Do you have to go to a top law school?
Getting top grades at a lower-ranked regional law school and having good interviewing skills go a long way. It’s important to note that a T14 JD alone doesn’t guarantee a job. Employers will consider not just the name of your law school but how well you did there.
Can you go to law school online?
The ABA has yet to accredit any law school with courses offered entirely online. But as law schools increasingly expand into online instruction, the ABA has begun to issue waivers to hybrid programs–those that mix traditional campus learning with online courses–so they can apply for accreditation.
Are law school graduates unable to get a job as lawyer?
There’s been no shortage of stories in the mainstream news and the blogosphere about law school graduates being unable to get a job as lawyer. Rather than any fault lying with the law grads it’s the responsibility of the law schools who duped the students into coming to law school representing that they had a good chance to get a job.
Can a lawyer start a career with a large law firm?
If an attorney does not start his or her career with a large law firm, it is difficult, if not impossible for that attorney to ever get a position in one. In most instances, the first firm a student joins out of law school will be the largest one he or she ever works with.
What happens when attorneys come out of school at the wrong time?
If attorneys come out of school at the wrong time, they may find offers received as summer associates revoked, they may be hired and quickly laid off only months into their first year, or they may not get a job with a large law firm at all.
Does it matter where a student goes to Law School?
It generally does not matter where the student went to law school, if he did not get a position as a summer associate, it is very likely that he or she will never get a position in a large law firm, although there are sometimes exceptions. While this sounds harsh, this pattern is something I see all the time.