Archive for June, 2011

Transferring Law Schools

Is the process of transferring law schools a smooth one? One gets enrolled in a law school after working hard, in an attempt to fulfill law school requirement of a high score in your Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). The first year of the law school teaches you, along with other things, whether your law school is a right place for you. You also come to know if the city you have moved to is a flourishing place for you or not. Some of the students, to their misfortune, find that not all the factors related to their first year of the law school are agreeable with them. It is then they start thinking about transferring law schools. However, it is easier said than done.

Most of the time, the reason behind the move of transferring law schools is the ambition, which can be safely translated in a student’s wish to do better in the future. Some students want transfer because they think, by transferring to a Tier 2 law school from a Tier 4 one, they will have a better chance of being recruited by one of the big law firms as a cub lawyer. In fact, some of the law firms do believe that these transferees prove to be better lawyers, as they are focused on making a law career right from the first year.
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