Hofstra Law School To NYU Law?
I am intellection of feat to Hofstra University School of Law (#99 in the country) and was wondering if it is genuine that if you modify 1L at or nearby the crowning of your collection (even at a 2nd/3rd Tier school) you could designate to otherwise unattainble schools (due to LSATs) much as Cardozo or NYU. Is this genuine that if I intend at the crowning of my Hofstra collection (or similarly hierarchical accumulation school) that after the prototypal assemblage I could designate to a higher hierarchical one? Thanks
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You would be surprised at what law schools most lawyers go to…. it is honestly very rare, nowadays, that you find someone who goes to Harvard for law, because they are, obviously, few and far between. I work in a law firm and NONE of the attorneys there went to any law schools that were in the U.S. N&W Report’s top 10%. Go to the law school you would RATHER go to. If you can’t get in, go to your next choice.
To answer your question, no, it is not guaranteed that if you to go a similarly tiered law school as Hofstra that you will be able to transfer to another school. It’s not easy to transfer into a new law school once you’ve completed a year at another because the each school’s curriculum is NOT the same.
There’s a world of difference between NYU and Cardozo. There’s very little chance of getting in to NYU even if you are one of the top 2 or 3 students in your class, unless you did very well on your LSAT (i.e., over 170) and had to go to Hofstra because of truly terrible grades. Cardozo is more realistic.
On the other hand, 1L is 1L, and NYU accepts about 50 transfer students per year, so simply coming from a different institution isn’t the problem that some have suggested.
Cardozo may be possible. I have spoken to a lot of transfer students and it is extremely difficult to transfer. Law school is sort of a bonding experience the first year. Law schools are smaller- like high school in a lot of ways. By the end of first year everyone already has their group of friends, knows the professors etc. Transferring would sort of be like being the new kid in high school. I would try to get into the best law school possible that you can afford your first year.
And don’t worry too much about the rankings. They matter, but you will still get a good job.