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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we’ve gotten a bit off track as usual. What about if someone has a very specific specialty area within the law? Better to go to a school highly rated for that specialty, even if it’s not t14?[/quote]

No.  Employers generally do not care about the specialities for a variety of reasons. First, because law school class work and real legal work are very different. Second, first year classes are all the same general legal classes (torts, contracts, etc.) and that is what big law recruits off of. Third, the professors teaching the speciality classes often won’t have much of any practical experience in the subject, so they lack the connections to help students get jobs in that specialty. Finally, it would help show interest for non-big law jobs but so would an internship, UG major in that field, or prior work experience in that field.  If the law schools are similarly situated rank, cost and location wise, then a speciality program could be a tie breaker.  Otherwise, law school rank, cost and allocation you want to practice in are the biggest factors.[/quote]

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