EnigmatiC wrote:Beebeard wrote:Oh yeah, one more thing to prospective lawyers / sports agents / insufferable law-arguers:
You will save a lot of money by going to a law school out of state, yes, but you will also miss out on the instruction you would get from attending a school located in New York state.
This is kind of a big deal because the law schools located within a given state often offer classes during your 2L and 3L years that cover exactly the weird, left-field stuff that is particularly tested in that state. And indeed, out-of-state applicants to the New York bar have consistently and significantly lower pass rates than in-state applicants who went to, say, NYU or Brooklyn Law School or something like this.
And that's a big deal because the New York state bar exam is a notorious bastard to pass. It is arguably the hardest in the nation.
Just a friendly heads up, to help shape your decision-making.
-BB
Now personally how are you doing after you got your JD? Are you where you thought you would be? Do you have a good job?? You don't have to answer as these are pretty personal questions just thought I'd ask trying to get as much info as I can.
Doing alright.
Pretty much.
Yes, although it took about 8 months after graduation to find. Note that part of the reason for this is because I didn't care much about grades and had family commitments to juggle at the same time. So unlike the undergrad situation, I was hardly the valedictorian. Let it be a cautionary tale. Work your ass off in law school, too, because
they will literally offer you more money in job offers if you do, and the offers will be more plentiful as well.
This was about 7 years ago, and the job market for attorneys has only gotten worse since then.
Like MUCH worse. The schools are graduating more students than there are jobs.
I get that a lot. I'm not sure I'm really dead set on mechanical engineering, but I definitely want to be an engineer.
