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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore the “top or bust” people.  GMU is fine and your kid will get a job. [/quote]

This depends upon a cost benefit analysis as to whether or not GMU law is a wise investment of one's time & money. The median starting pay for a GMU law grad is paltry compared to the median average first year earnings for a Georgetown Law grad (as well as for any other Top 14 law school). The difference in first year compensation for a GMU law grad versus a top 14 law grad is usually quite dramatic:
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[b]George Mason law grad median first year earnings are $80,000[/b],[/b] while the [b]median earnings for a first year Georgetown Law grad are about $165,000[/b] and first year earnings for a [b]University of Virginia law school grad are about $190,000[/b].

Most graduates of Top 14 law schools start at major law firms referred to as Biglaw. Standard Biglaw salaries are lockstep for an attorney's first 8 years (although most last for a bit less than 4 years at their initial Biglaw law firm):

Biglaw lockstep salary and bonus for one's first 8 years:

1) $225, 000 base salary plus $20,000 end-of-year bonus = $245,000
2) $235,000 plus $30,000 = $265,000
3) $260,000 plus $57,500 = $317,500
4) $310,000 plus $75,000 = $385,000
5) $365,000 plus $90,000 = $455,000
6) $390,000 plus $105,000 = $495,000
7) $420,000 plus $115,000 = $535,000
8) $435,000 plus $115,000 = $550,000.[/quote]

Not true.  That figure is over six  years old and from a third-party source and also includes the low salary of those clerking.  Of the Scalia students who are in private law firms, the median is $130K and $205 for the 75th percentile.  https://www.law.gmu.edu/assets/files/career/nalp2022.pdf[/quote]

Wrong. You need to read the entire report that you cited in your post. GMU long term median salary is even lower--$75,000--than the $80,000 that I cited.[/quote]

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