Should I attend law school?

muckdogs07
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:01:22 +0000

Greybeard, thanks for the piece from Salon.

LakeClouds – Agree the dean’s analysis was weak and interesting he did not cite Case Western’s placement rate? Case would be a good test for the marketability of solid law schools with good regional reputations, but not close to T14.

The one thing I did agree with the dean about is the cynicism fostered by media outliets like Above the Law. I do think there was value in emphasizing the long view and also think the dean should have talked about “out of the box” thinking and the idea that a legal career need ot begin or end with a Top 200 law firm.

One thing I do not know since back in 1989 when I graduated form Duke law (great market then) is whether or not the law schools have started seeking out non-legal employers in finance and education, among otherws, and legal employers with the government and non-profits. Very little of that took place back in the late
1980s, but times have changed.

Also, when I went to school, the small market firms basically got shut out (think Cleveland (other than Jones Day), Detroit, Kansas City etc). Have any of them been recruiting “up the ladder” in this environment?