[Mods, I’d appreciate knowing your HTML code for quotes.]
Sacrilege, you stated, “In order to get accepted to Law School you need a BA and you need to pass the LSATs. . .the BA really doesnt matter (you can even have a BA from one of those 1 year fly by night programs). The main focus is the scores on the LSATs, so if you are considering Law BTL is more than perfect.”
This is very bad advice.
Law school takes three years and leaves most students seriously in debt (at least $150,000). The conventional wisdom for a long time has been that if you want the best chance of finding a job after graduation, you go to a Tier 1 (top 50 ranked) school.
These days, with the economy down and therefore less legal work needed by business, many people are suggesting that prospective students consider law school only if they get accepted in one of the top 14 (“T14”) schools.
Please take a look at the latest law school rankings at http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rankings
Admission to all of these schools is EXTREMELY competitive and all of them are highly selective. There is no need for them to accept someone with a high LSAT and a questionable undergraduate degree when they have dozens of similar applicants with stellar bachelors degree credentials.
I realize I am new to the Coffee Room but I firmly believe that advice given here affects people’s lives and should therefore be carefully considered before being dispensed.
N.B. those stellar attorneys and judges from the Orthodox community (e.g. Mukasey, Scheindlin, Brafman, Schmidt, et al) all went to regular colleges for undergraduate degrees.
If you really want to be a lawyer, perhaps you should consider this “BTL” to be “batul” and get a BA, BS or related degree from an accredited college.