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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Law.  The only thing that matters is where you went to law school.  The top dozen or so schools can and do place 100% of graduating students; the substantial majority that go to top firms start at $135k to $180k per year, depending largely on location.  Those that do gov't or public interest have their student loans forgiven.  This includes the entire graduating class.  Lawyers at the next four or five dozen law schools have to kill themselves to come even distantly close.  Those at the lower 2/3 of law schools basically have no hope whatsoever of employment.  The only thing that matters for a lawyer is where you went to law school.  
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+1 this should be stickied for every person who asks about law school. [/quote]

Could not agree more.  Every.  Single.  Person. [/quote]

This isn't true if you work in government. I went to a lower rated law school, as did my spouse, as we are both GS15s in two different agencies. We work with many 4th tier grads. I am on interview panels, and experience is much more important than law school. I agree it's very important for clerkships and law firms, but not government. The top two attorneys in my agency, both SES level, are 4th tier law grads. [/quote]

Well, it's absolutely true at my agency.  Maybe less so at backwaters.[/quote]

I work for a federal agency in the DC region. I've had received offers from other agencies here. I don't work for DOJ, so I can't comment on their approach. Many, if not most, of the attorneys I work with are from middle tier law schools. Most people never really discuss the topic. [/quote]

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