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- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:00 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Help Me Decide (Penn/UVA/Michigan)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 330
Re: Help Me Decide (Penn/UVA/Michigan)
Boston, D.C., Chicago This preference washes out most of the marginal benefit of Penn, which punches above its weight in New York (and, I assume, is great for Philly or maybe western PA) but otherwise is "just" another T14. If you'd truly prefer D.C., I think you should take a hard look at UVA, bec...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:32 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2020 rolling out + C/O 2012-2019 data
- Replies: 739
- Views: 178628
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
Sorry, phrased that poorly. Why did they show a huge year-to-year gain? I was confused because they usually have a very high total in general - what lowered their totals in 2019? My guess is the pandemic pushing people out of in-house or PI stuff into the safe firm jobs they already had Gotcha. But...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:28 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2020 rolling out + C/O 2012-2019 data
- Replies: 739
- Views: 178628
Re: Employment Statistics by School - C/O 2019 rolling out + C/O 2012-2017 data
My guess is the pandemic pushing people out of in-house or PI stuff into the safe firm jobs they already had
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:47 pm
- Forum: Other Pre-Law Questions
- Topic: LSAC School Report
- Replies: 6
- Views: 716
Re: LSAC School Report
LSAC used to publish these data but they're hard to find now. Had min/mean/max GPA and LSAT as well as the population of people from an undergrad applying to LS
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:21 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: duke, uva, cornell, or retake
- Replies: 100
- Views: 4293
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:03 pm
- Forum: LSAT & GRE Preparation
- Topic: Those who got -2/-0 on RC on an official recent test or were natural at RC, what did you do?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5420
Re: Those who got -2/-0 on RC on an official recent test or were natural at RC, what did you do?
It's relevant for poetry because (without getting into an debate about aesthetics) the sounds of the words are directly relevant to the quality of the work: He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. I wouldn't ...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Legal Employment/Post Grad Discussion
- Topic: How do local prosecutors and PDs handle so many cases at one time?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1082
Re: How do local prosecutors and PDs handle so many cases at one time?
Do you think you or your colleagues picked up bad habits (such as taking shortcuts) handling so many cases at any given time? You might get better answers if you clarify what you mean by "shortcuts". Do you mean relying on form/precedent documents? Doing less-thorough research? Making more plea bar...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:07 pm
- Forum: LSAT & GRE Preparation
- Topic: Those who got -2/-0 on RC on an official recent test or were natural at RC, what did you do?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5420
Re: Those who got -2/-0 on RC on an official recent test or were natural at RC, what did you do?
re the comment about analyzing poetry, do you think subvocalizing then makes you better comprehend it or why do you do it consciously for poetry as opposed to rc passages? It's relevant for poetry because (without getting into an debate about aesthetics) the sounds of the words are directly relevan...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:50 pm
- Forum: Other Pre-Law Questions
- Topic: Long Hours
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2168
Re: Long Hours
It’s less the hours and more the constantly being on call (except for busy months when it’s both). It’s tough to say more than that with any precision. This. Working 8AM-6PM, Monday through Saturday, would be 60 hours but much, much more manageable than a biglaw job where you average 60 hours a week.
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:52 pm
- Forum: OCI, Biglaw Summers, and Other First Private Sector Jobs
- Topic: Simpson v. Debevoise for Corporate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 720
Re: Simpson v. Debevoise for Corporate
I noticed younger partners at Simpson and track to partnership seemed to be 10 years. Is this a recent trend that may have something to do with a modified lockstep compensation? ~10 years is within the normal range for biglaw nowadays as it's become harder to make (equity) partner. What "trend" exa...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: Application Process
- Topic: LSAC GPA Higher?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 514
Re: LSAC GPA Higher?
Not sure you need an addendum to explain the GPA situation. LSAC doesn't count post-bacc credits per policy and I don't see the benefit in drawing attention to the weakest part of your transcript when there's nothing to explain. You need to report the graduate work most likely. Have you tried simply...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Legal Employment/Post Grad Discussion
- Topic: Do Large Firms avoid hiring older new attorney?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2473
Re: Do Large Firms avoid hiring older new attorney?
Lawcrossing is basically just marketing copy. Worse than useless.Indecision wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:41 pm
Law crossing did have an article about it. So I take it that site is not often reliable?
