Re: Law School Brag
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I wouldn't go to law school if I were you though, being a lawyer sucks balls.
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QFMFT.
Srsly, though, where you want to live and what you want to do is very relevant to your decision. If you want to live in Texas and don't want to work 90 hours a week for the next 15 years, Baylor should be just fine. If you do want to work that much, being at the top of your class at Baylor should be enough to get you a look at plenty of Texas biglaw firms.
If you don't know where you want to live and you're willing to work your [censored] off, go Top 20. You'll ring up an impressive debt load, but as long as you're in the top quarter of your class you can get it back by slaving away for biglaw.
Personally, I'd happily give back my borderline Top 20 degree in exchange for having my loans forgiven. Even though I make good money, having a student loan payment that's as big as my mortgage sucks [censored].
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dis all be da truf. but consider this. what exactly do u want to do with your law degree, or do u not know. i went to a decent school, Stetson (which is supposed to be one of the top trial schools, but hardly noticeable otherwise) that cost a pretty penny. finished right smack dab in the middle of the class but i always knew that i wasn't going to work for anyone else.
i got out about 4 years ago and failed in my first firm, but started a new one with a partner and now have a thriving firm with 25 employees.
i also have a few friends that i graduated with that were in the same boat. two buddies did 2.5 years in the public defenders office and went out on their own and now make 6 figures and work about 30 hours a week. yeah, they have to deal with criminals a lot but hey someone has too.
we all say the same thing, paying for law school if we didnt have to is a NO BRAINER. if you intend on working for yourself, all you need to do is pass the bar, thats it.
another thing, if you do want to work for a big firm consider this, i know a lot of people who didnt graduate in top 10% or even from great schools who were able to get really good jobs right out of school just because they were on law review. its a ton of work to do while you are in school, but supposedly big firms love law review people as first year associates because of the amount of writing you have to do before they give you any court experience
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