uci or ucsd for someone planning on law school? (strictly academic question)

[bluebayou]

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And you have to be flexible in what you’re willing to do. I don’t imagine the top half of the class at Harvard or Yale or Stanford are exactly suffering,

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<p>Those two statements, taken together, appear rather naive. Sure, 99.99% of the LS population would be “flexible” enough to attend HYS. Only 000.1% get in. :)</p>

<p>And sure, the top half of the T14 do ok, but that still leaves hundreds (thousands?) of recent T14 grads who are under/unemployed.</p>

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If you’re not just chasing dollars, but truly are interested in the law, it’s still a good profession.

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<p>Sure, its a great profession, but with few jobs. According to the census bureau, we are graduating nearly 2x the number of JDs that the market requires.</p>

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it’s not like every new graduate is permanently unemployed.

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<p>Sure, they recently minted JD goes into a job that does not require a JD. Baristas pay ok too plus health care after a few years!</p>

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I’d think twice, but if you happen to get in a Top 30, definitely go.

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<p>A REALLY bad bet, IMO, unless the T30 is free. Take George Washington, for example, ~#20. Only a quarter its students earn jobs that enable them to pay back the bone crushing debt. Things are so bad, that the school is using funds to provide “jobs” for its grads: 25% of its grads have school funded jobs. Again, that is #20. </p>

<p>BU & BC have similar Big Law employment numbers (25%), but those two schools don’t use current tuition to give make-work jobs to recent grads. Instead, a quarter of their grads are just unemployed. Period.</p>