| Topic Name: |
New Job vs. 2nd Tier Law School |
| Message Name: |
I can't believe some of this crap! |
| Date Posted: |
05/31/2002 |
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I have been accepted to a South Carolina Law (2nd tier), and had plans to attend until today. My boss, for whom I had been working as a contractor, offered me a full-time position at 55K. Tempted by the easy money and great benefits, I am now wondering if I should go to law school, pay out-of-state tuition, and graduate with debt from a 2nd-tier law school. Salaries in the telecom industry (where I am employed) are falling, and I don't think my pay will advance greatly in the next few years. On the other hand, what sort of career can I expect graduating from a 2nd-tier law school? Are my chances for career advancement greater with a law degree? Mind you, I am considering tax law (and possibly getting my MBA, MACC, or MTAX). Also, I'm waitlisted at Wake (1st tier), but I doubt my chances of getting in. |
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Its amazing how superficial people on this board can be (not to say you are one of those people), but everyone is so caught up in getting into a "TOP 14" school, like life will end if they don't.
Where do you want to live? If its in the same state, chose a state there. Your success rate can dictate where you go (to some degree). For instance, I go to a 3rd tier school (heaven forbid) - LSU. This state is run by LSU law grads. Everyone in the state knows its far better then Tulane (one of those TOP TIER institutions). Yet people in my class still got jobs in Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, Austin, Dallas. You'd be suprised how good some of a reputation some of these lower tier schools actually have. I've got friends in top tier schools that are spoonfed, while my class still was greeted with the "look to your left, look to your right, one of those people won't be here after your first semester."
Enough of my rant. I too had planned on practicing tax (thank God I've practically convinced myself otherwise.) I know this much, if you want to practice tax, you need an LLM. Thats when you worry about the top 3 or 4 schools.
Other than that, go where you can get in and afford, load up on tax courses, get as much tax involvement as you can in law school, and then apply to NYU, FL, Gtown or Boston LLM programs and move from there.
s_g
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