{"id":19735,"date":"2011-06-01T21:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T01:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=19735"},"modified":"2011-06-01T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T01:55:31","slug":"jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08)<\/em><\/strong><em> is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas .\u00a0 He currently runs   the blog <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/jetswithjds.wordpress.com\/\"><em>JETs with J.D.s<\/em><\/a><em>,   an information source for current JET alumni law students and   prospective law students for career paths and approaches within the   current legal market.\u00a0 For those considering law school and trying to   comprehend the costs and the risks of such an endeavor, he also   recommends <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/lawschooltuitionbubble.wordpress.com\/\"><em>The Law School Tuition Bubble<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019d think that with the rigors of getting through undergrad, studying  for and taking the LSAT, and making sure you perfect your law school  applications, picking the law school of your dreams should be the easy  part. It isn\u2019t. The advice provided below isn\u2019t the only way to go about  picking your law school, but hopefully it will show you where your  priorities should be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post, in full, is available <a href=\"http:\/\/jetswithjds.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/31\/a-lexus-or-a-lemon-or-how-to-pick-your-law-school\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas .\u00a0 He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[346,382,383],"class_list":["post-19735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jets-with-j-d-s","tag-law-school-admissions","tag-law-schools"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"macksims\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JETwit.com - The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-02T01:55:31+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-06-02T01:55:31+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"JETs with J.D.s >> A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com\",\"headline\":\"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/macksims\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Uncategorized, JETs with J.D.s, law school admissions, law schools\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uncategorized\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"JETwit.com\",\"description\":\"The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/macksims\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/macksims\\\/\",\"name\":\"macksims\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/\",\"name\":\"JETs with J.D.s >> A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com\",\"description\":\"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/01\\\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/macksims\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/macksims\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"JETwit.com\",\"description\":\"The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jetwit.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"JETs with J.D.s >> A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com","description":"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches","canonical_url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#blogposting","name":"JETs with J.D.s >> A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com","headline":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/author\/macksims\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00","dateModified":"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Uncategorized, JETs with J.D.s, law school admissions, law schools"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Uncategorized","item":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#listItem","name":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/#organization","name":"JETwit.com","description":"The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide","url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/author\/macksims\/#author","url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/author\/macksims\/","name":"macksims"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/","name":"JETs with J.D.s >> A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com","description":"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/author\/macksims\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/author\/macksims\/#author"},"datePublished":"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00","dateModified":"2011-06-01T21:55:31-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/","name":"JETwit.com","description":"The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"JETwit.com - The alumni magazine, career center and communication channel for the JET alumni community worldwide","og:type":"article","og:title":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com","og:description":"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches","og:url":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/","article:published_time":"2011-06-02T01:55:31+00:00","article:modified_time":"2011-06-02T01:55:31+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School - JETwit.com","twitter:description":"Andrew R. McCarthy (Akita-ken, 2005-08) is a recent law graduate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and is packing up his bags for Houston, Texas . He currently runs the blog JETs with J.D.s, an information source for current JET alumni law students and prospective law students for career paths and approaches"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"19735","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2024-09-07 22:30:58","updated":"2025-06-04 19:21:21","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tJETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress"},{"label":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"JETs with J.D.s &gt;&gt; A Guide to Picking a Law School","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/jets-with-j-d-s-a-guide-to-picking-a-law-school\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-58j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19736,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19735\/revisions\/19736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}