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@alexdivine @tringo335 people are just completely off sometimes, when it comes to the rule or even issue of a case. I know people aren't idiots because this is a really good school but not everyone here is necessarily cut out for law school. There …
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@"Alex Divine" it's just some of the things people say. They seem so off-the-wall at times.
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@10000019 for instance, effort or other factors?
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@"Alex Divine" thanks man. We all find ways to perform in the clutch. I am just finally having my oh crap moment. I'm about to walk onto campus wear some of the very best will be and I count myself among them but that is still a tall order
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@"Alex Divine" yeah I believe you're only given 3 hours or so and I've heard 7 to 10 pages would be considered light
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@"Alex Divine" thanks bro. I am honestly nervous about starting. I am nervous about the exams because your don't really get a chance to proofread
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What @"Alex Divine" said
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Thank you! So basically they will just send my updated academic summer report, upon receiving my transcripts?
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With the exception of a few lower tier schools like Creighton, almost all of your Supreme Court clerkships come from schools in that range. For the most part, if you go to one of those schools it will be much easier to get into big law as well. Not …
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Thanks everyone!
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@"Alex Divine" no problem.
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@"Alex Divine" that's interesting information on mid law. I imagine that it depends a lot on the location of the firm as well. Michigan only has 4 schools, not including Cooley. So Wayne, Michigan State, and even Toledo have the ability to place p…
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Well... there have been rumblings that the GRE would eventually replace the LSAT
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Rutgers made yuuuuge gains
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@Mellow_Z I just grew up around a lot of businessmen. Though my mother alienated her wealthy family, I have been able to keep those connections. Naturally, a lot of these people are very anti going into debt. I am also very stubborn. I could easily …
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@akeegs92 @"Alex Divine" there are also some midsize firms that pay pretty well. For instance, in Detroit, Butzel Long starts people off at like a hundred and five or a hundred and ten thousand. Often, pay ranges from firm to firm.
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@stgl1230 Northwestern is on the table but I didn't apply to a lot of other places because I want to stay in the Midwest. Detroit, Chicago, and Indianapolis are the cities that I am looking at.
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@"Alex Divine" that is fair and all but I am 100% expecting myself to graduate in the top 5%. I do have biglaw connections to and they are telling me some of the opposite. I am a guy that will ask if there is any chance at all and that answer is cle…
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@"Alex Divine" I just feel like a lot of people who don't make it aren't willing to give up their personal life and make the other sacrifices necessary to succeed. If you look at the people that have made partner at a lot of these firms, there are c…
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http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900044911/10-Factors-That-Matter-to-Big-Firms-More-Than-Where-You-Went-to-Law-School-Why-the-Law-School-You-Went-to-Ultimately-Does-Not-Matter-as-Much-as-You-Think-It-Does-to-Major-Law-Firms/#
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@"Alex Divine" I see where you're coming from. I just have one question for you. Do you think the people that you call biglaw refugees are a little biased? And I am not saying the people that I know that are partners aren't. Of course they are. Peop…
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@"Alex Divine" you have an interesting take. I don't know why I would only last 3 years in biglaw. Granted I only know Partners at a couple big law firms but I've been told that most people quit. I was told that a lot of them think it is a ruthless …
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@"Mo Zubair" that was a very reflective comment. Quite frankly, I am surprised that so many people are on the U Chicago train and understandably so. I have never failed after betting on myself. Admittedly, without the connections I have, I would …
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@"Alex Divine" but if I can get the same $160,000 starting salary, why wouldn't I take the debt free route? Polsinelli is a pretty strong firm to have a connection to. I get what you are saying when warning me not to expect to graduate very high bu…
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@dervy2017 politically speaking
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@"Cant Get Right" I am actually leaning towards Chicago Kent at the moment. I know car people that went there and got biglaw jobs right off the bat, starting at $160,000. Everyone is definitely right, when talking about limitations. The way I have i…
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@stgl1230 that's what I was thinking as well. If I was an employer, I wouldn't care what someone got on a test that, when their actual performance in law school is more telling of what their ability as a lawyer is.
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@Connor180 thank you for your insight! I go to the University of Detroit Mercy and given the socioeconomic background of our students, we mostly lean right, though the left is pretty loud. So there are plenty of times where I feel like I can't speak…