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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another ancient 50 yo retired from law. I'll be Gram. I agree completely with Gramps.

Also agree with logical thought from CS or math being useful in brief writing. A math proof, in paragraph form. I dislike flowery writing that is not concise.

We have somewhat tried to dissuade our kids from law. Our advice for law school is T14 or bust. Not particular about which undergrad.[/quote]

I would not go that far. Any T-25 school will give great options to strong students. The differences between Georgetown and UVA matter for the kids at the bottom of the class, but the kids at the top of the class from each will all be absolutely fine. Ditto for Texas, UCLA, etc.[/quote]

Gramps here.  I tend to agree, especially if you're fortunate enough to graduate when the economy is good and the legal market is strong.  I graduated in the late 1980s from a law school consistently ranked in the 18-25 range over the last 20 years and had no trouble getting job offers from very top firms.  Admittedly, I was ranked very high in my class, but I far from the only member of my class who had no trouble.  I've also noticed a trend over the years where more students from law schools in this range are getting top job offers than before -- probably because big law firms are [i]really[/i] big now and the T14 simply don't produce enough graduates to fill them up.

This isn't to say that law school rank doesn't matter.  It absolutely does, and the T14 will always give graduates a leg up.  But I wouldn't consider attending a 15-25 law school as a career death sentence nowadays.

More than anything else, do NOT incur massive debt to go to law school no matter where you choose to go.  [/quote]

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