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  • HofsTTTra accepts students with relatively high LSAT and GPA stats, but has a low employment rate and terrible bar passage rates. It turns good students into bad graduates!

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HofsTTTra Guidos

I just accepted my friend’s Facebook friend’ request; he is a HofsTTTra Law student. I looked at his photos of classmates, and there were a lot of guidos. I guess they really are that way at HofsTTTra.

What a ridiculous school!

HofsTTTra LLM

Believe it or not, sine I enjoy family law, I am considering getting an LLM in family law from HofsTTTra.

Do you think this would be a good investment? I am currently unemployed after graduating in May from an upper T3 in New England, largely because I have focused my job search on NYC and Long Island, instead of New England, where my school is much more strongly recruited.

However, I also know that Hofstramagna graduated magna cum laude from HofsTTTra, and could find nothing but an unpaid internship (which is what I currently have at this point too). This concerns me, becuase I do not want to throw good money after bad.

HofsTTTramagna, what do you think I should do? I took the bar in NY and the Flyover State, so I could practice family law in both jurisdictions with a HofsTTTra LLM in family law. Perhaps I would even be able to teach the class, as the students are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

Wall Street Journal Article on US News Rankings and Part-Time Students

Some law schools assign accepted students with low incoming UG GPA/LSAT to the part-time program, which does not differ much from the full-time program (usually at most one course less per semester). US News only counts full-time GPA/LSAT scores. The article is available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121971712700771731.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


Note that HofsTTTra, which is clinging to its spot in the top 100, would likely be Tier 3 if US News counted all students’ scores and GPA’s, as it should. I turned down a scholarship at the Hof to go to my T3 in New England, despite wanting to practice in the NYC metro area. I graduated in May and am now interested in working in New England, as a last resort; it aggravates me that HofsTTTra has a better reputation (probably in general but definitely in the NYC metro area) than my New England T3.

Hofstramagna’s Law School Rankings

When Hofstramagna posted his law school rankings, he forgot to list the criteria for the rankings. Here they are:

1) Proximity to Nassau Coliseum: a law school that is close to the Coliseum allows students to watch the Islanders, a minor league hockey team.

2) Number of Guidos: a law school with a lot of these provides more amusement, allowing students to loosen up in preparation for another hard day’s studying.

3) Percentage of students that fail the bar: students that fail the bar are likely to repeat the bar review course, meaning they get two opportunities to learn the same material; students who pass after the first time only get one.

4) Job placement (this is why HofsTTTra is ranked 3rd and not 1st of the NYC area schools).

Comments

Posted by hofstrasucks in "OCI Bloopers By Students: Share Your Horror Stories" Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:03 AM

HofsTTTramagna-

You will not work in the t5 firm. Frankly, I don't even see why the girl lets you pork her with your TTT self.

Do you think the Jets can win the division with Favre and after Brady's injury?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "OCI Bloopers By Students: Share Your Horror Stories" Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:03 AM

HofsTTTramagna-

You will not work in the t5 firm. Frankly, I don't even see why the girl lets you pork her with your TTT self.

Do you think the Jets can win the division with Favre and after Brady's injury?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Associates Sharing Offices " Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:33 PM

The Hof places well at Fried Frank. I think HofsTTTra grads should be serving fried franks at hot dog stands, though.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Associates Sharing Offices " Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:26 AM

HofsTTTramagna-

Isn't sharing an office better than being an unpaid summer associate at an insurance defense botique, though?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Associates Sharing Offices " Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:27 AM

HofsTTTramagna-

Isn't sharing an office better than being an unpaid summer associate at an insurance defense botique, though?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "I need help using EDGAR" Monday, September 22, 2008 7:45 AM

Your securities professor, much like the rest of the Hof, is an idiot.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "I need help using EDGAR" Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:47 PM

I'm no idiot; I went to Vermont instead of HofsTTTra.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Skadden Rushes To Citi's Defense" Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:41 PM

Believe it or not, I may start an LLM in family law at the Hof in Fall 2009. HofstraMagna, I know you are starting at Zarb in Fall 2009. Would you like to share an apartment together?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Skadden Rushes To Citi's Defense" Monday, September 29, 2008 9:45 AM

HM-

You wrote, "Hey 19 - not only is Hofstra ABA accredited, it is ranked in the top 100 in the country (and moving up the rankings)."

However, next year, US News may include part-time students in calculating UGPA/LSAT. As Hofstra relegates many of its students with low UGPA/LSAT to the part-time program for their first year, this is likely to push the Hof back down to T3.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "VALID JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT CLAIMS - WHAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG?" Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:34 PM

Attorneys with degrees from HofsTTTra are also among the most talented guidos in the country. They have the balls to lay drywall wherever they find it. Not even a federal judge can intimidate them.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "The Asia Chronicles: What is a Dubai?" Wednesday, October 1, 2008 10:41 PM

1) About as well as it places anywhere else outside of Nassau and Suffolk counties: crappy

2) About as well as the Jets' defense this past Sunday.

3) Yes but the Jets are a bad TTTeam, but if Wayne Chrebet attended HofsTTTra, then the team is smarter without him.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Global 100 Rankings: Some Firms Are Doing Just Fine" Thursday, October 2, 2008 4:42 PM

I still laugh when I think of HofstraMagna claiming that PPP stood for "Profits per Paralegal," and that one firm's "Profits per Paralegal" was $10 million!

Posted by hofstrasucks in "I need help using EDGAR" Tuesday, October 7, 2008 11:25 PM

HofstraMagna, you don't need help using EDGAR; you just plain need help.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "The Asia Chronicles: The Dubai Life" Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:16 AM

There are plenty of opportunities for HofsTTTra graduates. They involve getting on your knees, closing your eyes, and sucking a a hose-shaped item.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Fall Recruiting Follow-Up: Part II" Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:15 AM

HofstraMagna-

Would you take a Vermont cum laude graduate?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Fall Recruiting Follow-Up: Part II" Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:50 PM

Hofstramagna-

Is membership on the HLR at HLS requied for your law firm? You were on the HLR at HLS, right?

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Brand New U.S. News Rankings: Colleges and Universities of the World" Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:03 PM

HofstraMagna-

My mother attended Stony Brook for undergrad back in the 60's. She found it to be an excellent school. The only thing she said she didn't like was when HofsTTTra students visited friends there, because they were a bunch of insecure toileteer moronic guidos.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Need litigation advice" Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:35 PM

HofstraMagna, I am ihateusnews from JD Underground and the one who stole your online persona on JD Underground.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Hamline Law Faculty Might Need Some Ritalin" Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:13 PM

HofstraMagna-

It's unfair that you had extra time on your tests just because of your ADD. Everyone at HofsTTTra has mental disabilities, but most other people didn't get extra time.

Posted by hofstrasucks in "Should 2Ls Accept All of Their Offers to The Detriment of Fellow Students" Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:59 PM

HofstraMagna, I thought you received no offers via OCI.