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SCOTUS clerk hopeful seeking advice
| soggy headpube national | 07/08/08 |
| Pungent Shrine | 07/08/08 |
| razzle kitty set | 07/09/08 |
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Date: July 8th, 2008 3:41 PM Author: soggy headpube national Subject: Advice Hi, First time poster, long time lurker. I was wondering if I could get some heart-to-heart, quality advice. I am presently considering to which law schools I should apply this admissions cycle. I am at HYP, GPA: 3.88, LSAT: 177. I know that I should apply throughout the T14, but it has always been my dream to clerk on SCOTUS. With this in mind, would you fine forum-fellows tell me which option would be the best:
(1) Go to HYS, or, if not admitted there, to CCN,do well there and then get to SCOTUS
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(2) Go to a TTT (I'm thinking GMU/Creighton here), doing very well, and getting a lock with a clerkship with Clarence Thomas.
I know how very difficult it is to land a SCOTUS clerkship, but I want to be as proactive as I can. Honest advice desired.
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Date: July 8th, 2008 3:50 PM Author: Pungent Shrine get far away from xo. best advice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=832952&forum_id=1#9954849) |
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Date: July 9th, 2008 3:05 AM Author: razzle kitty set Go to Yale; if you don't get in, go to HLS and make sure you are top 3%/Harvard Law Review. If you are honest about your stats you will get one of these two.
I can see the appeal of option (2), but this would be a horrible decision nonetheless. There are a lot of crap schools out there, each of which has a #1 grad. Although it is obviously much easier to be #1 at, say, Creighton, than in the top 20 at YLS or HLS, there is little that distinguishes the #1 grad from different crap schools, which makes it a crap shot (anti-elitist Thomas will not give you bonus points for your HYP undergrad).
And also, what bothered said. |