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Plenty of seminars at UChicago (only CCN I know about) are curved up to a 178/179. Do just a little better than average there, and you're looking at a 180 (i.e. an A). Maybe NYU/CLS don't do that at all in seminars, but my general impression is that plenty of people (especially those doing transacti...

I mean this respectfully, but median grades at CCN shouldn’t be a death sentence for your goals. Getting a federal clerkship with median grades? I am quite skeptical. But that is also far from my concerns at the moment. If you're only about to start 2L, it's way too early to dismiss the possibility...

Jeez Nony, just tell me you're gonna write a better version of my response next time and it'll save me some time!

You can say "researched [or whatever] on legal issues including issue X, issue Y, and LIBOR." It's fine. The point is more that you got experience doing legal research, not that you're claiming you're an expert on everything you researched. Because your job had you research LIBOR doesn't mean that'...

Yeah like at some point you just gotta resolve to win the race to the bottom right?

Clerkship listservs are definitely buzzing with interviews and some acceptances, but I don't think that necessarily means it's time to give up hope. But both appellate and district judges are definitely well into interviewing and beginning to extend offers.

One damn exam left here... I spent basically 1.67 years taking nothing but in-class 3 hour exams, and now for whatever reason my very last exam period is nothing but take-homes. Not my favorite way to spend my last finals season, but at least it's almost done. @Beep + Skers: Advice on Picker Antitru...

Just to back up what Nony said, here's the 2018 results I think.

https://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsbla ... ng-report/

Should have a link to a Google Doc summarizing.

Forgot to mention that at least two profs also had PHDs in another field (one from Harvard, one from MIT). So that's another credential you may need to check off. Yeah check the academic hiring results that lawprofblog and Leiter (grr) put out each. Sort by "other degree" and see how many have a Ph...

Dammit- bit the necro-post hook line and sinker. Did they pay full freight at HLS? That's like the extreme of the debt v. prestige trade-off, bottom of the T14 at $0 v. HLS for about $300k...

Edit: I miss Smokey!

Can't speak to the Jacobson program, but if it's anything like the Doctoroff (and I think it is based on vague memories from app process), it's definitely not worth really factoring in. Main perks for Doctoroff are a mentor who can help with 1L jobs and preferred access to some B-school classes, not...

Yeah 65k is squarely in the range where family benefits + relocation expense + spouse being able to retain a job makes sense decision-wise. The fact that NYU is probably a bit better at NYC Biglaw employment is just the cherry on top!

Congratulations! That's a fantastic outcome and I think awareness of how volatile MyLSN can be w/ certain groups (I doubt the non-AA semi-splitter sample is particularly large) is absolutely important in encouraging folks to apply. Edit: Thought this was the other thread, feel free to delete if I'm ...

Yeah this is too personal for us to answer w/o really understanding your commitment to PI. NYU's better if you're truly comfortable w/ the RTK's requirements, but if these are real doubts a full scholarship to CLS is better.

Agree w/ everything in this thread- also happy to talk over PMs if you have any specific questions about UChicago and the Ruby.

Definitely check this thread if you haven't already (https://www.lawschool.life/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=157)— from briefly looking at the Skadden/EJW figures it looks like Penn outperforms a bit, but those are pretty top-end outcomes and pretty rare. I'd ask questions in any final round intervie...

Yeah 30k for a better shot at the unicorn-side of your career goals looks eminently reasonable. My vote's for NYU.

Yeah when you look at interesting bios of people with JDs in politics, there are lots stepladder positions at lower levels of gov (which don't pay particularly well), AUSA stints (ditto, but they do pay enough to knock you off most LRAPs!), and interesting, atypical biz-legal roles that probably too...

If adding to the chorus helps you feel better, I agree 100% with lolwat and Stranger's analysis. Debt's scary, but that's a manageable number from a place with a solid LRAP. And if it turns out that you're any good at this law school thing, UVA's upside in stuff that you actually care about will be ...

Second Tsuga's comments, I think there isn't much different between the three given your fairly flexible goals, so sussing out which programmatic options/locale suits you best would be important. If there was a steeper clerkship divide between these 3 and H I'd be more inclined to say let it ride, b...

Guys there's a lot going on in this thread now, any chance a couple of you could split up and make your own topics? I'm having trouble tracking who has what schollies and which goals... Pamplemousse13- if you're really choosing between full freight at HYS and a Ruby/Mordecai/Dillard (which was me, e...

Standard, but you can certainly interpret it as meaning that you'd be competitive for a 2L position w/ your grades/school combo. But that's not necessarily b/c of the facts of your situation, just that 1L slots of any kind are more competitive than 2L.

Agree with the Darrow sentiment generally, but would want to at least see what your Fin Aid offers look like. I'm assuming you're K-JD or close, so to my understanding your parent's full 100k household income will be credited against you. Not quite sure whether that means you'll receive anywhere clo...

I mean I think you'd be nutso to turn down Yale, but that's just me. Harvard and Stanford I'd turn down for a full ride. I mean if you know you want to do corporate law of any kind, or even gov work that will blow past LRAP/COAP income limits pretty rapidly, it seems pretty defensible. Pretty much ...

Yeah maybe it's just a shared style but Toni and Dusty2020 sure seem to have the same clipped, abrupt style and selective engagement on topics (though tbh the second is a pretty common attribute for a variety of posters...)