<p>Texas, I may have mis-read your post, but I too have been an attorney for a while(almost 30 years now) and am entirely unfamiliar with the idea that an applicant picks a law school based on the area of law in which he/she wishes to practice. It’s always been that you go to the best school you can afford(and at which you have been accepted). So what school does one wish to attend to practice criminal law? or corporate? This is a concept I’ve never heard before.
And as a partner in AmLaw100, you’d agree that pedigree carries a lot of weight-really, it’s the trump card for new grads entering the legal marketplace. And Demo’s right-all potential applicants need to weigh prospects of getting a job after graduation before attending. It’s a very tough market, especially for grads of second-level schools.</p>