A website dedicated to helping folks find college scholarships is out with its rankings of the best small towns in the country for new lawyers to hang out their shingle. Cornelia ranks at #2 in Georgia and #56 nationwide.
Paul Southerland of GoodCall.com says, “While many newly-minted law school graduates move to big cities, there are actually a large number of small cities across the U.S. that prove to be great places to pursue a law career. We set out to find the best of them, evaluating cities on a number of criteria.”
According to GoodCall.com’s top 100 “Best Small Cities for Law School Graduates,” Cornelia has a good number of available jobs for graduates and less competition for those jobs than many other cities its size.
We also show a positive “housing affordability index” which is the average percentage of a starting lawyer’s income that would be spent on housing.
In Georgia, Thomaston came in at number one (#3 nationwide), Cornelia was #2 in the state followed by Summerville (#59 nationally) and Cedartown (#60).
| GoodCall.com Best Small Georgia Cities for Law School Graduates | ||
| City | Georgia Rank | US Rank |
| Thomaston | #1 | #3 |
| Cornelia | #2 | #56 |
| Summerville | #3 | #59 |
| Cedartown | #4 | #60 |
| Dublin | #5 | #80 |
| Calhoun | #6 | #81 |
