Recruiting at Hofstra - Is it improving?
When I went to Hofstra a few years ago, the place was abuzz with V50 firms from the City looking to fill their ranks with the best and brightest Hempstead had to offer. Could a current Hofstra student comment on this question: With Hofstra's meteoric rise into the T100, are employers being turned away from Hofstra to make room for expanded recruiting from Wachtell and Cravath?
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Sarcasm aside, Hofstra is just bad value for your money. It's still at best a very mediocre school in a what is now a very tight job market. Worse, it's also surrounded by scores of top 10 and tier-1 law schools trying to place their students as well. With such stiff competition for fewer and fewer jobs I don't understand why anyone would risk going $180k+ into debt for a third-rate degree from there.
Sarcasm aside, Hofstra is just bad value for your money. It's still at best a very mediocre school in a what is now a very tight job market. Worse, it's also surrounded by scores of top 10 and tier-1 law schools trying to place their students as well. With such stiff competition for fewer and fewer jobs I don't understand why anyone would risk going $180k+ into debt for a third-rate degree from there.
Hofstra has broken into the T100 and, in my opinion, the line between 100 and 101 is where the action takes place in terms of recruiting. Sure trolls representing the T14 claim that the T14 is the place to be, but there are plenty of jobs for 15 through 100. 101 is where TTT begins and that is what will lead to a lfie of document review or insurance defense.
9:16 - Why do you have to post these scurrilous lies about Hofstra?
As you can see from Hofstra's employment statistics (available at http://law.hofstra.edu/StudentLife/CareerServices/careerservices_employment_statistics.html) an investment in a Hofstra legal education pays for itself many times over.
9:31, you're joking, right?
9:16 - You are only partially right. I do concede that the NY job market is particularly tough right now and that there is lots of competition coming from the higher ranked schools that are nearby. However, just because it may not be in the T14, Hofstra is a solid school. Given that there are almost 200 law schools now, Hofstra ranks pretty much right in the middle. More than anything it is the shitty economy that has become the wild card right now - only time will tell whether this year's class will get crushed. Btw, I agree with 9:31 that breaking into the T100 should help a lot with recruiting.
Hofstra is decent, sure. But decent doesn't cut through the red tape of the Skadden Arps of the world.
I dunno about whether talk about "decent" even makes sense. Sure, it's a decent school like so many others - there are just too many of them. I would never enroll in a school with relatively slim chances at a top firm or government job. Just wondering, when does it still make sense to risk massive debt for a non-Tier 1 school? Just check out the recent WSJ article that was posted on ATL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119040786780835602.html
HofstraMagna--
Your mother slurps goat jizz.
Sincerely,
T14
The best and brightest Hempstead had to offer?
That's not very bright.