Recent 4th-Tier JD Makes it Big

4th-Tier JD Well on his way to swimming in it. "It takes gumption."

True story. I was top 10% and law review at a 3rd tier. So I had a couple of earned selling points I'll admit. But a close friend of mine had NOTHING. He graduated FOURTH TIER at the BOTTOM of the class. Yeah, not only was he at a bottom of the fourth-tier ls, he was at the bottom of the class at the bottom of the fourth tier ls! During LS when he asked me to look at some of his writing. It was so bad I didn't know how to begin to help. I wondered if he could make it. He barely graduated, but he did graduate, class of '09. Is he at home moping and blaming others? No, less than 2 years after graduating he bought himself a beamer (albeit a used one) and has some money to share with his destitute father. How? He knew he didn't have a chance in hell at getting into a big firm. So he got out there and worked with the small street level PI offices. He joined up and became friends with another younger guy doing the same thing. He's willing to rep less than fabulous clients. He does some billboard advertising in less than choice parts of his city, where he can afford it. It wasn't always easy, there were times he was depressed about the situation, but he got up and did something. In short HE HUSTLED! Now there is nothing to stop him from going all the way to the top. Btw, I have personally met TTT big firm partners, some making $500k+ annually. TTT is not a death sentence people.