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Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus
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Professors generally come from the top schools, and if you want tenure it's almost a requirement. Thus, Top ~25 applies there. Public service often doesn't justify the investment in time and $ required unless scholarships are involved, and most serious politicians also went to top schools. You'll find a few politicians in the top 60 schools, but most come out of the Top 25, and there's a strong plurality that comes from the top 14.
You can do a lot of other things, and it can be smart to get a JD from a non top school, but you MUST know what you're doing. Going in blindly is never a good idea.
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Professors who teach at top schools are from top schools. 70% of the lawyers who practice don't go to a top ten school. My uncle is a patent lawyer and he went to Albany Law School (state college) and makes more money then you or I could even fathom. Not everyone goes to Yale Or Harvard my friend and if you pass the BAR exam in New York state, California or Texas then you are an intelligent person no matter which school you went to. My civil procedures professor went to CUNY College then CUNY School of Law and was able to retire when she was 50 years old. She was a managing partner at a law firm and teaches part time just to keep her mind busy but owns a house in the hamptons and a really nice pad in the upper east or west side (cant remember).
Yea sure its nice to have that Harvard School Of Law on your resume but just because the person had the money to go to that school does not make them a more competent lawyer then the guy who went to a state school. In some places in the midwest they even prefer a local kid then someone who went off to a hoity toity university. If you are a hard worker and have a go getter attitude then you will do absolutely fine in your field.