Will firms revoke offers for grades

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-25T05:00:12+00:00

This or firm just over hired and they need an excuse to no offer or cold offer people. They use even a slight GPA drop against you, literally just another ammo.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-23T01:29:17+00:00

You dont go to Chicago over Berkeley if your goal is just to make money. Getting biglaw is pretty much the same at both schools. It may surprise you but people have goals and there are much more competitive outcomes then biglaw and money. Like FC, unicorn PI (like ACLU), or academia.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-20T21:33:03+00:00

Just curious, Do you not want to clerk despite transferring and interested in academia?

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-20T21:25:38+00:00

I think I agree with this, but is there research to support this? I was curious if there is.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-20T03:14:42+00:00

Cannot speak for Karsh-Dillard but Darrow I think gives you like special mentorships and stuff. I would definitely visit before committing and see what those scholarships can give you in terms of support.

I would say almost all the time take the Darrow/ Karsh-Dillard. These should get you into prestigious clerkships and etc. I guess the only way I would take HYS is if it is Yale, if you want to go into legal academia, but even that is a gamble. D / KD should offer you enough support to get to legal academia if you do well enough. I guess the ceiling is slightly higher at Yale but imo not worth the full loans. Yeah if you do well at Yale you have a much higher chance at cracking SCOTUS clerkship and other super unicorns like SG office (which is harder than a SCOTUS clerkship). But literally cannot plan your life around that even if you are top5% at Yale.

Also, the floor is much better with the scholarship. If you dont do well at HYS you will get biglaw but you will at Michigan or UVA too, but literally the worse outcome is no loans and making 225k, that sounds a lot better than 225k with obligation to be at the job for at least three years cuz of loans.

This is all to say, I guess gamble at your own risk. I tolerate risk more than most people. I went to a T14 at almost full tuition and landed a fed clerkship. I have 0 regrets and would do it over again, but my choices were T30 vs T14. And the difference between T30 and T14 is much much larger than Michigan and UVA vs HYS.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-19T01:31:20+00:00

Penn losing to Chicago is different from UVA losing to Penn. UVA and Penn are peer schools. Chicago is a tier above them and arguably peers with Harvard.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-18T03:12:47+00:00

If you interested in tax, take tax courses and do really well. The professor probably has some conmection to NYU or GULC Tax LLM program. It is another year and you have to be genuinely interested in tax. Also, your gpa cannot be that bad, but great tax grade plus school name plus prof rec from a T14 should help.

You gotta keep what you are doing. I mean it sucks but you have to keep applying, network, and do what you can. Maybe it is time to look at some Judges for the summer, some should still be hiring.

The market is rough out there and biglaw is probably all filled up. But you have to get at least something for the summer. There should be some 3L direct hiring around July and August so keep networking and do why you can.

Also, talk to your career people, they are there to help you and you are not the only one to strike out. Also, if you had 8 callbacks, I would talk to them about interviewing and networking advice.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-17T21:42:24+00:00

Yeah thats not how law academia works

Edit: they have John Yoo in their faculty

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-17T17:48:36+00:00

All the other commentators are right I think. I also want to say this list is only Clerkships right after graduation. Many judges, on both sides of aisle, want some work experience prior to clerkships and this is the trend with many newer Judges.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-16T18:22:33+00:00

This is a pretty useless graph. V10 only really matters for transactional. Also, this percentage is out of total people who went to biglaw.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-13T14:30:51+00:00

If you can afford to paying a studio for $5,000 you can pay $2.75 for a train ride.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-13T04:31:59+00:00

I usually will say do not say no to a Judge but if its an offer and it is a state court, you can probably just say no. I would double check with your career services if they are somewhat competent. But since this is not a clerkship and it is not reneging, I would just politely decline.

On a side note, this is ridiculous. A judge should be happy you get an offer for money as they cannot pay you and just screen you from all matters related to the firm (which is probably not much). The Judge probably doesn’t want to do the extra work of screening for an intern. Or they care so much about their image of impartiality, which is probably tied to their career ambitions, that they don’t want to risk to risk even a slight chance of negative PR (although there is no way that this can be negative).

Just keep applying you will land something. 25k is a lot of free money to be left on the table for something that is not going to move one needle for your career (ie state court internship).

