Why Your Practice Area May Matter More Than Your Law School After Year Three

Your law school matters early in your legal career, but after a few years, your practice area, training, and marketable skills may matter far more.

For law students, law school prestige can feel like destiny.

For young lawyers, it can feel like a permanent label.

A top law school can open doors. A lower-ranked school can make the first job search harder. Grades, journals, clerkships, and school reputation matter, especially at the beginning.

But the legal market changes how it evaluates lawyers over t…