Ep 173: What is a "Good" Law School?
With law school rankings fluctuating and more schools boycotting traditional ranking systems, how do you know what is a "good" law school? Sydney, offers advice on better metrics to consider like employability, bar passage rates, median salaries, and job prospects in the desired region. Today, we use the Law School Transparency website to help build a personalized law school list to figure what is a "good" law school for you.
Episode Highlights
Rankings are not the sole indicator of a good law school.
Factors That Make a Law School Good (Use of tools like Law School Transparency to gather comparative data):
Employability - Look at the school’s employment score. Law school should prepare you for a job and provide a return on your investment.
Bar Passage Rates - The school’s success in preparing students to pass the bar exam.
Median Salary - Evaluate if the salary prospects justify the investment in law school.
Job Prospects in the Area - Regional schools might offer better job opportunities in specific locations.
Personal Fit and Career Goals
Avoid schools with low employment and bar passage rates.
Look for schools where the majority of students are employed and pass the bar.
Also check out My Rank by Spivey tool for personalized law school rankings.
Tweetable Quotes
“Do not let myths deter you from pursuing law school. You absolutely deserve to be a lawyer.”
“I want you to be happy that you decided to go to law school, and so we need to figure out how it is going to help you get that job or get that opportunity that you otherwise couldn’t do before you went to law school.”