1L Success

NYULawyer
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:52:05 +0000

Many law school students seem to not realize that the “luster” of T-14 credentials quickly dissipates with any legal employers outside of Biglaw and select clerkships.

Basically, I would argue that if your grades don’t make the cut-off for Biglaw after 1L year, your odds of getting completely screwed over are so high, even coming out of a T14 law school, that staying in school paying 60-70k a year is no where close to worth it.

Mass mail campaign should ideally be launched, before OCI, not after OCI and when most large firms have wrapped up recruiting.

In this economy, I wouldn’t pay sticker price to attend any law school outside of top 6. A sticker price at lower T-14 seems to be a very risky choice.

Due to paramount importance of 1L grades in legal hiring, I would argue that anyone who takes life seriously gives all (s)he’s got during 1L, to get the best possible grades one can achieve.