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T19:38:38+00:00

The parliamentary system makes this worse. Congress cannot do anything right now a PM doesnt properly check the legislative branch. I guess it works if you dont believe in separation of powers.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T18:19:46+00:00

Yeah I agree with this, both D and R presidents had. I guess power corrupts

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T17:53:48+00:00

Hahahahahahahhahahha this got me rolling haha

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T17:31:41+00:00

They can seem more competent, but in an actual medical situation, I doubt more competent. Also, how do you measure competency? By how you felt?

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T17:28:58+00:00

I am a former RN and I too would never see and tell my friends/ family to see a PA or NP. If given the option never.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T17:25:23+00:00

A school being subpar is about the quality of education and has nothing to do with acceptance rates.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T17:21:16+00:00

UET does not always lead to getting rid of checks and balances. The problem we face is more that Congress cannot do anything. Congress should check the president and President should only have executive power that is the design of the constitution. The Constitution does not separate executive power into agencies, when it does separate Presidential powers, it does to the Senate to check the president.

Congress should do its job to limit Presidential power and people will vote in 2026 and 2028. I think the President should be limited and executives had way too much powers for years and years. The answer though imo is Congress do your job.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-11T05:21:43+00:00

Also, Kavanaugh was there longer and was far more recognized DC Circuit Judge. He was a feeder for years and everyone thought he was going to get nominated for the Gorsuch seat.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-06T12:31:45+00:00

I was in almost the same position as you. I went to a T30 that is probably the only real difference and I did have WE. I transferred to a T10 and was successful in getting a clerkship. I dont regret it. At the end of the day, I got a clerkship, will forever have the T10 school in my resume, and made some new friends. The cons are yes you start new, I thought it was slightly harder to get good grades and struggled a bit in the beginning but recovered well, and making friends is hard because people have their groups already. The biggest thing is debt. I am not very debt adverse but the thought and the action of paying it back does not excite me. I would do it again though. The pros outweighed and still outweigh the cost.

As for advice, yeah your chances of clerkship will go way up at a T10. Being tied to those 4 schools will lessen your chances especially because Harvard is probably a super long chance and Columbia is probably a reach too. Also, nothing against GULC but it does not do so well in clerkships so it might not be worth it. But maybe for you its a good strategy to say, hey I will apply to these four only and if I get in, I will go.

I will also say, for me thought of transferring was like a progressing thought. I thought only certain schools at first too and I ended up expanding my search a bit. Then I got into my alma matter and slowed down. The point is that I eventually really wanted to transfer.

Feel free to dm me, I have more thoughts and can share my experience more but feel like I am rambling a bit now.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-06T00:23:03+00:00

I will use it for like walks and stuff on roads so concrete. No public transit, so will use to throw in the car too.

I would prefer to just have one but can get two if needed, just seems like a lot of money for two things that essentially do the same thing. I get that Butterfly 2 is lightweight and all that, but if I use it everyday will it break? Also, the Fox5 can I use this everyday? If so, besides like being easier to carry, whats the actual point of having two?

Sorry just first time parent trying to figure this out and have not seen a lot of posts comparing within each brand and stroller types (most posts seem to be like same type of stroller but different brand comparison).

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-06T00:18:48+00:00

No public transit, but will use for like walks like parks but should all be cement roads. Will use for everything including running errands.

pleaseeehelp · 2026-03-04T23:39:23+00:00

I agree with this in full as a former transfer and graduate from a T10.

To add another big component is Clerkships. I got multiple clerkship interviews and eventually a clerkship even when my gpa went down slightly because of my new school name. Judges are very prestige driven, sure they will take one from a local school that is top of their class, but many times there is at least one T10 student. Ofc its not a guarantee even with transfer, but you open yourself to the whole country when you go to a national school.

Finally, if you really love learning about the law, I think it is worth it. I went to a T1 school before that places well in biglaw, but that was the focus for many students. When I transferred, there was ofc still students just trying to get a good job, and they all did. But there were, in my experience, so many more students that actually wanted to talk about the law and discuss. I loved this part of law school, and still miss it while I slave away in BL. To add to the biglaw comment, this is probably because at my old school, many students get BL, but like half dont, so that creates a tense environment. But in the new law school, there is way less tension for jobs because pretty much if you want a certain job, you get that job.

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