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Law school question
Help me with research for my next book, please.
Is Harvard Law School still the big thing?
What are the other prestigious law schools that a Type A high school senior might set her sights on? If one wants to go to Harvard for law school, would she also apply as an undergrad?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Re: Law school question
I happen to know a lot of lawyers and several folks who have started law school recently. It is my impression (from them) that if you live in Texas, it's most prestigious to go to UT Law School. I noticed one (new) lawyer I worked with was mocked and made fun of fairly regularly because he has a Harvard law degree. But, all that may be specific to my office/industry.
Here's a listing of law school rankings.
I don't think the location of a person's undergrad degrees is as important as other factors when getting in to law school. Most of the people I know who have started law school in the past couple of years (people who were going from undergrad + years of work experience) relied on their gpa/test scores, experience, and recommendations. They thought the folks giving them recommendations were as (or more) important than some of the other factors. As an example: one woman I know had an average LSAT score, but knew several judge alumni in her top choice, so she asked them for letters.
There seem to be a lot of Type A lawyers on the Money Matters board, if you want to get additional input.
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Generally, you don't go to the same undergrad as law school. But IIRC, Yale is better than Harvard in the list of desirable law schools (not in rankings necessarily, just in desirability). One who wanted to go to Harvard Law (or Yale) would probably go somewhere else, though, for undergrad--maybe Princeton or Columbia, like pp mentioned. I don't know, however, if Harvard has any "rival" schools.That would be worth looking into. However, that being said, most law school bound people will overlook petty school rivalries. I had several friends at UT Law who were Aggies (no known Sooners, though).
And yes, this lawhorn says UT is #1! (but only if you intend to practice right here in the Lone Star State).
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