<p>Is it worth going to law school given that I'm graduating from a CUNY?</p>
<p>I'm afraid that law firms only hire people from top undergrad schools. Is this true? Would this hinder my chances of finding a stable career in practicing law?</p>
<p>Law firms do not care where you went to undergrad.</p>
<p>actually the big law firms care initially or they used to. but it’s more important to get degree u can afford.</p>
<p>Undergrad only counts in terms of networking. Alumni of several undergrad schools that I am personally familiar with are incredibly proactive in terms of helping fellow alumni get hired in their law firms. Therefore, those schools are very over represented at certain firms. Otherwise it is all about the law school.</p>
<p>NYU is (nearly) all about grades+LSAT.</p>
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<p>I have seen absolutely no evidence of this. Certainly OCI results are graded by law school class standing without respect for undergrad degrees. A possible exception is IP, where they care what you did in undergrad, though not terribly about where you did it.</p>
<p>sorry, I read note wrong. I thought he meant law degree and firms do care about that. Agreed, where u got ur undergrad degree has no bearing on attorney job market other than networking. so having undergrad from CUNY is fine</p>