<p>Scroll down to the section titled "Faculty and students" </p>
<p>"The median starting salary for 2004 graduates was $110,000. Among 2004 graduates employed in the private sector, the median salary was $125,000" </p>
<p>Is that information in regards to UCLA Law School graduates accurate?</p>
<p>According to UCLA Law's website, the median starting salary for '05 graduates was $115,000. However, there are some graduates who earn less. The salary range in the private sector was 48K to 145K; in the government sector, the range was 34K to 65K; for the business sector, 74K to 140K; and for the public sector, 31K to 68K. Graduating from UCLA Law doesn't guarantee a six figure salary; there are other factors to consider.</p>
<p>graduating from UCLA law school does not necessarily mean you'll be earning a six-figure salary. only the top of the class who choose to work in private big law firms will earn six-figure salaries. everyone else (either not in the top of the class or choose to work in public sector or for a smaller private law firm) will not be earning a six-figure salary. this is true for the vast majority of law schools, even those who are ranked above UCLA. there's only a few exceptions where almost every graduate can be offered a six-figure salary, like at harvard, yale, and stanford. </p>
<p>so is a six-figure salary possible from UCLA law? definitely. but not every ucla law grad is going to land that salary.</p>
<p>also, those that land that 6 figure (and just barely 6 figure) salary will be working 80-100 hours a week.</p>
<p>I'll be applying to law school in a few months, and honestly one of the things I'm considering is going to a bit lower of a school and being towards the top of the class. So I mean, many schools can land you 6 figures, but just as many land you far below that.</p>
<p>yea some six-figure jobs do go to the VERY TOP of lower ranked law schools. if you're good enough for a top law school and land a generous scholarship package to attend a lower ranked law school, then you may choose to risk attending the lower ranked law school in hopes that you'll end up at the very top of the class -- and earn the same six-figure salary as the top students at top law schools.</p>
<p>i work part time for a firm that places lawyers into high paying frims (for a fee of course), and the criteria that the lawyers have to have is that they came from a HIGH ranking law firm (like top 20) and was in the top third of their class. </p>
<p>So where you go for law school and how you do there matters. So don't go to a lower ranked school if you can. And yes, these associates actually do work 80-100 hours, if you add commuting time to that, you basically only have time to eat, sleep, work. :) But the pay's decent, so hey, it's really up to you.</p>
<p>open your yellow pages and look up "attorney" call each of them and see how many of them earn six figures...</p>
<p>allena,</p>
<p>Don't go too low. If you can get into a top-14 school, then go. The difference in difficulty between Cornell and...number 17 won't be huge. But the opportunities will be fairly different.</p>
<p>This is a dumb question but relevent to the discussion:</p>
<p>Do employers check your transcripts from law school or undergrad for that matter or is the simple fact that you graduated enough to get you hired?</p>
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<p>obviously none of them. the six-figure jobs are at the big law firms, whose clients are huge corporations, not individuals. thus all the attorneys with the six-figure salaries wont be in the yellow pages. </p>
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<p>yes they do. your grades from your first year of law school is basically what they look at. well, unless you go to yale, harvard, or stanford. otherwise, your first year law grades are really really important.... like job-determining important.</p>
<p>A lot also is going to depend on what you want to do. I want to go into constitutional law, which will likely have me earning in the 5-figure sum.</p>
<p>if you want to do something in the form of say work for the FBI as a SA with a JD degree, I think the starting salary is in the 50K range (after the academy).</p>
<p>DanielHagos, please empty your private message inbox.
I'm trying to reply to the private message you sent me, but your inbox is full. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>My bad flopsy!</p>