What’s the deal with Richmond??

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in DC big law for 20 years. Never met a Richmond grad. Occasional see it on a resume. Usually a hard pass.

As if working in "DC big law" is a desirable thing

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in DC big law for 20 years. Never met a Richmond grad. Occasional see it on a resume. Usually a hard pass.

What ignorance. Ever been on Richmond’s campus? The law school? Know anything about it? No, of course not. You’re as snobby and elitist and as ignorant as OP… and I have nothing to do with Richmond but at least have been there and know of its offering..

And if you really have worked in BigLaw, as I have, you would know that no one looks at undergrad when hiring lawyers … it’s all about the T14 and Law Review.

I've never met a Richmond Law grad in Biglaw.

No dog in this fight but this criticism is just dumb. I’m guessing that at the very least, if you look at some of the Richmond offices of big law firms, you’ll encounter some UR Law grads.

Yes probably in Richmond. If you want to stay in Richmond, it's probably a good choice. But if you want to work anywhere else, it's just not. There are many other better known and just better law schools in the region - UVA, W&M, Georgetown, GW....even W&L....

Is this a law school or undergrad discussion? I'm confused

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in DC big law for 20 years. Never met a Richmond grad. Occasional see it on a resume. Usually a hard pass.

What ignorance. Ever been on Richmond’s campus? The law school? Know anything about it? No, of course not. You’re as snobby and elitist and as ignorant as OP… and I have nothing to do with Richmond but at least have been there and know of its offering..

And if you really have worked in BigLaw, as I have, you would know that no one looks at undergrad when hiring lawyers … it’s all about the T14 and Law Review.

I've never met a Richmond Law grad in Biglaw.

No dog in this fight but this criticism is just dumb. I’m guessing that at the very least, if you look at some of the Richmond offices of big law firms, you’ll encounter some UR Law grads.

Yes probably in Richmond. If you want to stay in Richmond, it's probably a good choice. But if you want to work anywhere else, it's just not. There are many other better known and just better law schools in the region - UVA, W&M, Georgetown, GW....even W&L....

LOL. My DH is an attorney at DOJ. He went to SMU for his JD. He works with attorneys from LSU, Ga Tech, UMassAmherst, etc. Your JD's provenance doesnt mean sh*t IRL.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in DC big law for 20 years. Never met a Richmond grad. Occasional see it on a resume. Usually a hard pass.

What ignorance. Ever been on Richmond’s campus? The law school? Know anything about it? No, of course not. You’re as snobby and elitist and as ignorant as OP… and I have nothing to do with Richmond but at least have been there and know of its offering..

And if you really have worked in BigLaw, as I have, you would know that no one looks at undergrad when hiring lawyers … it’s all about the T14 and Law Review.

I've never met a Richmond Law grad in Biglaw.

No dog in this fight but this criticism is just dumb. I’m guessing that at the very least, if you look at some of the Richmond offices of big law firms, you’ll encounter some UR Law grads.

Yes probably in Richmond. If you want to stay in Richmond, it's probably a good choice. But if you want to work anywhere else, it's just not. There are many other better known and just better law schools in the region - UVA, W&M, Georgetown, GW....even W&L....

LOL. My DH is an attorney at DOJ. He went to SMU for his JD. He works with attorneys from LSU, Ga Tech, UMassAmherst, etc. Your JD's provenance doesnt mean sh*t IRL.

DOJ different than biglaw

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Some troll must have a google alert for any UR thread on DCUM because they always always always post the same insane stuff about this school. Same thing for UNC threads. It really ruins any chance of a normal discussions.

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Anonymous wrote:What in the world is up with this thread? Is there a troll just posting over and over again? It seems over the top.

Not to make it all about me but I did make the mistake of invoking UR as another example of a school that catches an unwarranted amount of hell in the Bucknell thread. Damned if the UR bashing in this post didn’t pick up shortly thereafter. Now the law school is garbage as well?

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Anonymous wrote:What in the world is up with this thread? Is there a troll just posting over and over again? It seems over the top.

Not to make it all about me but I did make the mistake of invoking UR as another example of a school that catches an unwarranted amount of hell in the Bucknell thread. Damned if the UR bashing in this post didn’t pick up shortly thereafter. Now the law school is garbage as well?

So it’s YOUR fault! 😂

I have learned to tune out the hate from irrational bashers. DC loves U Richmond. It’s fine if other people don’t. They aren’t giving good-faith feedback based on actual experience or knowledge, and they aren’t worth interacting with.

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Yo whatup

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in DC big law for 20 years. Never met a Richmond grad. Occasional see it on a resume. Usually a hard pass.

What ignorance. Ever been on Richmond’s campus? The law school? Know anything about it? No, of course not. You’re as snobby and elitist and as ignorant as OP… and I have nothing to do with Richmond but at least have been there and know of its offering..

And if you really have worked in BigLaw, as I have, you would know that no one looks at undergrad when hiring lawyers … it’s all about the T14 and Law Review.

I've never met a Richmond Law grad in Biglaw.

No dog in this fight but this criticism is just dumb. I’m guessing that at the very least, if you look at some of the Richmond offices of big law firms, you’ll encounter some UR Law grads.

Yes probably in Richmond. If you want to stay in Richmond, it's probably a good choice. But if you want to work anywhere else, it's just not. There are many other better known and just better law schools in the region - UVA, W&M, Georgetown, GW....even W&L....

LOL. My DH is an attorney at DOJ. He went to SMU for his JD. He works with attorneys from LSU, Ga Tech, UMassAmherst, etc. Your JD's provenance doesnt mean sh*t IRL.

Where you go to law school is extremely important. Especially for your first job. SMU is an okay school. You can get a good job out of SMU but you had better be at top of class and in law review and looking in Dallas or Texas.

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LSU has a law school? Who knew.

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Back to Richmond. It sucks.

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Richmond obviously doesn’t have the reach on dcum like Fordham law.

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Fordham? Richmond? SMU? WTF. Will someone place Google the US News Law School rankings. You people are funny.

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Why all the Richmond bashing? Isn’t it more or less tied with Colgate and Haverford in the US News Rankings?

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond has to be the most secular city in America. It couldn’t be more different than North Carolina, which is growing and drawing in people from all over the world. Richmond is for people who syill think the south will rise again.

It has and it will continue to.