Cardozo Law School ... Heard Of It ??

Q: I have a friend who is considering the Early Registration option at Cardozo Law School. Under their stipulations, students who are admitted under early registration are obligated to attend Cardozo and must revoke their applications to all other law schools. Reading its brochures and website, Cardozo seems to be quite dedicated to Intellectual Property law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, even on an international level. It also seems to be quite serious about giving students knowledge of how the law is applied practically. But that's just brochure-talk. My questions are: 1) How good of a law school is Cardozo? How does the legal world perceive its caliber? 2) If you were a student there or know colleagues who went there, what were your/their impressions? 3) What do you think about being admitted early to a school and then being obligated to attend? Especially when you don't know where else you might be accepted and what kind of financial aid packages you might be offered.

A:it's a good law school ... easily top 100, maybe top 50 ... how it's pereceived depends upon who's doing the perceiving .. probably a bit hard to get a US Supreme Court clerkship out of there (but of course it's VERY hard from anywhere) but generally getting a good job should be not be a problem personally, I'm not sure there's a real advantage to early admission ... unless you just can't stand sweating it out; if you're depending upon a certain level of financial aid it may well be advantageous to see what they all offer ... nobody can answer this but the applicant ... but if you have great grades and LSAT you will get in to law school so .... I was a student there and compaired to other law schools in New York, I felt left out of many things. It did not have a Dean for 2 years and the professors are there one year and gone the next. A very few of them are there for more then a couple of years. Just go and meet students to get a proper idea of what is happening there. That is the best way to find out how things are, don't meet anyone from the academia, all they have to say is that it is the best in the universe. It's not a school of national repute, but produces good local practitioners; indeed it's one of the best local law schools. (Some would argue with me on that, but it's my take.) If Cardozo is the best law school on your list (i.e., if you haven't applied to any "national" law schools) then you may have nothing to lose. Your decision may be forced by financial aid issues, though. Cardozo has zero reputation in international and comparative law, which reinforces my conclusion in para. 1. If you have the chance, take a tour of the library and compare it with NYU, Columbia and Fordham (the latter isn't in the class of the first two either, but it's a good comparison). You can get into virtually any law library that's a federal depository by asking to see the federal materials. (You're only supposed to use those materials, but it gives you a chance to look around.)

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