Cardozo Law School ... Heard Of It ??
Q: I have a friend who is considering the Early Registration option at
Cardozo Law School. Under their stipulations, students who are
admitted under early registration are obligated to attend Cardozo and
must revoke their applications to all other law schools.
Reading its brochures and website, Cardozo seems to be quite dedicated
to Intellectual Property law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, even
on an international level. It also seems to be quite serious about
giving students knowledge of how the law is applied practically. But
that's just brochure-talk.
My questions are:
1) How good of a law school is Cardozo? How does the legal world
perceive its caliber?
2) If you were a student there or know colleagues who went there, what
were your/their impressions?
3) What do you think about being admitted early to a school and then
being obligated to attend? Especially when you don't know where else
you might be accepted and what kind of financial aid packages you
might be offered.
A:it's a good law school ... easily top 100, maybe top 50 ... how it's
pereceived depends upon who's doing the perceiving .. probably a bit hard to
get a US Supreme Court clerkship out of there (but of course it's VERY hard
from anywhere) but generally getting a good job should be not be a problem
personally, I'm not sure there's a real advantage to early admission ...
unless you just can't stand sweating it out; if you're depending upon a
certain level of financial aid it may well be advantageous to see what they
all offer ... nobody can answer this but the applicant ... but if you have
great grades and LSAT you will get in to law school so ....
I was a student there and compaired to other law schools in New
York, I felt left out of many things. It did not have a Dean for 2
years and the professors are there one year and gone the next. A very
few of them are there for more then a couple of years.
Just go and meet students to get a proper idea of what is happening
there. That is the best way to find out how things are, don't meet
anyone from the academia, all they have to say is that it is the best
in the universe.
It's not a school of national repute, but produces good local
practitioners; indeed it's one of the best local law schools. (Some
would argue with me on that, but it's my take.)
If Cardozo is the best law