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TroutLawyer
Class of 2025
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Cooley Law School
3.45/4.3
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176/180
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1-4 years
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Jay-Z's Personal Attorney
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Rank
2021-2022
Result App type FW Resident Schol... Sent Sent raw Received Received raw Complete Complete raw UR UR raw UR2 UR2 raw II II raw Decision Decision raw
32 Arizona State Univer... Hold, Accept... RDregular decision $141,906 Oct 03 2021-10-03 Oct 04 2021-10-04 Oct 06 2021-10-06 Oct 09 2021-10-09 Oct 21 2021-10-21 Oct 15 2021-10-15 Oct 28 2021-10-28
8 Columbia University Hold, Withdrawn RDregular decision Nov 01 2021-11-01 Nov 01 2021-11-01 Nov 04 2021-11-04 Jan 13 2022-01-13
5 Duke University Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $135,000 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Nov 08 2021-11-08 Jan 31 2022-01-31
15 Georgetown University Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $165,000 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 27 2021-10-27 Nov 05 2021-11-05 Oct 27 2017-10-27 Dec 14 2021-12-14
5 Harvard University Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $0 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 20 2021-10-20 Feb 17 2022-02-17 Mar 21 2022-03-21
45 Indiana University -... Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $174,000 Nov 08 2021-11-08 Nov 09 2021-11-09 Nov 16 2021-11-16 Jan 11 2022-01-11 Jan 25 2022-01-25
5 New York University Hold, Withdrawn RDregular decision Nov 22 2021-11-22 Nov 23 2021-11-23 Nov 24 2021-11-24 Nov 24 2021-11-24
1 Stanford University Waitlisted RDregular decision Oct 18 2021-10-18 Oct 19 2021-10-19 Oct 20 2021-10-20
29 Texas A&M University Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $145,854 Oct 25 2021-10-25 Oct 25 2021-10-25 Oct 26 2021-10-26 Oct 26 2021-10-26 Oct 28 2021-10-28 Nov 23 2021-11-23
10 UCBerkeley Rejected RDregular decision Oct 18 2021-10-18 Oct 19 2021-10-19 Oct 20 2021-10-20 Nov 01 2021-11-01 Nov 08 2021-11-08 Feb 17 2022-02-17
14 UCLos Angeles Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $150,000 Oct 25 2021-10-25 Oct 26 2021-10-26 Oct 28 2021-10-28 Nov 17 2021-11-17
3 UChicago Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $45,000 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 18 2021-10-18 Nov 03 2021-11-03 Dec 08 2021-12-08 Nov 30 2021-11-30 Jan 21 2022-01-21
10 UMichigan Accepted, At... RDregular decision $230,000 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Oct 13 2021-10-13 Dec 08 2021-12-08 Nov 03 2021-11-03
16 UMinnesota Hold, Accept... RDregular decision $202,000 Nov 23 2021-11-23 Nov 23 2021-11-23 Nov 23 2021-11-23 Nov 29 2021-11-29 Dec 01 2021-12-01 Mar 04 2022-03-04
4 UPennsylvania Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $0 Oct 24 2021-10-24 Oct 24 2021-10-24 Oct 27 2021-10-27 Nov 15 2021-11-15 Dec 25 2021-12-25 Jan 21 2022-01-21
16 USouthern California Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $165,000 Oct 25 2021-10-25 Oct 26 2021-10-26 Oct 27 2021-10-27 Nov 16 2021-11-16 Dec 02 2021-12-02 Dec 17 2021-12-17
8 UVirginia Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $135,000 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 18 2021-10-18 Nov 11 2021-11-11 Nov 09 2021-11-09 Nov 11 2021-11-11
1 Yale University Rejected RDregular decision Feb 15 2022-02-15 Feb 17 2022-02-17 Feb 18 2022-02-18 Mar 28 2022-03-28

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KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
18:47
@TruthTheX: praying for your gulc uprising
TruthTheX
19:15
Ty me too 🙏
TruthTheX
19:15
@Silver: if you want to practice in IL then there’s likely no better school than the in state schools
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
19:53
@SpectacularDefiantMouse: yeah, like condemnedpuffygnome, I'm not really preparing for law school by taking some courses or anything like that. The only way I'm going to be preparing is by getting myself into a rhythm schedule-wise, well enough in advance of the first day of classes, that I think will be necessary for me to do well 1L.
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
19:54
I'm very much not in rhythm now. lol. But I've 3-ish months.
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
19:55
I've got*
jb2028
19:55
@Silver: Cost of attendance is what matters. $37K in-state tuition = $47K sticker price with a $10K scholarship elsewhere, $70K sticker with a $40K scholarship is better than either, $40K sticker with a $0 scholarship worse than both.
jb2028
19:55
(Assuming placement etc. is comparable)
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
19:57
Congrats on Harvard, jb2028. Any reason you applied to A&M but not Texas at Austin? Seems odd.
jb2028
19:58
@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: Family connection, they gave me a CAS waiver so it was free
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
20:00
Ah, gotcha.
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
20:04
Question for the chat about judicial internships (not externships). My understanding is that judicial internships (as opposed to externships) during the summer are unpaid. How, then, do people who get them pay living expenses during the summer? Do they just make loans stretch for 12 months when they're only meant for 9? I heard that some people supplement the internship with, e.g., a research assistant position with a law professor. But would such a person both do the internship and the RA position at the same time? And if so, is that too much work or feasible?
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
20:04
I don't know what the workload is really like for judicial internships and RA positions.
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
20:05
Also curious what other things people might do to supplement an unpaid judicial internship over the summer with something paid.
jb2028
20:20
@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: Many schools will provide some type of stipend for unpaid summer roles with a public interest employer (defined broadly, often includes any gov or judicial job)
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
20:35
Right, I thought so. At BU, though, it appears that what's called BU's public interest project grant is not available to supplement judicial internships. And I think its public service summer funding is also limited. Oh well.
jb2028
21:13
@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: FWIW they allude to some type of funding ("BU Law has implemented separate funding sources for judicial interns") in this packet https://www.bu.edu/law/files/2023/11/Public-Service-Summer-Funding-Applicant-Packet-2024.pdf
jb2028
21:13
Although they don't give details, and as you note they don't guarantee funding to everyone (which is in line with other $ they offer, e.g. the LRAP)
TruthTheX
21:14
Anyone know how hard it is to do pro bono work as a 1L for judges or fed gov in general in the D.C. market
TruthTheX
21:14
Idk much about pro bono opportunities period but thinking I wanna try to get some work experience as soon as humanly possible
TruthTheX
21:14
When I begin law school I mean
jb2028
21:15
Lines up with BU's limited endowment: $81K per student a few years ago, i.e., enough to support a payout of about $3,250 per student per year at a 4% payout rate https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2022/05/per-student-value-of-law-school-endowments-2021.html
jb2028
21:17
Seems like they're trying to compete with other schools on program headlines (we fund X, Y, and Z and we have an LRAP) but the endowment can't really support that, so they have all these programs but don't guarantee funding. Would not rely on that if you have alternatives.
BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool
21:19
Thanks for those links. I'll give the public service summer funding information packet, in particular, a careful read. But yeah, your takeaway seems right.
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
22:33
i could really use some fried chicken right now
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
22:34
kfc or popeyes
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
22:34
or korean with gochujang
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
22:35
i might order some gochujang sauce on amazon and cook some air fried chicken breast filets, they’re really good
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
22:35
just letting you guys know :)
Mohammed
0:14
Where I can find the definition of the false-endowment?
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