Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The economically rational lawyer . . .

would look over this chart very carefully before starting law school. Granted this is not everything. There are non monetary reasons to go to these other schools. But know this: the amount you work per week/month/year is not substantially different (i.e. billable requirements) between the top and the bottom. What differs is just how much YOU get paid.

This, I believe, is a better marker than the annual law school rankings: This tells you with authority what you get for going where, i.e., what actual value is placed on the legal education you receive.

Noteable absences: Yale? Did I miss it? Oh, and why am I very curious about a methodology that puts Duke above Harvard . . . government work? What am I missing.

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