What would be best for an aspiring attorney?

klbmom18
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:33:30 +0000

Don’t agree with some of these comments. You do need a high GPA. However you don’t need to go to a top 10 law school by any means. If only those lawyers could get jobs there would only be a few thousand lawyers in the country. “Big Law” recruits at law schools all over the country, because they have offices all over the country. There are also big regional firms. However, there are lots of jobs for lawyers outside of “big law”.

Instead think about the kind of law that interests you. Health law? Maybe major in health sciences and go to UMD, where they have a health law specialty and where the big provider firms recruit.
Want to be a judge? Get a political science degree, make lots of contacts with legislators, and go to law school at your state flagship, then intern for state and federal judges.
How about a criminal lawyer? Look into a degree in criminology.
Patent law? Chemistry or engineering
US Justice Department – that’s where you need to go to Harvard or Yale

Going to a big 10 school doesn’t guarantee you a job, but going to a state flagship, passing the state bar, and making local contacts does.