Samseau - My brother went to BU Law - I went to Law School in NYC - I take it you do not live in Boston. Boston's legal market is a closed shop. The old expression is this:
In New York City - its how much money you make
In Washington D.C. - its who your political connections are
In Boston - its what family line do you come from.
Very few BU grads stay in Boston unless they grew up there or got clerkships in town. The BU degree helped my brother only to the extent that he had a job lined up prior to being admitted. That's it. The Boston area schools are highly rated but are very expensive.
Boston is a great City to goto school in - but a 168 LSAT will not get you into Columbia or Yale where you would have certain prospects upon graduation. The job market for lawyers is bad now - it will be MUCH worse in 2013.
Read my post about lawyering in the thread about leaving the country to escape 200k in loan debt - I go into my last 10 years.
What I strongly suggest is that you DEFER entry into Law School and work in a field that interests you for a year - start to pick up a trade - at least take a year of work to figure out what you want to do.
Second option - go to Law School part time and take 4.5 years or so to get it - have a normal job or learn a trade during the day - play both ends of the spectrum.
In New York City - its how much money you make
In Washington D.C. - its who your political connections are
In Boston - its what family line do you come from.
Very few BU grads stay in Boston unless they grew up there or got clerkships in town. The BU degree helped my brother only to the extent that he had a job lined up prior to being admitted. That's it. The Boston area schools are highly rated but are very expensive.
Boston is a great City to goto school in - but a 168 LSAT will not get you into Columbia or Yale where you would have certain prospects upon graduation. The job market for lawyers is bad now - it will be MUCH worse in 2013.
Read my post about lawyering in the thread about leaving the country to escape 200k in loan debt - I go into my last 10 years.
What I strongly suggest is that you DEFER entry into Law School and work in a field that interests you for a year - start to pick up a trade - at least take a year of work to figure out what you want to do.
Second option - go to Law School part time and take 4.5 years or so to get it - have a normal job or learn a trade during the day - play both ends of the spectrum.