[Lilybeans]

Originally Posted by VTLaw2011

Hehe. It's true though. Sometimes people can learn better and grow intellectually in a smaller college than in a higher tier fast paced university. I experienced the latter in my undergrad at UConn and now I'm looking forward to a small law school in VT with the best environmental law program in the country.

You'll like it there. I did.

[VTLaw2011]

Originally Posted by quickdraw

Well we'll be happy to have you and your enthusiasm.

We need more people who buck the system. This country is full of sheep (not the animals). Part of our problem.

Funny you mention that 'cause I'm reading "A Nation of Sheep" by Judge Andrew Napolitano. It is a really great book about the silent death of our constitution and the sheep-like attitude of most people today. A great read.

[VTLaw2011]

Originally Posted by Lilybeans

You'll like it there. I did.

Fall 2008 is too far away! I may just have to come up that summer and get a part-time job until the semester starts.

[long_time_vermonter]

Better plan on making serious money if you plan on moving here. Housing costs are high with property taxes even higher. Don't want to discourage a Libertarian from moving here, but check for a while. You need to spend time driving anywhere, which adds to the overall cost of living here.

[VTLaw2011]

Originally Posted by long_time_vermonter

Better plan on making serious money if you plan on moving here. Housing costs are high with property taxes even higher. Don't want to discourage a Libertarian from moving here, but check for a while. You need to spend time driving anywhere, which adds to the overall cost of living here.

The law school does network with the local community about renting places, and the three years I spend there I think is plenty of time to look at properties throughout the state.

[MRVphotog]

Originally Posted by VTLaw2011

The law school does network with the local community about renting places, and the three years I spend there I think is plenty of time to look at properties throughout the state.

As I mentioned in a previous many of the law students rent rooms in homes around the area. My friend in Chelsea rented a room to a student even tho it was a 20 min drive from Chelsea. He moved to Alaska after graduation and is doing well working for the State of Alaska in Juneau. Passed the Alaska Bar exam first time.

This is a cool pic I came across of SR

[quickdraw]

Originally Posted by MRVphotog

As I mentioned in a previous many of the law students rent rooms in homes around the area. My friend in Chelsea rented a room to a student even tho it was a 20 min drive from Chelsea. He moved to Alaska after graduation and is doing well working for the State of Alaska in Juneau. Passed the Alaska Bar exam first time.

This is a cool pic I came across of SR

I remember when I was looking for homes in the Burlington area there were always a lot of nice affordable homes near South Royalton. That's a beautiful area. It must be just far enough away from the expensive Dartmouth area to have low housing costs.

[dwiggin3]

Originally Posted by MRVphotog

As I mentioned in a previous many of the law students rent rooms in homes around the area. My friend in Chelsea rented a room to a student even tho it was a 20 min drive from Chelsea. He moved to Alaska after graduation and is doing well working for the State of Alaska in Juneau. Passed the Alaska Bar exam first time.

This is a cool pic I came across of SR

I believe I know of this person...I'm keep my ties to AK strong! LOL

[scifigurl66]

Originally Posted by vter

Cosmo...why do you say Vermont is a 4th tier school? In everything I've ever seen/read about VLS is that it is tops for environmental law. Just curious. Uconn certainly is a good school too. Have some friends who are alums (not the law school).
US News & World Report ranks it #1 in Environmental Law
USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Law: Environmental Law

Environmental Law Schools

Regardless, I'm sure VTLaw has done his/her research...maybe VLS is a better fit?

Cosmo gives good advice here. VLS is a fourth tier law school according to U.S. News and World Report rankings. There is no such thing as an "environmetal law school." VLS is attempting to drag itself up in the rankings with its environmental focus. So far, it's had minimal success. If you want to practice environmental law, you should go to the highest-ranked law school you can get into and afford. Face it, lawyers judge eachother by objective standards like school rankings and grades, not by standards of your commitment to the environment. Also, there are only a handful of environmental law jobs in Vermont. Most jobs are in D.C. Or in bigger states with large state bureaucracies.

[scifigurl66]

Originally Posted by Lilybeans

I know plenty of people in Vermont making enough money to pay their loans. All the lawyers I know in Vermont are doing pretty well.

Perhaps because their parents paid for law school and for the downpayment on their house in the country that requires them to drive a Suburu Forester (a green one to compensate for the fact that it's a gas-guzzling SUV also purchased by their parents). With an environmental vanity plate. Cosmonewman is correct and clearly speaks from experience. As a top tier law school grad, I know several environmental lawyers who work at DOJ, for the big-name environmental groups, etc. My alma mater is not known at all for environmental law at all but has nationally-known environmental law professors. VLS doesn't have any. It's just not a good school, and, as cosmonewton points out, that is what matters, not how pretty the school is and how warm and fuzzy it makes you feel. In fact, if you feel warm and fuzzy in law school, you should be afraid for your future, very, very afraid. Unless, of course, Mum and Dad will be maintaining the trust fund.