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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The “T14 or Bust” crowd on DCUM is probably the same crowd who insists that you have to go to a brand name college to have any chance of success in life as well.  Neither is true.

The key isn’t to go to a T14 - it’s to go to the highest ranked law school that you can get into that you can afford to attend without going into substantial debt.  If you have to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to Harvard, yes, your employment options may be the best - but as a practical matter your options will be limited to the drudgery of Biglaw because you’ll need to earn that kind of money for several years at a minimum simply to pay your loans off.   You’d be far better off attending a top 30 law school that gives you money and graduating debt free rather than a T14 that requires you to incur crushing debt.

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Unfortunatey, the key is to go to a Top 15 law school (15 as Texas has a very robust market for attorneys) or to attend a school in the geographical region where you intend to practice on a large scholarship so that no student debt is incurred for law school.

Top 30 law school is not a significant distinction, but [b]Top 15 is [/b]a meaningful distinction with respect to employment prospects.[/quote]

No one says Top 15.  It's T14[/quote]

I think OP explained that Texas May be worth it if you don’t mind staying in Texas.  So she did T14 + Texas = 15[/quote]

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