New Study Shows Florida Is The 3rd Best State To Become A Lawyer

A new ranking has revealed which states offer graduate lawyers the best return on investment for their degree, based on several factors - not just salary and tuition fees. In this ranking, Florida ranks high on the list for those future students who want to be a lawyer.

The findings, pulled together by Uplift Legal Funding, consider each state’s degree affordability, financial aid, academic expenses, loan debt, annual salary, disposable income, rental costs, job opportunities, and hourly fees to identify the best states for lawyers.

Each state was awarded a score out of ten to establish where it’s easiest for the typical lawyer to recover from their college expenses - with New York taking the top spot.

New York achieved a final score of 7.8 out of ten. It scored well for degree affordability and it holds both plentiful job opportunities and a high earning potential for law graduates. Lots of lawsuits in New York. Although tuition fees are higher, 79% of the state’s attendees awarded grants, loans, work-study, and/or scholarships.

It’s also easier to quickly reduce debt in New York as lawyers earn one of the highest salaries in America - currently $188,900 per year - and can charge an hourly rate of up to $400 for short-term cases or consultations.

The ranking reveals which states offer lawyers the best ROI for their degree based on tuition fees, job opportunities, living costs, and earning potential.

If you're looking at big city law, Miami can be a tough place to break in the game, but if you can land the right gig, you'll be good. Jones day starts at $235k. Also, top firms like Sidley, Kirkland, Winston, etc. all opened offices in Miami recently.

Outside of Miami, there's a lot of personal injury law here. Could be because of all the bad drivers. If you really want to get educated on what practicing the law in Florida looks like, take a look at this thread. There's a lot, more than one Florida lawyer jumps in with an opinion. But one thing about this field. If you're a good lawyer, there's a place for you.

The AP released its preseason poll on Monday with Georgia taking the No. 1 spot, with 60 of a possible 63 first place votes. This is the 2nd time the Bulldogs have been ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll.

The other time was in 2008, a season Georgia went 10-3 and won the Capital One Bowl against Michigan State.  Georgia is the 3rd SEC team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll multiple times.

Let me be perfectly clear here.  This poll and the Coaches Poll have no influence on "The Real Top 25" college football poll that I release every Monday during the season. But for entertainment purposes, some pretty cool stuff here.

This is the 74th preseason AP Poll. The first preseason poll was in 1950.

Each of the last 9 years, the preseason AP No. 1 has finished in the AP Top-5, but only 1 of those teams were No. 1 in the final poll – Alabama in 2017. Prior to 2017, the last preseason AP No. 1 to finish the season ranked first was USC in 2004.

In total, 11 teams have been the preseason AP No. 1 and finished the season in the same position. Since 2000, that has only happened twice with 2004 USC and 2017 Alabama.

Since 1980, 5 teams that were preseason No. 1 finished the season No. 1 in the AP Poll. In addition, since the AP Preseason Poll debuted in 1950, 2 schools have gone wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team: USC in 2004 and Florida State in 1999.

In the CFP era (since 2014), 61% (22/36) of the eventual CFP teams were preseason top 5 and 81% (29/36) were top 10.

Georgia will look to avoid becoming the 3rd team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll fail to reach the CFP, as 2022 Alabama and 2015 Ohio St. did.

In 2021, Michigan became the first team to not be ranked in the preseason AP Poll and reach the College Football Playoff. In 2022, TCU became the 2nd.

Each of the 9 national champions in the Playoff era (since 2014) were ranked in the Top 10 of the pr Poll; the lowest preseason rank of a national champion over that span was No. 6 by LSU in 2019.

The last time a team won the national title after being ranked outside the Top 10 in the preseason AP Poll was Florida State in 2013 (No. 11).

A team that was unranked in the preseason poll has reached the CFP in each of the last 2 seasons (2021 Michigan and 2022 TCU). Will 2023 be a 3rd straight season to feature a team to do that?

Consider Texas A&M. The Aggies received the most votes of any unranked team (101), and are ranked 19th in the preseason FPI poll.

Lets take a closer look at the AP's Top 5 below.

Georgia is the AP preseason No. 1 for the 2nd time in program history – they were also No. 1 in 2008. That teamwent 10-3 and finished 13th.

Georgia is the 32nd team to be the preseason No. 1 as the defending champions and first since Alabama in 2021. Three of those teams went on to repeat after being ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll as the defending champion

Michigan is ranked top 2 in preseason for 1st time since 1991 – they have failed to win the national title in any of the previous instances that they were ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in preseason.

This is the 35th straight season Ohio State has been ranked in the preseason AP Poll, by far the longest active streak. Each of the top 4 streaks were extended with this year’s preseason poll.

The Big Ten lands 2 schools in the preseason top-5 for the 1st time since 2018 when it featured 4 Wisconsin and 5 Ohio State.

Alabama’s No. 4 preseason ranking is its lowest preseason ranking since starting No. 5 in 2009. The Tide would end up winning the national title that season.

Both 3 Ohio State and 4 Alabama are ranked in the top 5 in the preseason poll again. Oklahoma is the only school with more since the preseason poll began in 1950.

The SEC has 3 teams in the preseason AP top 5 (Georgia, Alabama and LSU). This is the 2nd time a conference lands 3 members inside the top 5 since the preseason poll began in 1950, joining the Big 12 in 2001.

2023 SEC: (1) Georgia, (4) Alabama & (5) LSU
2001 Big 12: (3) Oklahoma, (4) Nebraska & (5) Texas