Law School

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

B is top 25? Thats nuts. I wish that was the case here. Also, what is the universal breakdown for LS tiers? T1=?

I went to a T4 not because I suck, but because of the location. It's literally 2 miles from my father's law office. I elected to work there in the day so as to become familiar with his client base (and get them familiar with me) and then go to school at night. Prestige of degree, etc. are really meaningless to me since I'll have a really good job when I graduate, and within 10 years or so, I'll take over a pretty profitable firm.

At any rate, T4's are probably all similar in that they suffer a lot of attrition in their classes due to exorbitant tuition cost differentials between our schools and public, higher ranked schools. To discourage that, they deflate the grades.. So with my B average, I may be top 25% at my school, but if I take that GPA to say... OU, where I'd have no problem getting in, I'd be near the bottom of my class. Also, were I top 50% instead of top 25%, I probably couldn't find a school that'd take me with that low a GPA. In sum, it's all about the money.

It doesn't really tick me off that badly. No client is ever going to ask me my GPA, and none will care where I went to school.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

It doesn't really tick me off that badly. No client is ever going to ask me my GPA, and none will care where I went to school.

True. The reality is that, unless you're up for a SCOTUS appointment, three years out of law school nobody cares what your grades or your class rank were anymore. They really only matter for that first job -- maybe the second job, too, if you clerk out of law school. Maybe.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

True. The reality is that, unless you're up for a SCOTUS appointment, three years out of law school nobody cares what your grades or your class rank were anymore. They really only matter for that first job -- maybe the second job, too, if you clerk out of law school. Maybe.

This is no doubt true. Of course, you need good grades (often from a good school) to land at a good firm, which will provide you with the best longterm opportunities. I've also considered gov't agencies, some of which provide good exit options.

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