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- Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:00 pm
- Forum: What Are My Chances?
- Topic: Do international students get Ruby’s?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1726
Re: Do international students get Ruby’s?
Yeah UChicago weights GPAs pretty heavily, so if international students get a different scale that doesn't influence that (and remember the class size is below 200, so it's easier to tweak a median) at all, maybe they're less likely to throw money at internationals? I think to be in a good position ...
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:08 pm
- Forum: Under Represented Minority (URM) Admissions
- Topic: Pacific Islander Applicant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2186
Re: Pacific Islander Applicant
but box-checking is done for reporting purposes. iirc, only african americans, native americans, mexicans, and puerto ricans are considered URMs for admission purposes. How do you know this? Since race/ethnicity statistics only say "Hispanic," why would other Latin American countries not fall under...
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: Under Represented Minority (URM) Admissions
- Topic: Pacific Islander Applicant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2186
Re: Pacific Islander Applicant
Oh I missed the Native thing. I wouldn't call yourself that based on being Chamorro. It doesn't really fit into the framework, and especially don't do it if you haven't identified yourself like that in the past. I'm not sure the URM bump is solely for Mexican/Puerto Rican descent (although that woul...
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:33 am
- Forum: Under Represented Minority (URM) Admissions
- Topic: Pacific Islander Applicant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2186
Re: Pacific Islander Applicant
If you identify as both Hispanic and Pacific Islander I think you'll be able to indicate both of those on your applications. IIRC, the question about Hispanic descent is basically a separate question from your ethnicity- it's sort of a one-off "Hispanic Y/N?" coupled with (I think) a request regardi...
- Tue May 12, 2020 12:39 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
- Replies: 703
- Views: 168166
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
I think there is a sliding scale of deference to these sorts of objective measures of employment. BL/FC% is a proxy for "financially acceptable" outcome, but more deference should be given to Stanford than is given to WUSTL, more deference to Harvard than Duke, and likely NU JD/MBA to UCLA JD advan...
- Mon May 11, 2020 2:45 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
- Replies: 703
- Views: 168166
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
SLS takes a lead over YLS in the clerking numbers this year! Also LOL@ their defensive-sounding specificity w/ the JD-Advantage jobs... "THESE ARE THE COOL ONES, NOT THE LAME ONES GUYS!!!" In all seriousness, those are quite impressive JD-advantage gigs though! Harvard continues to lag Chicago on c...
- Sun May 03, 2020 2:40 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
- Replies: 703
- Views: 168166
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
SLS takes a lead over YLS in the clerking numbers this year! Also LOL@ their defensive-sounding specificity w/ the JD-Advantage jobs... "THESE ARE THE COOL ONES, NOT THE LAME ONES GUYS!!!" In all seriousness, those are quite impressive JD-advantage gigs though! Harvard continues to lag Chicago on c...
- Sun May 03, 2020 1:56 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
- Replies: 703
- Views: 168166
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
Harvard continues to lag Chicago on clerkships huh? Tsk tsk... I suspect UChi is a little inflated by the quality of the Fed Soc pipeline + a broader pool of potential candidates who aren't averse to clerking in far-flung non-coastal places, but I think some of it too is just how strongly the schoo...
- Fri May 01, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
- Replies: 703
- Views: 168166
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
SLS takes a lead over YLS in the clerking numbers this year! Also LOL@ their defensive-sounding specificity w/ the JD-Advantage jobs... "THESE ARE THE COOL ONES, NOT THE LAME ONES GUYS!!!" In all seriousness, those are quite impressive JD-advantage gigs though! Harvard continues to lag Chicago on cl...
- Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:41 am
- Forum: Transfer Admissions
- Topic: Guide for Transferring to Another Law School
- Replies: 97
- Views: 59806
Re: Guide for Transferring to Another Law School
wow, that means hunter biden must have done really well if his gulc grades made transfer even plausible (considering how tough yls transfer is). it doesn't seem he graduated YLS with any latin honors though, which is a bit surprising considering he must have had almost top grades after 1L. Does YLS...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:45 am
- Forum: Public Interest and Government
- Topic: LRAP/IBR/PSLF. How does it work? Let's find out!
- Replies: 190
- Views: 47716
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: Clerkships
- Topic: Does a SCOTUS Clerkship Matter?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7110
Re: Does a SCOTUS Clerkship Matter?
Just to look at the financial benefit side of things alone- the bonus is like 350k now, right? So you're comparing No-SCOTUS earnings (70k clerk + 50k bonus + 200k salary Y2 + 25k bonus)= 2 yr total of 345k vs. Yes-SCOTUS earnings (70k clerk + 85k clerk Y2 + 350k SCOTUS bonus)= 505k earnings. So the...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:27 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Dropping Out and Reapplying
- Replies: 114
- Views: 25989
Re: Dropping Out and Reapplying
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...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:01 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Dropping Out and Reapplying
- Replies: 114
- Views: 25989
Re: Dropping Out and Reapplying
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...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:48 pm
- Forum: OCI, Biglaw Summers, and Other First Private Sector Jobs
- Topic: Would you spell out LIBOR on a resume?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4216
Re: Would you spell out LIBOR on a resume?
Jeez Nony, just tell me you're gonna write a better version of my response next time and it'll save me some time!
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: OCI, Biglaw Summers, and Other First Private Sector Jobs
- Topic: Would you spell out LIBOR on a resume?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4216
Re: Would you spell out LIBOR on a resume?
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'...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:29 am
- Forum: Legal News and Law Firm Gossip
- Topic: SCOTUS and Other Big Cases
- Replies: 224
- Views: 46280
Re: SCOTUS and Other Big Cases
Yeah like at some point you just gotta resolve to win the race to the bottom right?
- Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:31 pm
- Forum: Clerkships
- Topic: Movement on the plan?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1952
Re: Movement on the plan?
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.
- Fri May 31, 2019 7:32 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: UChicago Students and Grads Taking Questions and providing positive externalities
- Replies: 259
- Views: 61491
Re: UChicago Students and Grads Taking Questions and providing positive externalities
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...
- Tue May 21, 2019 6:43 pm
- Forum: Other Pre-Law Questions
- Topic: [delete]
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5818
Re: Gunning for academia in 2019 and beyond
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.
https://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsbla ... ng-report/
Should have a link to a Google Doc summarizing.
- Tue May 21, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: Other Pre-Law Questions
- Topic: [delete]
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5818
Re: Gunning for academia in 2019 and beyond
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:45 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: UChicago (20K) v. NYU/CLS (50%) v. GULC (full)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12689
Re: UChicago (20K) v. NYU/CLS (50%) v. GULC (full)
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!
Edit: I miss Smokey!
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:59 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: UChicago (20K) v. NYU/CLS (50%) v. GULC (full)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12689
Re: UChicago (20K) v. NYU/CLS (50%) v. GULC (full)
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...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:22 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: NYU vs. Northwestern
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3167
Re: NYU vs. Northwestern
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!
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:24 am
- Forum: Under Represented Minority (URM) Admissions
- Topic: URM Cycle Results 18-19 (Class of 2022)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6385
Re: URM Cycle Results 18-19 (Class of 2022)
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 ...