<p>“Outside of Biglaw/ clerkships, T14 JD carries no extra value than your average run of the mill JD from diploma factories. In other words, if you strike out at OCI, you are screwed.”
Sorry, just don’t agree. I’m part of the hiring process at a large government agency(over 250 attorneys in the building); the names Georgetown and Duke still carry a lot of clout here, and get noticed over the “diploma factories”. Not debating their worth for big law, but if you want to be a lawyer, and get a full ride(that was the initial premise), finishing law school with no debt and the name Virginia/Duke/Georgetown(pick the 4-14 school) on your diploma is well worth it. Will you get $160k to start? No, but you’ll get a job as a lawyer. And if you’ve got zero debt(again, the initial premise) you don’t have to be a slave to BigLaw. Usually I tell people to avoid law school-but a T14 school for free-if you want to practice law, go for it.</p>