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No, the point is that law school admission is driven not by undergrad prestige, but by LSAT and gpa. LSAT and gpa are driven by the individual. Individuals at highly selective private undergrads proportionately have higher LSAT and gpa than is typical of large state schools, which have a much wider range of academic stats overall among their students.

Yale is arguably the only law school that gives the appearance of caring about undergrad prestige and has a small law school class. The people I know who went to top law schools, including Harvard (which has a large law school class), attended schools ranked T60 to T80 privates and beyond, as well as to numerous state flagships. UIUC, U Kentucky, University of Kansas, and on and on. And yes, they do go on to clerk for S. Ct. and are employed in BigLaw.[/quote]

Who is arguing that law school admissions are "driven" by undergrad prestige?  Obviously LSAT and GPA are "driven by the individual." You're attacking a paper tiger.  The point is that undergrad institution is a factor, especially at the very top law schools.  Look at Stanford's students (in addition to Yale).  Not many non-elite colleges represented. Now there are undoubtedly various reasons why elite college applicants have an advantage.  For example, they may have access to more prestigious jobs, research opportunities, awards, fellowships, etc., that make the difference in law school admissions.  It's crazy to suggest that Yale/Stanford (land likely other schools) are indifferent between a 3.95/175 applicant from HUG and one from the University of the Pacific (for example). And, of course, "BigLaw" employs plenty of people from low ranked undergrads, but undergrad prestige definitely plays a role in hiring for uber-prestigious legal jobs.[/quote]

I went to a meh undergrad and had 7 friends in my circle accepted at Yale Law School.  Only 2 ended up going though, as there was a lot of cash thrown at folks by other places.  [/quote]

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