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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t really matter where you to go to college for the top law schools, grades and [b]lsat scores[/b] are all they care about.  The top law schools accept students for a wide range of schools.[/quote]

It also isn't surprising that undergraduate institutions that select for high standardized test scores would have more students who do well on standardized tests.

It will be interesting to see if that changes over time now that the top undergraduate schools have a significant % of the student body that were admitted test optional. [/quote]

Oh please.  You’re implying that the students at these schools are somehow inherently a “cut above” the riff raff at others.  Not so.  All of these top colleges could fill their entire cohorts from the pool of applicants who didn’t get into ANY of them, and their average SAT/ACT would not be affected.  That’s how many qualified applicants they get.  Also, there is only very weak correlation between SAT performance and LSAT performance.

It’s also not true that most big law firms only recruit from T14 law schools.  Boston, NYC, Philly and DC Biglaw are all full of partners from Vanderbilt, BC, GWU, Florida, Notre Dame, Emory, etc.  White shoe firms in NYC may recruit mostly from T14, but that’s not representative of BigLaw as a whole. [/quote]

If a law student wants biglaw immediately after finishing law school (and the prior summer as a law clerk), the odds are dramatically better from Top 14 law schools than from "Vanderbilt, BC, GWU, Florida, Notre Dame, Emory, etc.". There are actual numbers that prove this, but I am not going to spend time now researching law school placements and biglaw firm listings of associates educational background.

Yes, biglaw does hire from many non-T14 law schools, but the numbers are insignificant compared to T-14 law school grads hiring. Class rank and grades are important in biglaw recruiting in addition to school attended. Major law firms go much deeper in each class at T-14 law schools for recruiting new hires.

Yes, if one finishes highly ranked--top 10% or top 5%--in a non-Top 14 Tier One law school, then that person may get an interview with some major biglaw firms. A federal judicial clerkship often gives one's resume a very significant boost.

It is about playing the odds to a certain extent. Attending a Tier One (top 50 ranked law school) law school not in the Top 14, can drastically lower the chances for employment in biglaw immediately after graduating law school.

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