I understand what you are saying and it is a popular view. It is why the only non-top 15 school I would go to is Howard and I am a person who had a scholarship to the University of Houston Law Center, the number one health law school in the nation (I had an interest in health law at the time).
Howard is not the same as other non-top 15 schools. Point blank, when employers want Black attorneys, they come to Howard. Period. Wachtel, Kravath, Paul Weiss, they all recruit here...HARD. Period. They see the value in diversity (14% of all CEOs of Fortune 500 companie are AfAm as opposed to 4% ten years ago and they want AfAm attorneys) and come to Howard to get it. Yes, they want people in the top 10%, but I feel that no matter where you go you should work your butt off to get there...I did and its definitely do-able. Law school is three years, I think all law students should got into those three years with a guerilla mindset, suck it up and do what it takes. I mean its only three years and in all honestly, its really on the first year that matters. Speaking from experiene, if you rock your first year- no matter where you go- you will get a summer associate position as 1L and as long as you don't screw up during your summer, you've pretty much got a job when you graduate. Work hard to be in the top of your class- its definitely doable, choosing to relyg on your school's name, imho, opinion is the lazy way out.
Again, I stress Howard is different. Firms recruit here that recruit at NO OTHER third tier schools, but hey- that's why I was smart and came here
(and why I put it with the administration and parking
).
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