Curious as to everyone's opinion

[dna9488]

Goto Georgetown. Its right in DC, so you can probably score a decent internship in the area. On top of that we can hang out and fist and tag team DC bitches :hibb:

[Turbo3000]

None of them...we are full on lawyers, doctors, politicians, and lobbyists.

[alwaysgrowing]

Why are you asking this question on this forum? Nobody here is a lawyer as far as I can tell. And who cares what we or the general public think(s)? Post on biglaw.com or some such board and see which school will give you the best prospects when you graduate.

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And Scrum, I am not using this to decide where I go. Of the three schools I named, one I have no interest in going to, the other I applied late to, and the other i am leaning towards. I was curious of other's perspective, due to my friend's skewed opinion that Cornell Law (being an Ivy) was leaps and bounds above the other. My question could have been phrased more generally about colleges.

[alwaysgrowing]

Goto Georgetown. Its right in DC, so you can probably score a decent internship in the area. On top of that we can hang out and fist and tag team DC bitches :hibb:

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[Scrumhalf]

This thread went to hell.

And Scrum, I am not using this to decide where I go. Of the three schools I named, one I have no interest in going to, the other I applied late to, and the other i am leaning towards. I was curious of other's perspective, due to my friend's skewed opinion that Cornell Law (being an Ivy) was leaps and bounds above the other. My question could have been phrased more generally about colleges.

This depends a lot on the field, I think. All 3 are "prestigious," FWIW. Cornell certainly has the Ivy League cachet. But again, I think it depends on the field. For graduate school, I had offers from (among others) Cornell and also a 4 year Regents Fellowship from UC-Santa Barbara, but I chose to go to the University of Illinois because it was the #1 research school in my field (Electrical Engineering and more specfically, semiconductors).

To the average Joe on the street, is Illinois as sexy as Harvard or Yale? Hell no, but in my field, I'll pick Illinois every time.

[alwaysgrowing]

This depends a lot on the field, I think. All 3 are "pretigious," FWIW. Cornell certainly has the Ivy League cachet. But again, I think it depends on the field. For graduate school, I had offers from (among others) Cornell and also a 4 year Regents Fellowship from UC-Santa Barbara, but I chose to go to the University of Illinois because it was the #1 research school in my field (Electrical Engineering and more specfically, semiconductors).

To the average Joe on the street, is Illinois as sexy as Harvard or Yale? Hell no, but in my field, I'll pick Illinois every time.

Similar to law. NYU is considered leaps and bounds above Cornell and Georgetown, which is mainly due to location. Being in NYC, legal captial of the US, allows it to place better than the other two into Vault 100 firms (firms where coming out you start at 150,000 while working 90 hour weeks). While Georgetown places great in government due to its location. Cornell has Ivy prestige, and its employment prospects are on bar with the other two.

Because of my conversation with my friend, I looked up undergradaute programs to see where they ranked. The Ivies are all top 20 (with H,P,Y,C being 1-4), but then again, who is US News

[Bouncer]

whats wrong with rutgers?

[alwaysgrowing]

whats wrong with rutgers?

Both Rutgers law schools are great if you want to stay within the state (as is Seton Hall). For the more prestigious positions in NYC (be it corporate or public interest) the name of the school matters. Rutgers does not have the same gravitas as the aforementioned schools.

The top 15 schools in the country place about 50% of their classes in jobs paying $150,000 or more directly from law school. Another 10-15% of their classes get clerkships with judges that are a resume builder, and lead to $150,000 paying jobs within 1-2 years. Rutgers and Seton Hall place less than 15% between both. So overall employment prospects are lower.

Finally, NJ is a closed legal market. You have to pass the NJ bar to practice here. Some states allow reciprocity (pass State A, you can also practice in State B). So you need ties to practice in NJ. Growing up here, I have them already

[Timma]

whats wrong with rutgers?

It's in NJ.