<p>As you dig deeper into the employment stats, you’ll learn that they include graduates who are working at Best Buy, in the admissions office of the law school, or as document reviewers. They do not mean that 93% of the grads are working as lawyers. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that in three years many of the people who you know today in the D.A.'s office will have moved on. Even if they’re still working there, they won’t remember you as well. They will have three more years of people coming in and out the door. Many D.A.s offices have had hiring freezes, or jobs go to those who are politically connected. It’s a tough world out there. </p>
<p>If the lawyers who will write letters for you have any pull at their own schools, you might try that. Just because they’re well-known in MASS though, they may not be that well known elsewhere. </p>
<p>If you’re determined to go into debt, Suffolk and Western New England should be on your list. You can look at the lawschoolnumbers site, which shows your current list is out of reach (unless you’re a URM, in which you might have a chance of getting waitlisted at 3rd tier schools). You might also look at Maine and Roger Williams. It pains me, however, to encourage anyone to go to law school these days due to the horrendous job market for lawyers – even for the T14 grads, who discover that their job markets have dried up too. </p>
<p>Stacy gave you good advice about working and going to school at night, if you feel certain that you have a job waiting.</p>