I think it might be time to start attacking specific schools, otherwise 0L's will say "at least I'm not in Cooley, I'm in University of X, so I'm OK".I agree. So, for clarity's sake and as a treat for our Sunday afternoon readership, here is a full list of American (non-Puerto Rican) law schools (I think) with the probable reaction yours truly (and not OTLSS - this isn't Above the Law for God's sake) would give to a prospective student enrolling in those institutions, in crude alphabetical order.
You can take this as one guy's opinion, but the point is that if you want to argue there's a difference between T4 and T7, fine, go ahead. Neither is a good option, and if I'm ever on the other side of the hiring table, you're getting an escalating minus if you enroll in any school in T4-T7 in 2013 or beyond.
1st Tier: [Enthusiasm] "Good for you!"
Chicago
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
2nd Tier: [Passive approval] "Sure, go to law school."
Cal-Berkeley
Columbia
Michigan
New York U.
Penn
Virginia
3rd Tier: [Concern/Caution/Conditional Approval] "Are you sure?!" Followed by "You're from there, right?" and/or "Please tell me you got a huge discount."
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Arkansas-Fayetteville
Boston Coll.
Boston U.
Brigham Young
Buffalo
Cal-Davis
Cal-Hastings
Cal-Los Angeles
Colorado
Connecticut
Cornell
CUNY
Duke
Emory
Florida
Florida State
Fordham
Georgetown
George Washington
Georgia
Georgia State
Hawaii
Houston
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
LSU
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada-Las Vegas
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oregon
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers (either)
SMU
South Carolina
South Dakota
Southern Cal
Tulane
Temple
Texas
Tennessee
Utah
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington U. (STL)
Wayne State
William & Mary
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
THERE ARE VERY FEW GOOD REASONS TO GO TO A SCHOOL LOWER THAN THIS RIGHT NOW. I CANNOT THINK OF ANY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
4th Tier: [Logos level] "NO. Don't do that. I can reason with you, right? Let me explain this..."
American-Washington
Arkansas-Little Rock
Baltimore
Baylor
Brooklyn
Case Western
Cardozo-Yeshiva
Catholic-Columbus
Chicago-Kent-IIT
Cincinnati
Cleveland-Marshall
Denver-Sturm
Depaul
Detroit-Mercy
George Mason
Gonzaga
Indiana-Indianapolis
Lewis & Clark
Louisville
Loyola-Chicago
Loyola-Marymount
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
Michigan State
Missouri-Kansas City
New Hampshire
Northeastern
Northern Illinois
Pacific-Macgeorge
Pepperdine
Richmond
San Diego
Santa Clara
Seton Hall
Southern Illinois
St. Johns
St. Louis
Stetson
Suffolk
Syracuse
Texas Tech
Washburn
Washington & Lee
5th Tier: [Ethos level] "NO. Don't go. Don't just take my word for it, look at all these books and news articles. Almost no one who has any objectivity is telling you this is a good idea."
Akron
Albany
Cal-Irvine (prov. accred)
Campbell-Wiggins
Chapman
Creighton
Drake
Duquesne
Florida A&M
Florida-Int'l
Hamline
Hofstra
Howard
JMLS-Chicago
Loyola-New Orleans
Mass-Dartmouth (prov. accred)
Mercer
Mississippi COL
NC Central
Northern Kentucky
Nova Southeastern
Ohio Northern
Pace
Quinnipiac
Samford-Cumblerand
San Francisco
Seattle U.
South Texas
Southern
Southwestern
St. Mary's
St. Thomas (MN)
Texas Southern
Texas Wesleyan-AM
Toledo
Tulsa
Valparaiso
Vermont
Villanova
Willamette
William Mitchell
6th Tier: [Pathos level] "NO. NO NO NO. You are walking into a machine gun of tragic donkey shit! STOP! Are you fucking serious?"
Appalachian
Barry
Cal-Western
Capital
Dayton
D.C.-Clarke
Drexel
Elon
Golden Gate
JMLS-Atlanta
Jones-Faulkner
LaVerne (prov. accred)
Liberty
New England
New York Law School
Oklahoma City
Regent
Roger Williams
St. Thomas (Fl)
Touro
Western New England
Western State
Whittier
Widener
-All established state-accredited institutions
7th Tier: [start sobbing uncontrollably while running for shelter]
Ave Maria
Charlston
Charlotte
Concordia (seeking accred.)
Duncan-LM (seeking accred.)
Florida Coastal
Phoenix
Savannah (seeking accred.)
Thomas Cooley
Thomas Jefferson
-All unaccredited institutions
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