2016 WAITLIST: Catholic University Columbus School of Law
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:44 pm
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Unfortunately it is a real law school.Mack.Hambleton wrote:pretty sure you made this school up
Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.Nachoo2019 wrote:Unfortunately it is a real law school.Mack.Hambleton wrote:pretty sure you made this school up
Aspiring lawyers should have enough sense to, at the very least, seek their legal education at a school where your chance of practicing law is greater than a coin flip, or at a school where there isn't a nearly twenty percent chance they'll be unemployed a year after law school while simultaneously being saddled with, on average, $140K in student debt.alohalaw wrote: Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.
BirdLawExpert wrote:Aspiring lawyers should have enough sense to, at the very least, seek their legal education at a school where your chance of practicing law is greater than a coin flip, or at a school where there isn't a nearly twenty percent chance they'll be unemployed a year after law school while simultaneously being saddled with, on average, $140K in student debt.alohalaw wrote: Unfortunately every aspiring law student will not be able to attend Harvard/Yale/T14.
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You don't have to go T14 to practice law, but you definitely shouldn't go into six figure debt attending a school where they can't even guarantee you a 50-50 shot of practicing law. This is a forum that is notoriously outcome-minded and incredibly debt-averse; CUA Law is a school that the vast majority of posters here would consider a bad investment. I'm sorry if that upsets you, but that's the truth.
Now, if you want to practice Canon Law or work for the Church, then by all means attend CUA. I used to work for my Archdiocese and I have several friends who are alumni and loved it. If you want any other specific outcomes, attending CUA is worse than flipping a coin. I have one of the worst GPAs of this admissions cycle and, knowing that my GPA would only make me competitive for schools like CUA and their peers, I studied full time for the LSAT to ensure that I would be attending law school somewhere that justified the investment. If I can get into T20 schools (and receive generous scholarships), then anyone can.
tl;dr If you can't afford to take the time to increase your LSAT score, then imagine how much you can't afford to be unemployed after law school.