The Best Law School?

[crokett]

Off the top of my head I'd guess - Harvard. One of my car buddies is a lawyer, a University of Miami graduate. Anyone here graduate law school, and if so, which one?
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In light of "Black wallnut's" advice about staying on topic, the main question in this thread is fairly simple - "Anyone here graduate law school, and if so, which one?" Not one about teaching law.
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The title of this thread is "The Best Law School?" and then a guess as to which one is in the first post. So was your intent to find out who attended law school, which is the best one, or both? If it is merely to find out who attended law school then please edit the thread title and the original post to say so. As it stands now, his post is allowable, he is just refining the parameters to give you a better answer.

[Alex Franke]

The title of this thread is "The Best Law School?" and then a guess as to which one is in the first post. So was your intent to find out who attended law school, which is the best one, or both? If it is merely to find out who attended law school then please edit the thread title and the original post to say so. As it stands now, his post is allowable, he is just refining the parameters to give you a better answer.

Oh yeah -- I thought it was about good law schools, too.

In the spirit of being off topic, though, happy 10,000, crokett!

[Black wallnut]

Oh yeah -- I thought it was about good law schools, too.

In the spirit of being off topic, though, happy 10,000, crokett!

Now that the hijack is complete congrats David! A job well done. Sorry Cab-man... now ya'll get back on topic.

[LCHIEN]

When I was in dental school, the old joke was, "What do you call the person who graduates last in his class?" The answer is, "Doctor." I think that something similar here could apply. Does it really matter the law school from which you graduate unless you are applying to a very large and prestigious firm?

that is true but there are some schools where the worst student is better than the best student at another school.

or as the old joke goes, he left school A and transferred to school B and raised the averages at both schools.

Sometimes a degree from a prestigeous school can be a door opener.

A degree from Harvard is a door opener just about anywhere except certain parts of New Haven, CT

[cabinetman]

The title of this thread is "The Best Law School?" and then a guess as to which one is in the first post. So was your intent to find out who attended law school, which is the best one, or both? If it is merely to find out who attended law school then please edit the thread title and the original post to say so. As it stands now, his post is allowable, he is just refining the parameters to give you a better answer.

There are two questions:
1. "The Best Law School?"
2. "Anyone here graduate law school, and if so, which one?"

As for the first question (which wasn't answered), if a definition of how I meant "best" was needed to refine the parameters for an answer, the poster could have just asked, so it could be specifically addressed.

As for the second question (which wasn't answered), it doesn't seem to need any refinement. It's just a straightforward question.

But, you might be right, one post, one simple question may be what's necessary to avoid confusion.
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[Alex Franke]

Got it.

1) Yale, where best = (as I recall) wife's choice, respected, relatively small, has LLM, has joint program with divinity school, reasonably close to DC area
2) No, not me.

[phrog]

A degree from Harvard is a door opener just about anywhere except certain parts of New Haven, CN

And, perhaps, Nashville, TN. There used to be a lot of t-shirts around here that said, "Harvard, the Vanderbilt of the North."

[phrog]

I have a couple of friends who are in charge of hiring (and in some cases throwing lavish parties for candidates) for law firms. One in particular is a large firm, and another is a "boutique" firm. They both have made comments about lists of law schools that they keep -- something to the effect of "If you're not on the 'A' list, then we won't even look at you" or "If you're on the 'B' list, then you also need to have X, Y, Z..." -- stuff like that.

So based on that I would think it does make some difference, even for smaller firms.

My brother , who just retired from law, would argue that the old adage, "It's not what you know, but who you know," that really makes a difference. He taught at a law school before taking a job with the federal government. He has since been a guest speaker at more than one university. Names can mean a lot as far as your ability to land a job. But the names of individuals probably mean even more than the names of schools. I've certainly found that to be true.

[crokett]

But, you might be right, one post, one simple question may be what's necessary to avoid confusion.
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I'm glad we agree. As for answering a question with a question, I do it all the time to refine parameters. My customers like it, my wife hates it.

10,000??? I spend too much time here. Of course, pearls of wisdom, every one I am sure.

[phrog]

To get back on the OP's original question, I think we need to define what is meant by the "best law school." Is it the one with best reputation among other lawyers and why did it earn that reputation? Is it the one that has the highest earners among its graduates? Is it the one with highest faculty to student ratio? There are sooo many ways to define that original question.

[herb fellows]

This is starting to seem like Jeopardy, where you live in fear of not answering in question form.
OK, you can delete it now.

[phrog]

This is starting to seem like Jeopardy, where you live in fear of not answering in question form.
OK, you can delete it now.

Sorry. Too much tv.

[cabinetman]

I'm glad we agree. As for answering a question with a question, I do it all the time to refine parameters.

The school of hard knocks taught me that answering a question with a question is just to avoid giving an answer.
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[crokett]

The school of hard knocks taught me that answering a question with a question is just to avoid giving an answer.
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Not in my business. In all seriousness, somebody sent me an email tonight for work asking about the best disk layout. My answer was, "What does the customer want to do and what is most important?" There are several different ways to answer their question depending on application requirements, space/financial constraints, uptime requirements, etc.

[cabinetman]

This is starting to seem like Jeopardy, where you live in fear of not answering in question form.

I agree. To keep from splitting hairs, we'll let the simple question be answered, which is - Anyone here graduate law school, and if so, which one?
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