What're the odds of getting a Boston-based Public Interest job coming from UConn?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:10 pm
My goal is to work in Boston as a public interest lawyer (or in state gov't if the job is child advocacy based, which is what I'm hoping to focus on). I've been accepted to both UConn and Northeastern.
At UConn, due to in-state tuition, a substantial financial package, and a good deal on rent from some friends in West Hartford, my CoA would a basically be 0. I'd leave law school debt free, at the very least. But I don't want to end up in CT.
At Northeastern, my financial package is about 30k, and I'd have to find a place to live. Obviously as a Boston-based school it's easier to get a job in Boston coming from there.
...but I'm wondering if it's not worth going to UConn for (essentially) free, working my ass off, and hoping I can break into the market. Is this reasonable? Any knowledge of what UConn's alumni network is like in Boston? Any pull whatsoever?
edit: my uncle went to school at BC and my finacé's mother is a paralegal in Boston. I have a few ties through them, but nothing public interest related. I'm more curious/worried about the reach of a UConn law degree in Boston vs. one from NUSL.
At UConn, due to in-state tuition, a substantial financial package, and a good deal on rent from some friends in West Hartford, my CoA would a basically be 0. I'd leave law school debt free, at the very least. But I don't want to end up in CT.
At Northeastern, my financial package is about 30k, and I'd have to find a place to live. Obviously as a Boston-based school it's easier to get a job in Boston coming from there.
...but I'm wondering if it's not worth going to UConn for (essentially) free, working my ass off, and hoping I can break into the market. Is this reasonable? Any knowledge of what UConn's alumni network is like in Boston? Any pull whatsoever?
edit: my uncle went to school at BC and my finacé's mother is a paralegal in Boston. I have a few ties through them, but nothing public interest related. I'm more curious/worried about the reach of a UConn law degree in Boston vs. one from NUSL.