Passed the bar exam
I found out yesterday that I passed the District of Columbia bar exam. Needless to say, this is a huge relief (especially after coming up a few points short last year on New York's exam), and I'm looking forward to settling down in DC (at least for now). I owe my parents, big time, for letting me use their house in Raleigh as my war room this winter.
In other good news, St. John's, my law school alma mater, jumped ten spots to #70 in the new U.S. News and World Report survey. It is still unclear why the 2nd Tier reshuffles so dramatically every year, but if anything, this probably reflects the fact that the schools in this range are closely matched (seven schools are actually tied for #70).
If you look at the number of major firms which hold on-campus interviews at St. John's, compared to other schools in the second tier, it is almost surprising the school isn't ranked higher. I have a lot of friends I graduated with who are working at major NYC firms. And the school is doing all the right things in terms of expanding its course offerings. For example, I took National Security and the Law (with Prof. Borgen, whose classes I recommend highly) during my third year, and one of our assignments was to role-play as Defense Department employees in the aftermath of a hypothetical terror attack. We were judged by a former federal prosecutor and a former Clinton administration official.
So while I would say that the rankings are kind of unpredictable, and shouldn't be used as your main factor in choosing a school, it wouldn't surprise me to see St. John's move up to somewhere in the 50's or 60's during the next few years (assuming that there is some method to U.S. News's madness).
In other good news, St. John's, my law school alma mater, jumped ten spots to #70 in the new U.S. News and World Report survey. It is still unclear why the 2nd Tier reshuffles so dramatically every year, but if anything, this probably reflects the fact that the schools in this range are closely matched (seven schools are actually tied for #70).
If you look at the number of major firms which hold on-campus interviews at St. John's, compared to other schools in the second tier, it is almost surprising the school isn't ranked higher. I have a lot of friends I graduated with who are working at major NYC firms. And the school is doing all the right things in terms of expanding its course offerings. For example, I took National Security and the Law (with Prof. Borgen, whose classes I recommend highly) during my third year, and one of our assignments was to role-play as Defense Department employees in the aftermath of a hypothetical terror attack. We were judged by a former federal prosecutor and a former Clinton administration official.
So while I would say that the rankings are kind of unpredictable, and shouldn't be used as your main factor in choosing a school, it wouldn't surprise me to see St. John's move up to somewhere in the 50's or 60's during the next few years (assuming that there is some method to U.S. News's madness).
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