Duke or Columbia?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I've been asked by an undergrad student:</p>

<p>If he has gotten into Duke's JD/LLM program (with a $15,000/year scholarship) and Columbia, where should he go?</p>

<p>The goal is "international law", perhaps abroad.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>since “international law” doesn’t really exist, I’d ask for a whole lot more money from Duke, but if the answer is ‘no mas’, I’d take the prestige of Columbia.</p>

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<p>Agreed on everything bluebayou said, especially the part about “international law” not actually existing. I’d also want to know why an LLM is being discussed. The only LLM worth considering is in Tax, and then you want it from either [Georgetown</a>](<a href=“http://i173.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/w76/linguica2/lawgoons/cdc994f9474e959584a0682951251212b9f.png]Georgetown”>http://i173.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/w76/linguica2/lawgoons/cdc994f9474e959584a0682951251212b9f.png)or NYU, not Duke or Columbia.</p>

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<p>I’d recommend Columbia. I work with someone whose Duke son struggled to find a legal job on the East Coast, and ended up in a tiny law firm doing personal injury work. Columbia offers more opportunities IMO. </p>

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<p>I am sure that both schools are equally fine in terms of the quality of their law schools.
But… if you care about the prestige of the institution… I’d go with Columbia Law.</p>

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<p>At those prices ($48,000 a year for Duke, $82,000 a year for Columbia), Duke. </p>

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<p>Duke is the correct answer.</p>

<p>However, the student needs to demand more money from Duke. I would guess that that they will be willing to increase the offer by $20,000. ($5,000 per year).</p>

<p>First rule of law school scholarships. If they are willing to give you money, they are willing to give you <em>more</em> money.</p>