For the record, Cleveland State is T3 and climbing.

I'll echo the sentiment of the earlier comments, schools can place in the third or fourth tier nationally but still place very well regionally.

I go to Cleveland state, for example. Though nationally it is a third tier school, within the City of cleveland, it is very well respected, has over a 90% bar passage rate, and places graduate with all the cleveland Biglaw firms, including Jones Day, Squires Sanders Dempsey. Most of the judges in this area also came from CSU, and csu grads serve on district courts, as well as the Ohio Supreme Court. That's not to say that its impossible to leave the area out of CSU, but it is certainly more difficult, in large part to the school's regional reputation.

National rankings are better at capturing the strengths and weaknesses of national programs, but they don't do a good job of describing the merits of regional programs.

I am going to be a 1L in about a week. I am buying supplements right now. Obviously, previous edition used supplements are alot cheaper. Am I ok going with these, or should I get the latest/new ones?

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Thanks for the reply. My concern is nothing guarantees me a higher salary at UC, but it does guarantee me a better academic experience and more opportunities. I am just not sure if those opportunities are worth 40k. Does anyone else have feedback?

I am going to dissent with the rest and argue for the double major.
If you continue studying at your current pace, you are guaranteed to get a double major. However, even if you devote all your resources to studying for the LSAT, it may not result in a higher score. After all the studying in the world, you could mess up one logic game or a RC section and lose that several month investment that could have gone toward a double-major. So the double major is the safer bet.

For all the recent 1Ls, do you know what area of law you want to specialize in, and if so, when/how did you come to this realization?

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