People
are
willing
to
travel
for
prestige.
Even
before
WashU
achieved
T14
status
(along
with
16
others),
I
flew
around
800
miles
from
home
to
learn
about
the
Chevron
doctrine
and
the
rule
of
law,
two
formerly
foundational
aspects
of
American
legal
study
and
practice
that
now
lie
dead
below.
And
while
becoming
a
transplant
student
shook
my
world,
nothing
about
my
willingness
to
travel
was
world
shaking
—
many
students
move
hundreds
of
miles
away
when
the
prestigious
school
they
applied
to
extends
an
invite.
But
once
they
land
there,
they
usually
stay
there
for
the
duration
of
their
program.
Extended
commutes
are
the
type
of
thing
that
land
you
in
a
newspaper.
New
York
Post
has
coverage:
For
Nat
Cedillo,
jet-setting
from
one
hotspot
city
to
another
each
week
is
no
cheap
thrill…“I
travel
from
Mexico
City
to
New
York
City
so
that
I
can
attend
my
law
school
classes,”
Cedillo,
30,
an
aspiring
intellectual
property
attorney,
tells
The
Post.
“It’s
exhausting,
but
worth
it.”
…
Throughout
the
13-week
semester,
she’s
taken
the
more
than
4,000-mile
round-trip
—
which
begins
with
Monday
morning
flights
into
JFK
Airport
and
ends
back
in
Mexico
City
by
Tuesday
night
—
to
complete
her
last
term
at
a
top
NYC
institution.
There’s
no
way
that
going
to
law
school
like
you’re
Taylor
Swift
is
remotely
affordable.
Doing
so
must
cost
a
fortune!
Since
January,
Cedillo
has
spent
upward
of
$2,000
on
airfare,
lodging
and
food.
That’s…
actually
not
that
bad
at
all.
It
is
a
little
mind-boggling
to
imagine
that
regular
4,000-mile
trip
flights
cost
less
than
NY
rent,
but
if
the
math
is
mathing,
I’m
happy
for
her.
The
only
other
point
of
interest
is
curiosity.
The
article
says
that
she’s
finishing
her
term
at
a
“top
NYC
institution,”
but
that
verbiage
reads
a
little
Kash
Patel-ish
if
you
ask
me.
Commuting
from
Mexico
City
for
NYU
(#8)
or
Cornell
(#10)
is
one
thing,
but
if
the
top
New
York
school
is
Yeshiva
University
(#63)
or
New
York
Law
School
(#121),
the
smarter
move
may
have
been
to
push
a
little
harder
for
a
virtual
classroom
than
amass
the
frequent
flyer
miles.
Would
you
consider
doing
a
round
trip
super
commute
to
attend
law
school?
Hell,
are
you?
Let
us
know
at
[email protected].
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.