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:59 am
- Forum: Alternative Careers
- Topic: CS career megathread / AMA
- Replies: 325
- Views: 74133
Re: CS career megathread / AMA
I mean I know full professors who’ve been teaching for 20 years who make less than $120k. (Obviously not coding but just for context.) I guess my perception of the compensation for new SWEs or similar is skewed. Public perception is skewed by the high end (FAANG salaries, people who played the equi...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Harvard vs. Yale NY Big Law
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9835
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:35 pm
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Harvard vs. Yale NY Big Law
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9835
Re: Harvard vs. Yale NY Big Law
I was curious so I went and looked for some actual numbers on this: https://www.chambers-associate.com/career-moves/gcs-of-the-sp-500-companies-trends-analysis (S&P500, which are a different but similar group of companies, probably a better dataset for what OP is after IMO) https://www.lawdepartment...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:58 am
- Forum: Choosing a Law School
- Topic: Harvard vs. Yale NY Big Law
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9835
Re: Harvard vs. Yale NY Big Law
Whichever t13 gives you a full ride. NY transactional biglaw isn't the sort of unicorn job where it's worth the extra expense (debt) for fairly similar outcomes in terms of odds of getting the job. I mean, if it's all debt free, sure, pick based on location/profs/class size/preftige. Yeah if NYC bi...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: What Are My Chances?
- Topic: URM Super-Splitter Advice?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2390
Re: URM Super-Splitter Advice?
i've never heard of a hard GPA floor for any school, especially re: URM. And even if there were, it wouldn't be set at 3.0; meaning a 2.9 isn't prohibitive. Berkeley is the exception here since they have to follow rules imposed by their parent university: [...] The Berkeley Graduate Division requir...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:23 pm
- Forum: What Are My Chances?
- Topic: URM Super-Splitter Advice?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2390
Re: URM Super-Splitter Advice?
Agree with the above. I would push hard to finish with a 3.0 or better because that is a meaningful break-point for some schools. Ask for fee waivers. I would not bother with non-T14s unless you want to ride the WashU money train or have a specific region in mind (e.g. USC/UCLA for Southern Californ...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Application Process
- Topic: Score inflation doomthread / cheer on the end of the LSAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2591
Re: Score inflation doomthread / cheer on the end of the LSAT
LSAC finally released score data for 2020 (link opens PDF; see page 4):
https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummaryOr ... Format=PDF
https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummaryOr ... Format=PDF
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Legal Employment/Post Grad Discussion
- Topic: Asking for old job back after lateral move
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1387
Re: Asking for old job back after lateral move
Re: going from [major market] > [secondary hometown market] > [back to major market], the person I mentioned upthread did the same thing. It's certainly not unheard-of. But you will need to somehow convince people that you intend to stay in NYC for the foreseeable future or bringing you on is more t...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:04 am
- Forum: What Are My Chances?
- Topic: 3.4/165/AA-URM Chance t20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 877
Re: 3.4/165/AA-URM Chance t20
Your softs are decent. The only thing holding you back from $$$ at a top school is that LSAT score, which is really on the cusp.
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: Application Process
- Topic: Score inflation doomthread / cheer on the end of the LSAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2591
Score inflation doomthread / cheer on the end of the LSAT
TL;DR the LSAT-Flex has a wider bell curve which is throwing off the score percentiles in the 165+ and especially 170+ range
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Legal Employment/Post Grad Discussion
- Topic: Asking for old job back after lateral move
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1387
Re: Asking for old job back after lateral move
I have no idea how, or why, they did this, but I've just this year seen someone leave and then come back ~4-6 months later. Certainly not impossible, and the person in question seems to be doing just fine now.
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Legal Employment/Post Grad Discussion
- Topic: Gray’s Guide to Government Honors Programs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11413
Re: Gray’s Guide to Government Honors Programs
I am generally anti-thank you note. You have little to gain, and much to lose. What's to lose? A reasonably polite, succinct thank-you note is rarely a negative . Some people don't like them, but such people mostly just ignore them. And it's certainly not the kind of faux pas that would sink an oth...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:39 pm
- Forum: LSAT & GRE Preparation
- Topic: January, February, and April 2021 LSATs Confirmed as Flex
- Replies: 1
- Views: 599
Re: January, February, and April 2021 LSATs Confirmed as Flex
Starting to feel like the Flex is the new normal.