<p>“Law school is a completely different beast from most other graduate schools. Law firms only hire the top 10% of the graduating class. So if you went to an elite law school that is going to be a tough chore because your grade is based off of how well everyone else does. Basically you could write an essay that in undergrad would have been an A but you had the 11th best A paper so you get a B+. For instance my sister was a straight A+ student her entire life and then she went to Wash U. Law and finished in the top 25% and can’t even find a job at a DA. The place she interned at just doesn’t have the money to hire her and all of the lawyers our family knows are saying the same thing. There just isn’t money right now. Right now as a lawyer you either need to be top 10% at a top 20 law school, have a MS in engineering or chemistry (be a patent lawyer), or also be a CPA (finance law).”</p>
<p>From what I’m told the elite law schools are ranked as Top-14, and that they will fare significantly better than those from other schools. And Wash U is not one of these.</p>