The Howard Law/HBCU Law Schools Thread

[Alicat17]

For the record, I've been both in debt and broke and would advise you to take a T5 over Howard.  On the other hand, I'm not sure if you should take UVA over Howard with $$$$.  Question: What happens if you get into Harvard now?  Would you give up the free ride then?

Excellent question.  For me, Harvard is my one and only exception; in my experience, Harvard grads dominate the public policy arena (w. the law school, Kennedy school, etc), and with a Harvard degree I could literally write my own ticket. That said, if I am blessed with the option of a full ride, I can't see myself going into that much debt for any other school

[2Lacoste]

OK folks I enjoyed this thread but Im about to end it. I decided on howard with the full ride heres the reasons why:

1) I wont be broke

2) I love dc

3) I'm intrested in anti-trust and international trade. I wouldnt be able to take a job at the commerce dept or DOJ anti trust with more responsibility because of the debt.

4) I want to settle down sooner than later and I dont want to do it with a bunch of debt.

5) I manually went to the web sites of all the top 100 firms and did school searches on the attorneys when I looked at black associates and partners ther were more howard grads overall than blacks from many other of the top 25 law schools combined.

6) A AM law top lawyer who will remain unnamed told me that in those fields if you perform well you wont hit any glass ceilings.

7) with the consortium of dc schools I can take classes at any dc law school.

8)If prestige really bothers me i can do an llm at georetown or somthing.

These arent the only reasons but they are important I found prestige holding way to much weight in my decsion. Especially seeing as how I didnt see any immediate and blatant career benefits. I mean bottom line debt is real. You need to have a realistic sense of how you wnt to live when you get out of school. Life is hard enough without being restricted by debt. I'm ready to be bombarded with rebuttels.

Congrats on the decision -- UVa won't be the same without you, I'm sure.  And as others have previously noted, we all know you're gonna do your thing at Howard Law.  Definitely hope to catch you at the DoJ, bro!!!

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[THE BLUE SWEATER]

Harvard Yale or Columbia would be a harder decision. But UVA isnt either of those schools.

[jnc18]

Harvard Yale or Columbia would be a harder decision. But UVA isnt either of those schools.

OOC, would you have considered NYU one of those schools as well?

[THE BLUE SWEATER]

Yes I do. However I was waitlisted there.

[ReformedSlacker(HFG)]

If you had a 2.5 ug gpa , what would be the Lsat score one would need to be considered a lock for acceptance?
Thanks

[team mvp]

If you had a 2.5 ug gpa , what would be the Lsat score one would need to be considered a lock for acceptance?
Thanks

To be considered a lock I'd say at least 160 w/ that gpa.  Just an educated guess though.

[windowshopper]

Not even. Mind you that a 156 is their 75th percentile LSAT score.  So I would guess around there.

[Burning Sands, Esq.]

I had a 2.5 and a 162 and got waitlisted at Howard.

[team mvp]

Not even. Mind you that a 156 is their 75th percentile LSAT score.  So I would guess around there.

Hmm, I don't know a 2.5 is a pretty big hurdle to jump (assuming there are no extenuation circumstances) and the OP asked what was needed to be a lock.  Yes, I agree that with a 156 and 2.5 one would have a decent chance at admission, but I believe a 160 would be needed to be a lock for admission.

EDIT: I'm wrong lol