earlier, but I'm not going to be retaking the LSAT.

Why won't you be retaking the LSAT?

I've already taken it twice and I want to go to law school this upcoming September.

[nikkiblast]

I don't think this person can be reasoned with:

Thanks for your suggestions!
Maybe I should have said it earlier, but I'm not going to be retaking the LSAT.

Why won't you be retaking the LSAT?

I've already taken it twice and I want to go to law school this upcoming September.

Are you a dick in real life too or just online?
If you have nothing to say that's contributing to my question, it's best not to post.

[rad lulz]

1) How much are you taking out in loans for each. Include 3 years worth of interest
2) "Business lawyer" is a meaningless phrase. What do you actually want to do

[Davidbentley]

If you have nothing to say that's contributing to my question, it's best not to post.

Another Post Fascist.

[drmguy]

I want to live in either California or Florida. I've been accepted to San Diego and Miami now.

Do you want to live in California or Florida because that is where you have been accepted or was that the plan all along?

[North]

Are you a dick in real life too or just online?
If you have nothing to say that's contributing to my question, it's best not to post.

Everybody here is trying to help you. Can't blame him for being disappointed that you aren't listening.

[francesfarmer]

I don't think this person can be reasoned with:

Thanks for your suggestions!
Maybe I should have said it earlier, but I'm not going to be retaking the LSAT.

Why won't you be retaking the LSAT?

I've already taken it twice and I want to go to law school this upcoming September.

My question still stands missy

[snapdragon25]

It's frustrating when people come here for advice, write it off, then ask the same question in another thread expecting a different answer. The collective TLS response in your first thread was retake (or maybe FSU if it's cheap and you want to practice there). This thread will get the same response.

[nikkiblast]

It's frustrating when people come here for advice, write it off, then ask the same question in another thread expecting a different answer. The collective TLS response in your first thread was retake (or maybe FSU if it's cheap and you want to practice there). This thread will get the same response.

It's not the same question, my question was about rankings.

[hephaestus]

It's frustrating when people come here for advice, write it off, then ask the same question in another thread expecting a different answer. The collective TLS response in your first thread was retake (or maybe FSU if it's cheap and you want to practice there). This thread will get the same response.

It's not the same question, my question was about rankings.

The answer is retake even if you asked a different question.

[North]

It's frustrating when people come here for advice, write it off, then ask the same question in another thread expecting a different answer. The collective TLS response in your first thread was retake (or maybe FSU if it's cheap and you want to practice there). This thread will get the same response.

It's not the same question, my question was about rankings.

And that question was answered conclusively. Rankings should play absolutely no role in your decision making process. Debt, job prospects, and regional preferences should.

[Gunnar Stahl]

1) How much are you taking out in loans for each. Include 3 years worth of interest
2) "Business lawyer" is a meaningless phrase. What do you actually want to do