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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You hear a lot about needing T14 to land a job in Big Law, but what about after landing one?  How much does T14 matter then?  Do law firms care in 5 or 10 years where you went to school?  Are you less likely to make partner if you're not T14?  Are you less respected?  Does not going T14 haunt you forever?[/quote]

Pretty much always matters with BigLaw [b]unless one has a fantastic government job, but those also tend to focus on pedigree.[/b][/quote]

I handled Honors Program hiring for my Division for a few years. I didn't necessarily intend to focus primarily on "pedigree" but we had so many applicants that I just really didn't have a choice. I had to narrow it down somehow with hundreds and hundreds of resumes to go through. There were enough highly ranked applicants with law review/moot court that there was no way to schedule even half of them for interviews. So I had to look at the law schools. That said, I did look outside of T14 for highly ranked applicants with great resumes -- but not terribly far outside of T14. It just wasn't doable.

Not sure what the applicant pool will be looking like now, though. Sigh. [/quote]

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