Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit ) an appellate attorney on the Fifth Circuit just ran a series of posts for college students considering law school. He posted
For college students with very strong grades/scores thinking about choosing a law school, a note from my various calls with people - the flagship state school of the place you want to live in might be literally the best school in the country for you, all-in. I’ve said this before, but the combination of intense alumni loyalty + cheap(er) + you live in the market is very powerful - more powerful than I would have thought.
The rest of the comments all agreed that on the merits of 1) little / no debt and 2) study where you want to live.
@collegemom3717 Can you direct me to this writes of posts? I haven’t had any luck locating them. Thank you!
@RMFifthCircuit is a Twitter handle- search his posts for the original post (what I posted is a straight quote, which will help you find the thread)
I would preface the comment “study where you want to live” with “if considering law schools outside of the T-14 law schools”.
@collegemom3717 - Thx for the heads up. (He is a funny guy, too. I just read some of his tweets.)