What are my chances for $$$? 3.78/173
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:46 pm
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I'm not sure I follow. Are you asking if you could leverage your acceptance to a law school into getting your wife a teaching position at said law school?JoshuaFitch wrote:Travis - I hope you have some excellent luck! I hope your LSAT beats mine by a couple points to give you a nice shot at Harvard.
All,
I have one more question, but it is fairly specific and I don't know if anyone has had any experience with this. My wife will have completed her English Lit PhD by the time I begin law school. She has a fairly strong resume, but her degree institution is a non prestigious state school. Is there any chance that part of an acceptance could be a teaching position for my wife? Would it even be sane to inquire about this, or would I be laughed at? Thanks for any advice you can provide.
Josh
No chance, man. Don't even ask.JoshuaFitch wrote:Exactly. If it was a location like NYC it would be relatively easy for her to find work. But, a place like Ithaca may be difficult. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I thought it was worth asking.
Malice is right. The point is, those individuals who will be looking over your application have no hiring power they are professors at the law school. Hiring and admitting are completely divorced from one another, but if you did gain acceptance your wife could mention you attend the law school in an interview/cover letter or something, but even then, it probably will not improveher job prospects at all.Ti Malice wrote:No chance, man. Don't even ask.JoshuaFitch wrote:Exactly. If it was a location like NYC it would be relatively easy for her to find work. But, a place like Ithaca may be difficult. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I thought it was worth asking.
Yep, this. And not sure what an English Lit PhD could teach at a law school, and undergraduate and law school admissions are going to be way different anyway.Travis12 wrote:Malice is right. The point is, those individuals who will be looking over your application have no hiring power they are professors at the law school. Hiring and admitting are completely divorced from one another, but if you did gain acceptance your wife could mention you attend the law school in an interview/cover letter or something, but even then, it probably will not improveher job prospects at all.Ti Malice wrote:No chance, man. Don't even ask.JoshuaFitch wrote:Exactly. If it was a location like NYC it would be relatively easy for her to find work. But, a place like Ithaca may be difficult. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I thought it was worth asking.