Doing well in law school so far

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Oh no! Not another lawyer?! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif
Well, make sure you head to Nashville and get a job at that prestigious law firm like Tom Cruise did. But check out the house they give you for bugs and stuff...

Nashville? Tom Cruise is a lawyer here?

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

Eh fVck it, if you have to tell someone not to make a thread about good grades in law school then it is almost certain they will never be a good lawyer. That is not to say that you can't hide out in some 100 man law firm and make a decent living, but you will never be worth a shit as a real lawyer.
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I can't agree more. A students= judges, B students= prosecutors, c students=defense attorneys. I've learned 100x more working one day in a law office than I have in school thus far.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I thought that one fellow that defended OJ would make bank.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Oh.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

I can't agree more. A students= judges, B students= prosecutors, c students=defense attorneys. I've learned 100x more working one day in a law office than I have in school thus far.

i have no idea what kind of law I want to practice, all I want to do at this point is maximize the amounts of options I can choose from.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

That's a good idea! When he gets out of law school he can take over for Bill Shatner...

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

They can help you get into better graduate schools, internships, co-ops.

this is grad school i am talking about, not college. College grades only matter to get you into grad schools, but law school grades seem to matter a huge amount for getting your first job at least. In the long run I know it probably won't matter where I went to school or what my grades were, but getting a good first job definately doesn't seem like it would hurt.

I don't know why grades matter so much in law school because they seem very arbitrary, but they do. If I can get my rank down to top 15%, I could be competive as a transfer student at top 30 schools (Boston U and BC verified this for me). Not that I would transfer, but grades basically mean everythign here, at least for first year.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Oh.

Geez man, did you not see 'The Firm'? Good movie...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

this is grad school i am talking about, not college. College grades only matter to get you into grad schools, but law school grades seem to matter a huge amount for getting your first job at least. In the long run I know it probably won't matter where I went to school or what my grades were, but getting a good first job definately doesn't seem like it would hurt.

I am in grad school as well.

Grades do not matter, pubs do.

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

this is grad school i am talking about, not college. College grades only matter to get you into grad schools, but law school grades seem to matter a huge amount for getting your first job at least. In the long run I know it probably won't matter where I went to school or what my grades were, but getting a good first job definately doesn't seem like it would hurt.
I don't know why grades matter so much in law school because they seem very arbitrary, but they do. If I can get my rank down to top 15%, I could be competive as a transfer student at top 30 schools (Boston U and BC verified this for me). Not that I would transfer, but grades basically mean everythign here, at least for first year.

Just try not to be a goober who runs around all the time talking about grades, summer jobs etc. That is going to get you nowhere fast. Be cool -- like Fonzie.

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

i have no idea what kind of law I want to practice, all I want to do at this point is maximize the amounts of options I can choose from.

Your idea is right...better opportunities for certain kinds of law right out of school with a nice high GPA. But as stated previously, one simple connection erases that need for a high GPA.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Just try not to be a goober who runs around all the time talking about grades, summer jobs etc. That is going to get you nowhere fast. Be cool -- like Fonzie.

But his mediocre grades are his heart...

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

I am in grad school as well.
Grades do not matter, pubs do.

law school is not the same at all as grad schools. At my school, a lot of people land the high paying jobs in the fall on campus interview program, and i think you need to be top 25 or top 20% to go to it, and then each firm has a grade cutoff. So your rank can literally allow you to make 100K more than you would be making with average or subpar grades.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I am just screwing with you....

Actually, my MA won't even make it on the resume. I don't have enough work experience to back it up. It won't even help me get a raise.