<p>Does anybody know which law school is best for one who wants to specialize in real estate law? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>What do you mean by real estate law? Do you want to be a lawyer who works on residential closings? A lawyer who works on commercial real estate transactions? A lawyer who investigates real estate investments for a hedge fund or other investment company? A lawyer who reviews the real estate aspects of a merger?</p>
<p>Any good local or regional law school will have courses on real estate law (aka "real property"). If you are looking into law schools and want to work in real estate, decide which city or area you want to live and practice in; then check for the best local or regional schools in that area. Many will be in a state university system.</p>
<p>^Yeah, that's really all there is to say. If you can't get into one of the top 14, go to the best school in the region where you want to practice. Pretty much the same advice I'd give anybody, regardless of what kind of law they wanted to practice.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info guys.</p>
<p>sallyawp, I have no idea what I want to concentrate on in real estate law. I am only in the infancy stages of the whole process. What I plan to do is work/intern at a loan center so that I can see how things work and what exactly I want to do.</p>
<p>Would it be a better idea if I had majored in finance/accounting rather than political science since I intend on going into real estate law which is more realted to finance?</p>
<p>Nikkei: there are courses aimed at teaching lawyers the finance or accounting they will need to know to practice real estate or oher business law; for more detailed knowledge you would work with or rely on an accountant or financing person.</p>
<p>Concerning the Top14, I'd think UPenn would have a good real estate programme, but I've never investigated it nor ahve I seen alot of ratings. Perhaps the fact that they are one of the best schools for aspiring real estate business moguls, it leads to the assumption.</p>
<p>I am also highly interested in real estate, but want to goto a top 14 law school (top choice is georgetown i think because i like next door). Anyway, I goto Emory University and have yet to declare my major. I was going to double major in finance/real estate with minor in physics. The problem is finance/real estate dont look particularly good for law school + it will hurt my gpa because its very hard at my school...
Will I still be able to learn these in law school? If so, I would consider doing an easier major that looks better such as philosophy/physics or something like that.</p>
<p>I wouldn't do the finance/real estate major. I've never even heard of a school offering a real estate major.</p>
<p>yea real estate is a major at Emory University's b-school but only as a 2nd major in conjunction with one of the big ones (finance, marketing, accounting, etc.)</p>
<p>I think after reading all this though, I plan on being an econ major.</p>
<p>^ I think that would best suit you.</p>