Law School Discussion

Quote from: Officious Intermeddler on May 01, 2009, 09:06:19 PM

That's like saying: which fast food is best for you?

McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Jack in the Box.

McDonald's, but only by the process of elimination. TB (ha!) uses meat of questionable quality as far as I'm concerned, Wendy's is always f-ing with their prices to appease shareholders that hate the dollar menu (subtle attack on the poor/college students) and their bathrooms seem to be beyond disgusting at every location, and JB has caused viral outbreaks before.

Quote from: Contract2008 on October 31, 2009, 10:31:24 AM

Quote from: treefity350 on October 31, 2009, 03:04:09 AM

The truth is that this year there were many fewer 2L hires (in terms of top-of-the-market private firms), and things will probably only be marginally better for the class of 2012. But if you're not yet in law school, I wouldn't worry too much about finding a top of the market job if you gain acceptance to a top program (although I would suggest that the 160 standard - rather than the 145 many firms are going to now - will probably take at least 5 years to return in full). The market will pick up. If you entered law school next Fall, you'd probably still face some slowness in the job market when it comes to 2L hiring, but I think (and hope) its safe to say that the Classes of 2010-12 will probably see the worst of the downturn.

There will still be a large inventory of unemployed JDs/Attorneys (class of 2007-2012 and laid off attorneys) in the year 2013 and beyond.   

Imagine car companies continue to make the same number of cars, but for 5 years or so, very few consumers actually buy cars.  When a healthy number of consumers are ready to buy cars again, can you imagine how many cars are in the market already ready to be sold.

Right, but consumers buying the nicest cars don't buy the models from three or four years ago that have been sitting on the lot unused. Instead they buy the cars made that year--and the manufacturer takes a loss for those years that the market was in turmoil.

Check out these rankings which are derived from a complex algorithm which depends entirely on my own personal opinion:

1.           Tulane
2(Tie).  All other law schools

Quote from: JDat45 on November 18, 2009, 09:50:09 PM

Touro is a T4 on a good day. From what I hear, it's okay if you are of Latin descent (in terms of employment connections). Like someone else said, retake the LSAT and try to NYL and BLS or even CUNY School of Law, I would. 

Really meaningful, given that OP should be in school and almost done with their first semester by now. Thanks for the bump.