tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post2734338822943957376..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: The Decision Draws NighDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-89009092326986275772008-04-15T15:15:00.000-07:002008-04-15T15:15:00.000-07:00- If you're feeling a little short on money for th...- If you're feeling a little short on money for the train from NYC to DC, there are some nice bus services, including some with free internet, for less than $20 each way.<BR/><BR/><BR/>- I agree that Columbia has less of a professor training ground *rep* than Chicago, but the CLS faculty is very interested in fostering interest in an academic career. I would say that you will have fewer classmates who are interested in becoming professors, but you will have a lot more attention from professors who want to help you do so. (I think this is a much better thing with regard to career goal than to area of academic interest -- having other people to talk to about your area of interest is important, whereas not having to compete with other classmates for professor attention in your career goals is good.)<BR/><BR/>- Morningside Heights is not a gritty part of NYC. It's got a little grit around it (Harlem to the north, Spanish Harlem for the brief span of 96th-110th before you hit the liberal yuppie oasis of the Upper West Side), but is itself reasonably clean, well-lit and friendly (Spanish Harlem also is friendly and a great place to live if you are on a budget; regular Harlem is a bit grumpy about getting gentrified).<BR/><BR/>- I think the size of the class at CLS is a little bigger than optimal, but certainly much better than the Harvard monstrosities. And a large class size means that there's a great range of people and organizations. E.g., both ACS and Fed Soc are highly active.<BR/><BR/>- I had no trouble getting close to profs in my specific area of greatest interest (antitrust). Indeed, I had two professors lobby for me to get a job with the FTC when I was applying and gave special attention to introducing me when they had anyone from the FTC visiting.<BR/><BR/>I would warn you off Columbia a bit if you wanted to work in public interest (though then I would tell you to go to NYU, certainly not Chicago), but I think Columbia would be a great place to launch an academic career. There are lots of journals in which to publish, including JLSP, which publishes only student-written notes. I honestly can't think of a serious downside to Columbia for someone who wants to be a law prof.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-50289762566579880862008-04-14T20:40:00.000-07:002008-04-14T20:40:00.000-07:00Interesting that you hate NYC for the opposite rea...Interesting that you hate NYC for the opposite reason I do -- my impression of it is that it's too ritzy and stuck up. But that may be because I lived for four years in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester (which sets the bar for gritty pretty high), whereas my most recent trip to NY was to attend some friends' wedding at Rockefeller Center.Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.com