What top undergrad gives you the best chance for a top law school?

[LazyKid]

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Which therefore seems to point to another strategy - attend law school for the first year, and then interview. If you don’t find something to your liking because of the poor economy, then withdraw from law school, and return when the economy is better. Granted, you will be carrying a year’s worth of law school debt, but hey, that’s better than carrying 3 years of debt. And your seat in the law school will be secured.

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<p>That would be an ideal proposition for many law students, if it can work like that. Basically, law firm recruiting is very structured and rigid, and there is no second shot at the firm job interviews… If you miss the boat on 2L on-campus interviews, your law school won’t allow you to participate in that 2L on campus interview second-time, no matter what. and, just because you take leave of absence from law school at that point and come back later, you can’t get those interview schedules back again, nor will law firms try to interview you. Basically, you are screwed if you miss your boat on a firm job as a second year law student…if you are intent on working for a large law firm.</p>

<p>Granted, smaller-law firms that do personal injury, divorce settlement, insurance defense - type of work that pay 35-40k a year hire law students after they graduate from law school and pass the bar. Regardless, most of selective, lucrative law firm jobs are essentially one-shot deal for law students.</p>