Anonymous wrote:That’s why Harvard and Yale are the most prestigious.

No it is primarily graduate schools in general, especially research universities

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Anonymous wrote:That’s why Harvard and Yale are the most prestigious.

Then why isn't NYU viewed more favorably compared to MIT, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, or John Hopkins where they don't even have a law school.

Heck NYU law school is generally viewed more favorably than the law schools at Cornell, Northwestern, Duke, Penn, or Chicago.

Well historically speaking, NYU Law hasn’t really been considered that strong, and considered a step behind what were considered the top law schools in the mid-20th century: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Michigan, Chicago, and Penn.

It got really lucky in toward the late 20th century, because the founders of Watchell, soon to be the most elite and prestigious firm in New York that basically invented the “poison pill” defense in corporate takeovers, all got their law degrees from NYU, so they ended up donating heavily to the Law School and recruiting heavily from their alma mater. By the end of the 20th century/early 21st century they were seen as a “Top 6” law school according to US News: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago and NYU.

Nowadays, the picture is a bit mixed, with law schools that were seen as lower in the pecking order during the aughts—Penn, Duke, and Virginia—actually outpacing NYU in Big Law placement and clerkship numbers, which is reflected in the more recent U.S. News rankings. The SJW vibe, and overtly progressive politics at NYU Law has also turned off a lot of people in the legal community (for example, just look up what their Student Bar Association President did in response to the Hamas October 7th attack).

This thread is far from the truth. Even within universities, many look down on the professional schools. They are a cash cow and necessary evil (or no so necessary for the many schools that choose not to have law schools).

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Anonymous wrote:Partly because they admit kids of wealthy, famous and powerful people from here and around the globe.

and these kids go back to do big things with their family connections

I don't think Georgetown Law matters much to the undergraduate reputation. Separate physical locations, and a separat4e culture (although both infused with money).

I petitioned to get in a few MBA courses on main campus while in law school (corporate finance) and found the main campus experience enjoyable. A college athlete, I trained with the guys on Georgetown's team on occasion and they appeared to enjoy Georgetown quite a bit, I think even more than I did with my undergrad. Main campus a much different culture than the law school. I looked at law school as purely transactional. I paid the money, and received a legal education in return. It would have been foolish to expect handholding and safe spaces at a law school with that many wolves around. I had zero emotional expectations, likely the reason I did well. The law school is large and makes a lot of money, a good thing given Georgetown doesn't exactly hit the top of the endowment list.

Northwestern Law is the same. Different campus, different location, different culture and different priorities than the undergrad campus. I had almost no interaction with the undergrad campus as a law student there. However, my friends in the joint JD-MBA program were more involved on the main Evanston campus.

This was the funniest post I've ever seen!
So ridiculous!
Can you say M-I-T?

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Anonymous wrote:Partly because they admit kids of wealthy, famous and powerful people from here and around the globe.

and these kids go back to do big things with their family connections

I don't think Georgetown Law matters much to the undergraduate reputation. Separate physical locations, and a separat4e culture (although both infused with money).

I petitioned to get in a few MBA courses on main campus while in law school (corporate finance) and found the main campus experience enjoyable. A college athlete, I trained with the guys on Georgetown's team on occasion and they appeared to enjoy Georgetown quite a bit, I think even more than I did with my undergrad. Main campus a much different culture than the law school. I looked at law school as purely transactional. I paid the money, and received a legal education in return. It would have been foolish to expect handholding and safe spaces at a law school with that many wolves around. I had zero emotional expectations, likely the reason I did well. The law school is large and makes a lot of money, a good thing given Georgetown doesn't exactly hit the top of the endowment list.

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Anonymous wrote:Reputation is based mostly on sports teams, which explains a lot more (but, admittedly, not Harvard).

Absolutely, I went to a decent SLAC and nobody knows it. My coworker went to Bowdoin and barely anyone knows it either. Americans outside of a few really know schools with good sports teams.

Rice has no real presence in sports.

BEER BIKE

Everyone knows Caltech Law and MIT Law are the best!

Lawyers think the world revolves around them

Anonymous wrote:Partly because they admit kids of wealthy, famous and powerful people from here and around the globe.

and these kids go back to do big things with their family connections

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Anonymous wrote:Reputation is based mostly on sports teams, which explains a lot more (but, admittedly, not Harvard).

Absolutely, I went to a decent SLAC and nobody knows it. My coworker went to Bowdoin and barely anyone knows it either. Americans outside of a few really know schools with good sports teams.

Rice has no real presence in sports.

Partly because they admit kids of wealthy, famous and powerful people from here and around the globe.

Anonymous wrote:That’s why Harvard and Yale are the most prestigious.

Partly but mostly because they are old with large network of alumni and have huge endowments and fancy campuses, partly because they do subtle marketing through media and entertainment industry, give generous aid and partly because they keep admission policy elusive so a lot of ineligible applicants apply as a gamble which lowers school's acceptance rate.