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No, my friend the GPA can and will open doors that a college name can not. My son is #2 in his class in a third teir law school but he has a job offer with a top 5 National law firm and it was his GPA and work ethic that opened that door.

I disagree to a large extent. The quality of the school very much affects job prospects. For instance, I go to UT for law school, and I was hired for my 1L summer before I got a single grade back. A law firm would never take such a gamble with a UHouston student. Further, the stress and competitive nature of the lower tier schools is exponentially greater than that in "more prestigious" law schools, because the likelihood of getting such a great job is directly dependent on a student's class rank. Going to UTexas, a student can land amazing jobs at top firms while performing average.

If I had gone to the University of Houston (with the full ride that I was offered), I am virtually certain that I would not be in the top of my class. I also know that I would not have had a job opportunity at two top firms as a 1L (and the ability to split 3-ways at 3 top firms my 2L summer) unless I had performed nearly perfectly at South Texas or the University of Houston. To me, the stress that every UHouston student has encountered to be at the very top of his/her class is simply not worth it. At UT, a student can receive a stellar education, enjoy law school without the stereotypical stress of law school, and work at the same top five firms while not worrying about rank. (In fact - UT only ranks by halves - we know if we are in the top or bottom half, as employers do, and that's it!) Once you have passed the bar exam and gotten that first position, the rest fades into history!

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